SAFe APM HIGH-YIELD PRODUCT STRATEGY,
CUSTOMER CENTRIC DESIGN, AND VALUE
STREAMS SUMMARY 2026
◉ Why do Business Owners assign business value to team PI
Objectives?
A. To empower teams to make decisions around work
B. To determine what the teams should work on first
C. To override the decisions made in WSJS prioritization
D. To ensure the teams do not work on architectural Enablers.
Answer: A. To empower teams to make decisions around work
◉ Which of the following statements describes the balanced Agile
testing pyramid?
A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large, manual
tests
B. Many solution tests run by internal team members & fewer run by
external testers
C. Many solution tests run by external testers and fewer run by
internal team members
,D. Many large, manual tests of the end-to-end solution and fewer
small, automated tests.
Answer: A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large,
manual tests
◉ During which PI planning activity are Stories written and
sequenced?
A. The team breakout session
B. The draft plan review
C. The management Review and Problem-Solving workshop
D. The business context presentation.
Answer: A. The team breakout session
◉ Deploy, verify, monitor, & respond are all activities of what?
A. Continuous Integration
B. Continuous Exploration
C. Continuous Deployment
D. Release on Demand.
Answer: C. Continuous Deployment
,◉ What is the purpose of the Iteration review?
A. To work on solutions for backlog items
B. To identify where there is too much work in the system
C. To forecast where work is estimated for the upcoming PIs
D. To measure the team's progress.
Answer: D. To measure the team's progress
◉ Which of the stakeholders primarily develops the definition of
done for the team increment?
A. Release Train Engineer
B. Business Owners
C. Agile Teams
D. Solution Architect.
Answer: C. Agile Teams
◉ Which of the following aspects of the continuous delivery pipeline
focuses on getting to production early for verification?
A. Continuous Exploration
B. Continuous Integration
, C. Release on Demand
D. Continuous Deployment.
Answer: D. Continuous Deployment
◉ Why is it important to decouple deployment from release?
A. To allow early access to specific groups of customers
B. To make deploying of assets a business decision
C. To remove the need to respond quickly to production issues
D. To enable releasing functionality on demand to meet business
needs.
Answer: D. To enable releasing functionality on demand to meet
business needs
◉ How does SAFe recommend using a second operating system to
deliver value?
A. Decide whether to apply a hierarchical or Value Stream
organizational model across the Enterprise
B. Reorganize the hierarchies around the flow of value
C. Build a small entrepreneurial network focused on the Customer in
place of existing hierarchies
CUSTOMER CENTRIC DESIGN, AND VALUE
STREAMS SUMMARY 2026
◉ Why do Business Owners assign business value to team PI
Objectives?
A. To empower teams to make decisions around work
B. To determine what the teams should work on first
C. To override the decisions made in WSJS prioritization
D. To ensure the teams do not work on architectural Enablers.
Answer: A. To empower teams to make decisions around work
◉ Which of the following statements describes the balanced Agile
testing pyramid?
A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large, manual
tests
B. Many solution tests run by internal team members & fewer run by
external testers
C. Many solution tests run by external testers and fewer run by
internal team members
,D. Many large, manual tests of the end-to-end solution and fewer
small, automated tests.
Answer: A. Many small, low-level, automated tests & fewer large,
manual tests
◉ During which PI planning activity are Stories written and
sequenced?
A. The team breakout session
B. The draft plan review
C. The management Review and Problem-Solving workshop
D. The business context presentation.
Answer: A. The team breakout session
◉ Deploy, verify, monitor, & respond are all activities of what?
A. Continuous Integration
B. Continuous Exploration
C. Continuous Deployment
D. Release on Demand.
Answer: C. Continuous Deployment
,◉ What is the purpose of the Iteration review?
A. To work on solutions for backlog items
B. To identify where there is too much work in the system
C. To forecast where work is estimated for the upcoming PIs
D. To measure the team's progress.
Answer: D. To measure the team's progress
◉ Which of the stakeholders primarily develops the definition of
done for the team increment?
A. Release Train Engineer
B. Business Owners
C. Agile Teams
D. Solution Architect.
Answer: C. Agile Teams
◉ Which of the following aspects of the continuous delivery pipeline
focuses on getting to production early for verification?
A. Continuous Exploration
B. Continuous Integration
, C. Release on Demand
D. Continuous Deployment.
Answer: D. Continuous Deployment
◉ Why is it important to decouple deployment from release?
A. To allow early access to specific groups of customers
B. To make deploying of assets a business decision
C. To remove the need to respond quickly to production issues
D. To enable releasing functionality on demand to meet business
needs.
Answer: D. To enable releasing functionality on demand to meet
business needs
◉ How does SAFe recommend using a second operating system to
deliver value?
A. Decide whether to apply a hierarchical or Value Stream
organizational model across the Enterprise
B. Reorganize the hierarchies around the flow of value
C. Build a small entrepreneurial network focused on the Customer in
place of existing hierarchies
