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SAFe 5.0 Product Owner Product Manager
POPM Exam Study Guide Solutions
Core Values of SAFe - ANSWER✔✔-- Built-in Quality
- Program Execution
- Alignment
- Transparency
Value Streams - ANSWER✔✔-- series of steps an organization uses to implement Solutions that provide a
continuous flow of value to a Customer
- used to define and realize portfolio-level business objectives and organize Agile-team to deliver value
more rapidly
- contains the system, the people who do the works, and the flow of information and materials
Operational Value Stream - ANSWER✔✔-Contains the steps and the people who deliver end-user value
using the business Solutions created by the development Value Stresms
Development Value Streams - ANSWER✔✔-Contains the steps and the people who develop the business
Solutions created by the Operational Value Streams
Solution - ANSWER✔✔-may be a product, product line, a set of systems or a service that enables an
Operational Value Stream
House of Lean - ANSWER✔✔-- Goal: Value
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- Foundation: Leadership
- Pillars Respect for People and Culture, Development Flow, Innovation, Relentless Improvement
Agile Manifesto - ANSWER✔✔-- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan
SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (#1-#5) - ANSWER✔✔-#1 Take an Economic View
#2 Apply System Thinking
#3 Assume variability, preserve options
#4 Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
#5 Base milestones on objectives evaluation of working systems
SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (#6-#10) - ANSWER✔✔-#6 Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch size, and
manage queue lengths
#7 Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning
#8 Unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
#9 Decentralize decision-making
#10 Organize around value
PI Planning - ANSWER✔✔--cadence-based are the heartbeat of the Agile Enterprise
- 2 days every 8-12 weeks (10 weeks is typical)
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- attend in person (if possible)
- PM owns Feature priorities
- Agile teams own Stroy planning and high-level estimates
- architect/engineering and UX work as intermediaries for governance, interfaces, and dependencies
PI Planning Preparation - ANSWER✔✔-- Create/update Vision and Roadmaps
- Socialize the Top 10 Features and Enablers to set expectations for the PI Planning meeting
- too much preparation can inhibit exploration, interaction, and emergent designs/solution during PI
Planning
NFR - ANSWER✔✔-Non-functional requirements are key architecture concerns and system qualities that
are sometimes known as "ilities" - reliability, usability, scalability, etc
Product Manager's Role in PI - ANSWER✔✔-Negotiate scope
Daily Stand Up (timebox) - ANSWER✔✔-
Value at the Portfolio Level described - ANSWER✔✔-as Business and Enabler Epics
Product Manager area of focus - ANSWER✔✔-- Owns Program Backlog
- Defines features, PIs, and Release
- Owns Vision, Roadmap, pricing, licensing, ROI
- Collaborates on Enablers
- Establishes Features acceptance criteria (benefit hypothesis)
- prioritize Features for optimum economic value
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SAFe 5.0 Product Owner Product Manager
POPM Exam Study Guide Solutions
Core Values of SAFe - ANSWER✔✔-- Built-in Quality
- Program Execution
- Alignment
- Transparency
Value Streams - ANSWER✔✔-- series of steps an organization uses to implement Solutions that provide a
continuous flow of value to a Customer
- used to define and realize portfolio-level business objectives and organize Agile-team to deliver value
more rapidly
- contains the system, the people who do the works, and the flow of information and materials
Operational Value Stream - ANSWER✔✔-Contains the steps and the people who deliver end-user value
using the business Solutions created by the development Value Stresms
Development Value Streams - ANSWER✔✔-Contains the steps and the people who develop the business
Solutions created by the Operational Value Streams
Solution - ANSWER✔✔-may be a product, product line, a set of systems or a service that enables an
Operational Value Stream
House of Lean - ANSWER✔✔-- Goal: Value
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- Foundation: Leadership
- Pillars Respect for People and Culture, Development Flow, Innovation, Relentless Improvement
Agile Manifesto - ANSWER✔✔-- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan
SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (#1-#5) - ANSWER✔✔-#1 Take an Economic View
#2 Apply System Thinking
#3 Assume variability, preserve options
#4 Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
#5 Base milestones on objectives evaluation of working systems
SAFe Lean-Agile Principles (#6-#10) - ANSWER✔✔-#6 Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch size, and
manage queue lengths
#7 Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning
#8 Unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
#9 Decentralize decision-making
#10 Organize around value
PI Planning - ANSWER✔✔--cadence-based are the heartbeat of the Agile Enterprise
- 2 days every 8-12 weeks (10 weeks is typical)
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- attend in person (if possible)
- PM owns Feature priorities
- Agile teams own Stroy planning and high-level estimates
- architect/engineering and UX work as intermediaries for governance, interfaces, and dependencies
PI Planning Preparation - ANSWER✔✔-- Create/update Vision and Roadmaps
- Socialize the Top 10 Features and Enablers to set expectations for the PI Planning meeting
- too much preparation can inhibit exploration, interaction, and emergent designs/solution during PI
Planning
NFR - ANSWER✔✔-Non-functional requirements are key architecture concerns and system qualities that
are sometimes known as "ilities" - reliability, usability, scalability, etc
Product Manager's Role in PI - ANSWER✔✔-Negotiate scope
Daily Stand Up (timebox) - ANSWER✔✔-
Value at the Portfolio Level described - ANSWER✔✔-as Business and Enabler Epics
Product Manager area of focus - ANSWER✔✔-- Owns Program Backlog
- Defines features, PIs, and Release
- Owns Vision, Roadmap, pricing, licensing, ROI
- Collaborates on Enablers
- Establishes Features acceptance criteria (benefit hypothesis)
- prioritize Features for optimum economic value
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