SAFe Agile Scrum Master Study Guide
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ART - ✔✔Agile Release Train
PO - ✔✔Project Owner
PI - ✔✔Program Increment
Innovation and Planning Iteration - ✔✔Occurs every PI and serves multiple purposes. It
acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI objectives, as well as providing dedicated
time for innovation, continuing education, and PI planning and Inspect and Adapt
(I&A) events.
Inspect & Adapt (I&A) - ✔✔A significant event, held at the end of each PI, where the
current state of the solution is demonstrated and evaluated by the train. Teams reflect
and identify improvement backlog items via a structured, problem-solving workshop
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,Iteration - ✔✔A basic building block of Agile development. Each is a standard, fixed-
length timebox, where Agile Teams deliver incremental value in the form of working,
tested software and systems.
What is the recommended timebox duration for an Iteration? - ✔✔2 weeks; however, 1-
4 weeks is acceptable, depending on the business context.
Who participates in the Inspect & Adapt (I&A) phase? - ✔✔All stakeholders, including:
1. The Agile Teams
2. Release Train Engineer (RTE)
3. System and Solution Architect Engineering
4. Product Management, Business Owners, and others on the Train
What results from the I&A phase? - ✔✔Improvement backlog items that go to the
Program Backlog for the next PI Planning event
3 parts of I&A - ✔✔PI System Demo
Quantitative Measurement
Retrospective and Problem-Solving Workshop
Purpose of PI System Demo - ✔✔To show all the Features the ART has developed over
the course of the PI
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, PI System Demo Timebox - ✔✔~1 hr or less
What is one primary measurement to be considered in quantitative metrics? -
✔✔Program predictability measure
Retrospective goal - ✔✔To identify whatever issues they would like to address
Retrospective objective - ✔✔To identify a few significant problems that the teams can
potentially address
PDCA Cycle - ✔✔Plan
Do
Check
Adjust
Scrum Masters - ✔✔Servant leaders and coaches for an Agile Team. Help educate team
in Scrum, XP, Kanban and SAFe, ensuring the agreed Agile process is being followed.
Help remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team
dynamics, continuous flow and relentless improvement.
Scrum Master Responsibilities - ✔✔Exhibits lean-agile leadership
Supports the team rules
Facilitates the team's progress toward team goals
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ART - ✔✔Agile Release Train
PO - ✔✔Project Owner
PI - ✔✔Program Increment
Innovation and Planning Iteration - ✔✔Occurs every PI and serves multiple purposes. It
acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI objectives, as well as providing dedicated
time for innovation, continuing education, and PI planning and Inspect and Adapt
(I&A) events.
Inspect & Adapt (I&A) - ✔✔A significant event, held at the end of each PI, where the
current state of the solution is demonstrated and evaluated by the train. Teams reflect
and identify improvement backlog items via a structured, problem-solving workshop
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,Iteration - ✔✔A basic building block of Agile development. Each is a standard, fixed-
length timebox, where Agile Teams deliver incremental value in the form of working,
tested software and systems.
What is the recommended timebox duration for an Iteration? - ✔✔2 weeks; however, 1-
4 weeks is acceptable, depending on the business context.
Who participates in the Inspect & Adapt (I&A) phase? - ✔✔All stakeholders, including:
1. The Agile Teams
2. Release Train Engineer (RTE)
3. System and Solution Architect Engineering
4. Product Management, Business Owners, and others on the Train
What results from the I&A phase? - ✔✔Improvement backlog items that go to the
Program Backlog for the next PI Planning event
3 parts of I&A - ✔✔PI System Demo
Quantitative Measurement
Retrospective and Problem-Solving Workshop
Purpose of PI System Demo - ✔✔To show all the Features the ART has developed over
the course of the PI
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, PI System Demo Timebox - ✔✔~1 hr or less
What is one primary measurement to be considered in quantitative metrics? -
✔✔Program predictability measure
Retrospective goal - ✔✔To identify whatever issues they would like to address
Retrospective objective - ✔✔To identify a few significant problems that the teams can
potentially address
PDCA Cycle - ✔✔Plan
Do
Check
Adjust
Scrum Masters - ✔✔Servant leaders and coaches for an Agile Team. Help educate team
in Scrum, XP, Kanban and SAFe, ensuring the agreed Agile process is being followed.
Help remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team
dynamics, continuous flow and relentless improvement.
Scrum Master Responsibilities - ✔✔Exhibits lean-agile leadership
Supports the team rules
Facilitates the team's progress toward team goals
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