LEADING SAFe CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH 257 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
SAFe stands for? - (ANSWER)Scaled Agile Framework enterprise
HIP stands for? - (ANSWER)Hardening, Innovation, Planning
(Test) What drives the upper limit to 125? - (ANSWER)Dunbar's Number: Maintain stable
social relationships
(Test) Why do we want to organize around Value? - (ANSWER)Fewer handoffs, drive
alignment, easier to build in quality, optimize the whole system $%^
&*()
Operational Value Stream is? - (ANSWER)Used to deliver end customer value
(Test) Development Value Stream means? - (ANSWER)Development of Systems &
Capabilities that enable the operational value streams
(Test) Where do we start to ID Multiple Value Streams? - (ANSWER)4 Dimensions?
Significant Opportunity, Clear products/solutions, Leadership support, Collaborating
Teams.
(Test) 3 things to Motivate? - (ANSWER)1. Autonomy
2. Mastery
3. Purpose
Responsibilities SPCs can take on to drive? Why? - (ANSWER)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. -
(ANSWER)Key thing to get Leadership buy-in.
(Test) Energy we want a team to develop? - (ANSWER)Ba
- Fuel of Ba is it's self-organizing nature
- Ba is energized with intentions, vision, interest, & mission
Knowledge Worker? - (ANSWER)Know more about the work they perform than their boss
(Test) Management Styles (3 types) - (ANSWER)Expert, Conductor, Developer
,LEADING SAFe CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH 257 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Responsibility Trap - (ANSWER)Leader has to know everything
Value Stream is a? - (ANSWER)Fundamental thinking construct in Lean
(Test) Scrum includes a? - (ANSWER)Cross-Functional Team of 5-9 people
Scrum Master (ATF) does what 3 things? - (ANSWER)Facilitate Issues, Risks, &
Dependencies
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(Test) Product Owner does what 2 things? - (ANSWER)Prioritize Backlog & Accepts Work &*()
(Test) 4 Core Values of SAFe - (ANSWER)1. Built In Quality
2. Program Execution
3. Alignment
4. Transparency
PI (Program Increment) is over when? - (ANSWER)When the Time ends
Features happen within? - (ANSWER)A Program Increment
(Test) Spanning Pallet is? - (ANSWER)Support functions, Metrics, Milestones, Roadmap,
Vision, etc.
(Test) RTE (Release Train Engineer) - (ANSWER)Facilitator of the Train
System Architect - (ANSWER)Technical Content Owner
(Test) Product Management - (ANSWER)Business Content Owner
No RTE or VSE at what Level? - (ANSWER)Portfolio
No Time-Box at what Level? - (ANSWER)Portfolio
Business Results (4 Areas) - (ANSWER)1. Engagement
2. Time to market
3. Quality
4. Productivity
,LEADING SAFe CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH 257 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
8 Big Mistakes of Change - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)1. Behaviors &*()
2. Values
3. Processes
4. Habits
5. Rewards & Punishment
6. Leadership
(Test) SAFe 1,2,3 - (ANSWER)Train Teams, Train Leaders, Release Train
(Test) House of Lean 4 Pilars? - (ANSWER)Respect for People & Culture, Flow, Innovation,
Relentless Improvement
House of Lean Roof? - (ANSWER)VALUE
House of Lean Base? - (ANSWER)LEADERSHIP
House of Lean: VALUE (the Roof) means? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)Strategy for Breakfast (Peter Drucker)
(Test) House of Lean: FLOW means? - (ANSWER)Continuous sustainable throughput of
value, avoid start-stop-start delays, build in quality, understand & manage variability,
integrate frequently, informed decision making via fast feedback.
, LEADING SAFe CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH 257 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
GEMBA means? - (ANSWER)No useful product/improvement was created at a desk; Walk
leadership around on the floor.
(Test) 4 keys of the Agile Manifesto? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)Lead the change, know
the way, develop people, inspire & align w/mission, decentralize decision making, unlock
intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers.
An Economic View means? - (ANSWER)Deliver early & often
5 "key" things when considering Economics? - (ANSWER)1. Sequence jobs for max benefit
2. Do not consider Money already spent
3. Make economic choices continuously
4. Empower local decision making
5. Quantify the Cost of Delay
Agile Manifesto: 12 areas - (ANSWER)1. satisfy customer, 2. welcome change, 3. deliver
frequently, 4. work together, 5. build around motivated people, 6. face-to-face
conversation, 7. working software measures progress, 8. sustainable development, 9.
technical excellence, 10. simplicity, 11. self-organized teams, 12. reflect & adjust.
SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (9 total) - (ANSWER)1. economic view
2. systems thinking
3. assume variability, preserve options
SAFe stands for? - (ANSWER)Scaled Agile Framework enterprise
HIP stands for? - (ANSWER)Hardening, Innovation, Planning
(Test) What drives the upper limit to 125? - (ANSWER)Dunbar's Number: Maintain stable
social relationships
(Test) Why do we want to organize around Value? - (ANSWER)Fewer handoffs, drive
alignment, easier to build in quality, optimize the whole system $%^
&*()
Operational Value Stream is? - (ANSWER)Used to deliver end customer value
(Test) Development Value Stream means? - (ANSWER)Development of Systems &
Capabilities that enable the operational value streams
(Test) Where do we start to ID Multiple Value Streams? - (ANSWER)4 Dimensions?
Significant Opportunity, Clear products/solutions, Leadership support, Collaborating
Teams.
(Test) 3 things to Motivate? - (ANSWER)1. Autonomy
2. Mastery
3. Purpose
Responsibilities SPCs can take on to drive? Why? - (ANSWER)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. -
(ANSWER)Key thing to get Leadership buy-in.
(Test) Energy we want a team to develop? - (ANSWER)Ba
- Fuel of Ba is it's self-organizing nature
- Ba is energized with intentions, vision, interest, & mission
Knowledge Worker? - (ANSWER)Know more about the work they perform than their boss
(Test) Management Styles (3 types) - (ANSWER)Expert, Conductor, Developer
,LEADING SAFe CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH 257 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Responsibility Trap - (ANSWER)Leader has to know everything
Value Stream is a? - (ANSWER)Fundamental thinking construct in Lean
(Test) Scrum includes a? - (ANSWER)Cross-Functional Team of 5-9 people
Scrum Master (ATF) does what 3 things? - (ANSWER)Facilitate Issues, Risks, &
Dependencies
$%^
(Test) Product Owner does what 2 things? - (ANSWER)Prioritize Backlog & Accepts Work &*()
(Test) 4 Core Values of SAFe - (ANSWER)1. Built In Quality
2. Program Execution
3. Alignment
4. Transparency
PI (Program Increment) is over when? - (ANSWER)When the Time ends
Features happen within? - (ANSWER)A Program Increment
(Test) Spanning Pallet is? - (ANSWER)Support functions, Metrics, Milestones, Roadmap,
Vision, etc.
(Test) RTE (Release Train Engineer) - (ANSWER)Facilitator of the Train
System Architect - (ANSWER)Technical Content Owner
(Test) Product Management - (ANSWER)Business Content Owner
No RTE or VSE at what Level? - (ANSWER)Portfolio
No Time-Box at what Level? - (ANSWER)Portfolio
Business Results (4 Areas) - (ANSWER)1. Engagement
2. Time to market
3. Quality
4. Productivity
,LEADING SAFe CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH 257 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
8 Big Mistakes of Change - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)1. Behaviors &*()
2. Values
3. Processes
4. Habits
5. Rewards & Punishment
6. Leadership
(Test) SAFe 1,2,3 - (ANSWER)Train Teams, Train Leaders, Release Train
(Test) House of Lean 4 Pilars? - (ANSWER)Respect for People & Culture, Flow, Innovation,
Relentless Improvement
House of Lean Roof? - (ANSWER)VALUE
House of Lean Base? - (ANSWER)LEADERSHIP
House of Lean: VALUE (the Roof) means? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)Strategy for Breakfast (Peter Drucker)
(Test) House of Lean: FLOW means? - (ANSWER)Continuous sustainable throughput of
value, avoid start-stop-start delays, build in quality, understand & manage variability,
integrate frequently, informed decision making via fast feedback.
, LEADING SAFe CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH 257 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
GEMBA means? - (ANSWER)No useful product/improvement was created at a desk; Walk
leadership around on the floor.
(Test) 4 keys of the Agile Manifesto? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)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? - (ANSWER)Lead the change, know
the way, develop people, inspire & align w/mission, decentralize decision making, unlock
intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers.
An Economic View means? - (ANSWER)Deliver early & often
5 "key" things when considering Economics? - (ANSWER)1. Sequence jobs for max benefit
2. Do not consider Money already spent
3. Make economic choices continuously
4. Empower local decision making
5. Quantify the Cost of Delay
Agile Manifesto: 12 areas - (ANSWER)1. satisfy customer, 2. welcome change, 3. deliver
frequently, 4. work together, 5. build around motivated people, 6. face-to-face
conversation, 7. working software measures progress, 8. sustainable development, 9.
technical excellence, 10. simplicity, 11. self-organized teams, 12. reflect & adjust.
SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (9 total) - (ANSWER)1. economic view
2. systems thinking
3. assume variability, preserve options
