LEADING SAFE CERTIFICATION EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTIONS
◉ (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
4. build incrementally fast & integrate
5. base milestones on objective evaluation
6. limit WIP/reduce batch size, manage queue length
7. apply cadence
8. unlock intrinsic motivation
9. decentralize decision making.
◉ Systems Thinking says? Answer: Needs of the Many outweigh the
needs of the Few.
- Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
- For the system to behave well as a system, a higher-level
understanding of behavior & architecture is required
- The value of a system passes through its interconnections
- A system can evolve no faster than its slowest point
,◉ (Test) Base decisions on Economics includes 5 things? Answer:
Parameter Tradeoffs:
1. Cycle Time
2. Product Cost
3. Value
4. Development Expense
5. Risk
◉ (Test) Assume Variability & Preserve Options means? Know more
about it. Answer: Defer commitment to the last possible moment
◉ Set Based Design (Agile) means? Answer: Multiple Design options
◉ Point Based Design (waterfall) means? Answer: Single Design
Option
◉ Set an Integration Point means? Answer: Lean machine to ensure
components are coming together
◉ Economics based decisions (5 things) are? Answer: 1. Sequence
jobs for Max. benefit
2. Don't consider money already spent
, 3. Make Economic choices continuously
4. Empower Local decision making
5. Quantify cost of Delay
◉ How should we measure progress? Answer: 1. Base working
systems
2. Objective evaluations
◉ System Thinking has 3 things? Answer: 1. Solution itself is a
system
2. The Enterprise building the system is a system
3. Optimize the full value stream
◉ (Test) Assume Variability; Preserve Options includes what 5
things? Answer: 1. Can't know everything
2. Requirements must be flexible
3. Decision must be flexible
4. Preserve options
5. Improve economic results
◉ (Test) Build Incrementally w/Fast integrated learning cycles is
what 4 things? Are Iterations a form of a learning cycle? Answer: 1.
Plan
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTIONS
◉ (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
4. build incrementally fast & integrate
5. base milestones on objective evaluation
6. limit WIP/reduce batch size, manage queue length
7. apply cadence
8. unlock intrinsic motivation
9. decentralize decision making.
◉ Systems Thinking says? Answer: Needs of the Many outweigh the
needs of the Few.
- Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
- For the system to behave well as a system, a higher-level
understanding of behavior & architecture is required
- The value of a system passes through its interconnections
- A system can evolve no faster than its slowest point
,◉ (Test) Base decisions on Economics includes 5 things? Answer:
Parameter Tradeoffs:
1. Cycle Time
2. Product Cost
3. Value
4. Development Expense
5. Risk
◉ (Test) Assume Variability & Preserve Options means? Know more
about it. Answer: Defer commitment to the last possible moment
◉ Set Based Design (Agile) means? Answer: Multiple Design options
◉ Point Based Design (waterfall) means? Answer: Single Design
Option
◉ Set an Integration Point means? Answer: Lean machine to ensure
components are coming together
◉ Economics based decisions (5 things) are? Answer: 1. Sequence
jobs for Max. benefit
2. Don't consider money already spent
, 3. Make Economic choices continuously
4. Empower Local decision making
5. Quantify cost of Delay
◉ How should we measure progress? Answer: 1. Base working
systems
2. Objective evaluations
◉ System Thinking has 3 things? Answer: 1. Solution itself is a
system
2. The Enterprise building the system is a system
3. Optimize the full value stream
◉ (Test) Assume Variability; Preserve Options includes what 5
things? Answer: 1. Can't know everything
2. Requirements must be flexible
3. Decision must be flexible
4. Preserve options
5. Improve economic results
◉ (Test) Build Incrementally w/Fast integrated learning cycles is
what 4 things? Are Iterations a form of a learning cycle? Answer: 1.
Plan
