Leading SAFe Certification Test Questions with Complete Solutions, A+

SAFe stands for? - Scaled Agile Framework enterprise HIP stands for? - Hardening, Innovation, Planning (Test) What drives the upper limit to 125? - Dunbar's Number: Maintain stable social relationships (Test) Why do we want to organize around Value? - Fewer handoffs, drive alignment, easier to build in quality, optimize the whole system Operational Value Stream is? - Used to deliver end customer value (Test) Development Value Stream means? - Development of Systems & Capabilities that enable the operational value streams (Test) Where do we start to ID Multiple Value Streams? - 4 Dimensions? Significant Opportunity, Clear products/solutions, Leadership support, Collaborating Teams. (Test) 3 things to Motivate? - 1. Autonomy 2. Mastery 3. Purpose Responsibilities SPCs can take on to drive? Why? - Communication, Form the team, Teach leaders & stakeholders, Train the Teams, Launch ARTs, Coach ARTs, Scale wins. Why? Connect the dots in the enterprise. (Test) Taking the Leading SAFe training is a? Know other training for different resources. - Key thing to get Leadership buy-in. (Test) Energy we want a team to develop? - Ba - Fuel of Ba is it's self-organizing nature - Ba is energized with intentions, vision, interest, & mission Knowledge Worker? - Know more about the work they perform than their boss (Test) Management Styles (3 types) - Expert, Conductor, Developer Responsibility Trap - Leader has to know everything Value Stream is a? - Fundamental thinking construct in Lean (Test) Scrum includes a? - Cross-Functional Team of 5-9 people Scrum Master (ATF) does what 3 things? - Facilitate Issues, Risks, & Dependencies (Test) Product Owner does what 2 things? - Prioritize Backlog & Accepts Work (Test) 4 Core Values of SAFe - 1. Built In Quality 2. Program Execution 3. Alignment 4. Transparency PI (Program Increment) is over when? - When the Time ends Features happen within? - A Program Increment (Test) Spanning Pallet is? - Support functions, Metrics, Milestones, Roadmap, Vision, etc. (Test) RTE (Release Train Engineer) - Facilitator of the Train System Architect - Technical Content Owner (Test) Product Management - Business Content Owner No RTE or VSE at what Level? - Portfolio No Time-Box at what Level? - Portfolio Business Results (4 Areas) - 1. Engagement 2. Time to market 3. Quality 4. Productivity 8 Big Mistakes of Change - 1. Complacency 2. No guiding coalition 3. Underestimate power of vision 4. Not communication vision 5. Permitting obstacles 6. Not creating short-term wins 7. Declaring victory to soon 8. Not anchoring changes in the corporate culture Culture is what 6 things? - 1. Behaviors 2. Values 3. Processes 4. Habits 5. Rewards & Punishment 6. Leadership (Test) SAFe 1,2,3 - Train Teams, Train Leaders, Release Train (Test) House of Lean 4 Pilars? - Respect for People & Culture, Flow, Innovation, Relentless Improvement House of Lean Roof? - VALUE House of Lean Base? - LEADERSHIP House of Lean: VALUE (the Roof) means? - Achieve sustainably shortest lead time: Best quality & value to people & society; High morale , safety and customer delight. (Test) House of Lean: Respect for People & Culture means? - People do all the work, customer is whomever consumes the work, Build long-term partnerships based on trust, Culture change comes last, not first, to change the culture you have to change the organization. Culture Eats? - Strategy for Breakfast (Peter Drucker) (Test) House of Lean: FLOW means? - Continuous sustainable throughput of value, avoid start-stop-start delays, build in quality, understand & manage variability, integrate frequently, informed decision making via fast feedback. GEMBA means? - No useful product/improvement was created at a desk; Walk leadership around on the floor. (Test) 4 keys of the Agile Manifesto? - 1. Individuals/interactions over processes & tools 2. working software over comprehensive documentation 3. customer collaboration over contract negotiation 4. respond to change over following a plan. House of Lean: INNOVATION means? - Producers innovate, customers validate, GEMBA, provide time & scope for creativity, apply innovation accounting, pivot w/out mercy or guilt (make controlled decisions). (Test) House of Lean: Relentless Improvement means? - Constant sense of danger, optimize the whole, consider facts quickly then act quickly, apply lean tools, reflect at key milestones. (Test) House of Lean: LEADERSHIP (the Base) means? - Lead the change, know the way, develop people, inspire & align w/mission, decentralize decision making, unlock intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers.