SAFE POPM FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A
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
⩥ 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
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A
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
⩥ 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
