SAFe – POPM Questions And Answers.
Which 2 statements are true about nonfunctional requirements? - Answer They
operate as constraints on the design of the system
They are associated with backlogs at all 4 levels of SAFe
What are 2 inputs to the Vision? - Answer Customer feedback
strategic themes
Which 2 statements are true about the SAFe backlog model? - Answer Stories are in
the Team backlog, features are in the program backlog
During the PI planning meetings the PO coordinates with other POs, shared
resources and who else? - Answer Product Management
Who typically participated as the train's business owners to approve the team's PI
objectives? - Answer Product Management
When should a dependency be added to the program risks? - Answer When it must
be accepted
What are 3 elements of agile team capacity allocation that ensure a healthy balance
of work? - Answer Refractors, user stories, maintenance
How do SAFe continuous delivery pipeline activities map to the teams work each
iteration within the PI? - Answer Each iteration in the PI, teams are exploring,
integrating, deploying, and potentially releasing new value
The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which 3 concepts? - Answer Culture,
technical practices, mindset
What is the primary focus of an operational value stream? - Answer Contains the
steps and the people who deliver end user value using the business solutions
created by the development value streams Delivering end-user value
Which 2 responsibilities belong to the product owner? - Answer Defines and accepts
stories, acts as the customer for developer questions, works with PM to plan PIs,
owns team backlog, defines iterations and stories, contributes to vision, roadmap,
ROI, and accepts iteration increments
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Drafting iteration goals
Product Management is responsible for which 3 activities? - Answer Owns program
backlog
defines features, PIs and releases
owns vision, roadmap, pricing, licensing and ROI
Collaborates on enablers
Establishes features and acceptance criteria
Establishing features and benefit hypothesis
Prioritizing features for optimum economic value
,SAFe – POPM Questions And Answers.
What is the purpose of the solution context? - Answer Understand how the solution
will be used by the customer
To identify critical aspects of a Solution's operational environment
What is the purpose of a program epic? - Answer An epic is a container for a
significant solution development initiative that captures the more substantial
investments that occur within a portfolio
To capture Agile release train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single
program increment
Features are sized or split to fit what duration? - Answer Program Increment
Who provides ART context and vision during PI planning? - Answer Product
Management
What are 2 benefits of PI objectives? - Answer Immediate feedback, decentralized
decisions, predictability without specificity, commitment
To promote business agility by giving teams options on how they might deliver
features
To promote the achievement of business outcomes over the completion of features
Iteration goals serve what purpose? - Answer Align team members to a common
purpose
Provide continuous management information
Align program teams to common PI objectives and manage dependencies
Provide continuous management information
Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons-learned
documents? - Answer It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for
the next PI
What is the importance of the definition of done? - Answer It creates a clear
understanding of when items are complete
An organization is conducting their first Program Increment Planning session, and
the new teams are asked to provide their capacity. Which three actions are part of
the initial capacity planning process? (choose 3) - Answer Find a small story that
takes about a day to develop and call it a one
Subtract one point for every team member's vacation day, public holiday or training
day
Use eight points per person (adjust for part-time employees
What are two examples of team-level events? (Choose 2) - Answer Daily stand up
Backlog refinement
, SAFe – POPM Questions And Answers.
The goal is fast delivery process, ideally requiring little manual effort. What is one
capability used to achieve this? - Answer Features toggles
The goal of the Product Owner is most closely aligned with which Agile Manifesto
principle? - Answer The highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and
continuous delivery of valuable software
Which principle of the Agile Manifesto is most aligned with conducting a System
Demo? - Answer Working software is the primary measure of progress
What is the purpose of iteration goals? - Answer To align the team members and the
Product Owner (PO) to the mission
Which two aspects of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline require the most involvement
from Product Management? - Answer Continuous Exploration and Release on
Demand
Which role is primarily responsible for working with business teams? - Answer
Product Management (PM)
Which Agile Team event supports relentless improvement? - Answer Iteration
Retrospective
What are two primary responsibilities of Business Owners in Program Increment (PI)
Planning? (Choose 2) - Answer To set the business context
To assign business value
What is the relationship between a Product Owner (PO and Product Management
(PM)? - Answer The PO is team-oriented, PM is market-oriented
What is the primary job of Product Management when considering the Architectural
Runway? - Answer Ensuring sufficient capacity is allocated to Enablers
A Product Manager is working for an insurance company and is responsible for the
internal systems used for managing claims. This is an example of what kind of value
stream? - Answer Development Value Stream
Product Management works with which other role to define and maintain
nonfunctional requirements? - Answer System and Solution Architect / Engineering
What is enabled by the key components of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? -
Answer Accelerated release of value
When should a Product Owner (PO) establish team objectives? - Answer During the
Program Increment (PI) Planning
When should innovation activities be conducted by teams on the Agile Release
Train? - Answer Throughout the Program Increment
Which 2 statements are true about nonfunctional requirements? - Answer They
operate as constraints on the design of the system
They are associated with backlogs at all 4 levels of SAFe
What are 2 inputs to the Vision? - Answer Customer feedback
strategic themes
Which 2 statements are true about the SAFe backlog model? - Answer Stories are in
the Team backlog, features are in the program backlog
During the PI planning meetings the PO coordinates with other POs, shared
resources and who else? - Answer Product Management
Who typically participated as the train's business owners to approve the team's PI
objectives? - Answer Product Management
When should a dependency be added to the program risks? - Answer When it must
be accepted
What are 3 elements of agile team capacity allocation that ensure a healthy balance
of work? - Answer Refractors, user stories, maintenance
How do SAFe continuous delivery pipeline activities map to the teams work each
iteration within the PI? - Answer Each iteration in the PI, teams are exploring,
integrating, deploying, and potentially releasing new value
The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which 3 concepts? - Answer Culture,
technical practices, mindset
What is the primary focus of an operational value stream? - Answer Contains the
steps and the people who deliver end user value using the business solutions
created by the development value streams Delivering end-user value
Which 2 responsibilities belong to the product owner? - Answer Defines and accepts
stories, acts as the customer for developer questions, works with PM to plan PIs,
owns team backlog, defines iterations and stories, contributes to vision, roadmap,
ROI, and accepts iteration increments
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Drafting iteration goals
Product Management is responsible for which 3 activities? - Answer Owns program
backlog
defines features, PIs and releases
owns vision, roadmap, pricing, licensing and ROI
Collaborates on enablers
Establishes features and acceptance criteria
Establishing features and benefit hypothesis
Prioritizing features for optimum economic value
,SAFe – POPM Questions And Answers.
What is the purpose of the solution context? - Answer Understand how the solution
will be used by the customer
To identify critical aspects of a Solution's operational environment
What is the purpose of a program epic? - Answer An epic is a container for a
significant solution development initiative that captures the more substantial
investments that occur within a portfolio
To capture Agile release train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single
program increment
Features are sized or split to fit what duration? - Answer Program Increment
Who provides ART context and vision during PI planning? - Answer Product
Management
What are 2 benefits of PI objectives? - Answer Immediate feedback, decentralized
decisions, predictability without specificity, commitment
To promote business agility by giving teams options on how they might deliver
features
To promote the achievement of business outcomes over the completion of features
Iteration goals serve what purpose? - Answer Align team members to a common
purpose
Provide continuous management information
Align program teams to common PI objectives and manage dependencies
Provide continuous management information
Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons-learned
documents? - Answer It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for
the next PI
What is the importance of the definition of done? - Answer It creates a clear
understanding of when items are complete
An organization is conducting their first Program Increment Planning session, and
the new teams are asked to provide their capacity. Which three actions are part of
the initial capacity planning process? (choose 3) - Answer Find a small story that
takes about a day to develop and call it a one
Subtract one point for every team member's vacation day, public holiday or training
day
Use eight points per person (adjust for part-time employees
What are two examples of team-level events? (Choose 2) - Answer Daily stand up
Backlog refinement
, SAFe – POPM Questions And Answers.
The goal is fast delivery process, ideally requiring little manual effort. What is one
capability used to achieve this? - Answer Features toggles
The goal of the Product Owner is most closely aligned with which Agile Manifesto
principle? - Answer The highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and
continuous delivery of valuable software
Which principle of the Agile Manifesto is most aligned with conducting a System
Demo? - Answer Working software is the primary measure of progress
What is the purpose of iteration goals? - Answer To align the team members and the
Product Owner (PO) to the mission
Which two aspects of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline require the most involvement
from Product Management? - Answer Continuous Exploration and Release on
Demand
Which role is primarily responsible for working with business teams? - Answer
Product Management (PM)
Which Agile Team event supports relentless improvement? - Answer Iteration
Retrospective
What are two primary responsibilities of Business Owners in Program Increment (PI)
Planning? (Choose 2) - Answer To set the business context
To assign business value
What is the relationship between a Product Owner (PO and Product Management
(PM)? - Answer The PO is team-oriented, PM is market-oriented
What is the primary job of Product Management when considering the Architectural
Runway? - Answer Ensuring sufficient capacity is allocated to Enablers
A Product Manager is working for an insurance company and is responsible for the
internal systems used for managing claims. This is an example of what kind of value
stream? - Answer Development Value Stream
Product Management works with which other role to define and maintain
nonfunctional requirements? - Answer System and Solution Architect / Engineering
What is enabled by the key components of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? -
Answer Accelerated release of value
When should a Product Owner (PO) establish team objectives? - Answer During the
Program Increment (PI) Planning
When should innovation activities be conducted by teams on the Agile Release
Train? - Answer Throughout the Program Increment
