SAFE AGILE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT (APM) LATEST
EXAM 2024/2025 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A++
Applying systems thinking means identifying the systems in the process
which includes the solution itself and what else? - ANSWER The enterprise
building the system
The Agile Release Train passes through four steps in order to deliver
Solutions which includes: defining new functionality, implementing,
acceptance testing, and what else? - ANSWER Deploying
In the Program Kanban some steps have Work-in-Process limits. Why is
this necessary? - ANSWER To help continuous deployment and increase
flow
Innovation and Planning Iteration - ANSWER occurs every PI and serves
multiple purposes. Acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI objectives,
provides dedicated time for innovation, continuing education, PI Planning
and Inspect and Adapt events
Portfolio Kanban - ANSWER Manages the flow of Epics
What components are used to base a decision on economics? - ANSWER
Lead time, product cost, value, development expense and risk
What is a Feature? - ANSWER A service that fulfills a stakeholder need.
Each feature includes a benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria, and is
sized or split as necessary to be delivered by a single Agile Release Train
(ART) in a Program Increment (PI)
What is found on a program board? - ANSWER This highlights the new
feature delivery dates, feature dependencies among teams and with other
ARTs, and relevant Milestones
What are the five primary dimensions of Built-in Quality? - ANSWER Flow,
Architecture & Design Quality, Code Quality, System Quality, Release
Quality
,Who has content authority to make decisions at the user story level during
PI Planning? - ANSWER Product Owner
What is SAFe's release strategy? - ANSWER Release on demand
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making? - ANSWER
Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? - ANSWER The Portfolio
Kanban system is used to address the flow of Portfolio Epics
Which statement describes a Capability? - ANSWER It must be structured
to fit within a single Program Increment (often takes multiple ARTs to
implement)
What is the recommended frequency for updating Lean budget distribution?
- ANSWER On demand (fund Value Streams, not projects)
ROAM - ANSWER Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated
House of Lean- Respect for People and Culture - ANSWER People do the
work, customer is whoever consumes your work
-don't overload them
-don't make them wait
Build long-term partnerships based on trust
Cultural change comes LAST, not first
To change the culture, you have to change the organization
Describe DevOps - ANSWER - DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap
between development and operations
- DevOps is a mindset, a culture, and a set of technical practices. It
provides communication, integration, automation, and close cooperation
among all the people needed to plan, develop, test, deploy, release, and
maintain a Solution
Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog.
What do Product Owners have content authority over? - ANSWER Team
Backlog
,When is a Pre-PI Planning event needed? - ANSWER When multiple Agile
Release Trains working on the same Solution need to align and coordinate
The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? -
ANSWER Cross-functional teams
What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to
Team PI Objectives? - ANSWER -Business Owners assign high values to
important enabler work
- A value of 10 given to all of the PI Objectives
- Business Owners assigning the business value
- Assigning business values to stretch objectives
Agile Manifesto - ANSWER -Individuals and interactions over processes
and tools
-Working Software over documentation
-Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
-Responding to change over following a plan
Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes? - ANSWER
They are business objectives that connect the SAFe Portfolio to the
Enterprise business strategy
What is a Minimal Viable Product? - ANSWER A minimal product that can
validate a hypothesis
What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings? - ANSWER Scrum
of Scrums 6-8
What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? -
ANSWER Teams align their iterations to the same schedule to support
communication, coordination, and system integration 3-44
What is the best measure of progress for complex system development? -
ANSWER -System Demo
Refined Backlog
ROAMing Risks
Iteration Review
, What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge
workers? - ANSWER To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and
minimum constraints
What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? -
ANSWER Strive to think of adoption as an area they can control
Change Scrum Masters in the team every two weeks - NO
Send someone to represent management, and then delegate tasks to
these individuals - NO
-Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system
What should the team focus on in order to optimize flow? - ANSWER
Delays 3-14
Peter Drucker defines knowledge workers as individuals who know more
about the work they perform than who? - ANSWER Their bosses
What is the recommended way to estimate Epics? - ANSWER Split an Epic
into potential Features, estimate each potential Feature in normalized story
points, and add up the estimates 8-31
When does a Roadmap become a queue? - ANSWER When it is longer
than one Program Increment 6-15
Which statement describes aspects of the team's commitment during PI
Planning? - ANSWER A team does not commit to stretch objectives 5-8
Implementing SAFe requires buy-in from all levels of the organization.
What level of leadership is most important for effecting cultural change? -
ANSWER Executive Management 2-10
What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an
organization? - ANSWER SAFe Implementation Roadmap 1-29
What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? - ANSWER Leadership
2-10
The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential
for Lean thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates a "Get out of the
office" mindset? - ANSWER Innovation 2-8
EXAM 2024/2025 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS/ ALREADY GRADED A++
Applying systems thinking means identifying the systems in the process
which includes the solution itself and what else? - ANSWER The enterprise
building the system
The Agile Release Train passes through four steps in order to deliver
Solutions which includes: defining new functionality, implementing,
acceptance testing, and what else? - ANSWER Deploying
In the Program Kanban some steps have Work-in-Process limits. Why is
this necessary? - ANSWER To help continuous deployment and increase
flow
Innovation and Planning Iteration - ANSWER occurs every PI and serves
multiple purposes. Acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI objectives,
provides dedicated time for innovation, continuing education, PI Planning
and Inspect and Adapt events
Portfolio Kanban - ANSWER Manages the flow of Epics
What components are used to base a decision on economics? - ANSWER
Lead time, product cost, value, development expense and risk
What is a Feature? - ANSWER A service that fulfills a stakeholder need.
Each feature includes a benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria, and is
sized or split as necessary to be delivered by a single Agile Release Train
(ART) in a Program Increment (PI)
What is found on a program board? - ANSWER This highlights the new
feature delivery dates, feature dependencies among teams and with other
ARTs, and relevant Milestones
What are the five primary dimensions of Built-in Quality? - ANSWER Flow,
Architecture & Design Quality, Code Quality, System Quality, Release
Quality
,Who has content authority to make decisions at the user story level during
PI Planning? - ANSWER Product Owner
What is SAFe's release strategy? - ANSWER Release on demand
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making? - ANSWER
Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? - ANSWER The Portfolio
Kanban system is used to address the flow of Portfolio Epics
Which statement describes a Capability? - ANSWER It must be structured
to fit within a single Program Increment (often takes multiple ARTs to
implement)
What is the recommended frequency for updating Lean budget distribution?
- ANSWER On demand (fund Value Streams, not projects)
ROAM - ANSWER Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated
House of Lean- Respect for People and Culture - ANSWER People do the
work, customer is whoever consumes your work
-don't overload them
-don't make them wait
Build long-term partnerships based on trust
Cultural change comes LAST, not first
To change the culture, you have to change the organization
Describe DevOps - ANSWER - DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap
between development and operations
- DevOps is a mindset, a culture, and a set of technical practices. It
provides communication, integration, automation, and close cooperation
among all the people needed to plan, develop, test, deploy, release, and
maintain a Solution
Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog.
What do Product Owners have content authority over? - ANSWER Team
Backlog
,When is a Pre-PI Planning event needed? - ANSWER When multiple Agile
Release Trains working on the same Solution need to align and coordinate
The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? -
ANSWER Cross-functional teams
What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to
Team PI Objectives? - ANSWER -Business Owners assign high values to
important enabler work
- A value of 10 given to all of the PI Objectives
- Business Owners assigning the business value
- Assigning business values to stretch objectives
Agile Manifesto - ANSWER -Individuals and interactions over processes
and tools
-Working Software over documentation
-Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
-Responding to change over following a plan
Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes? - ANSWER
They are business objectives that connect the SAFe Portfolio to the
Enterprise business strategy
What is a Minimal Viable Product? - ANSWER A minimal product that can
validate a hypothesis
What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings? - ANSWER Scrum
of Scrums 6-8
What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? -
ANSWER Teams align their iterations to the same schedule to support
communication, coordination, and system integration 3-44
What is the best measure of progress for complex system development? -
ANSWER -System Demo
Refined Backlog
ROAMing Risks
Iteration Review
, What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge
workers? - ANSWER To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and
minimum constraints
What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? -
ANSWER Strive to think of adoption as an area they can control
Change Scrum Masters in the team every two weeks - NO
Send someone to represent management, and then delegate tasks to
these individuals - NO
-Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system
What should the team focus on in order to optimize flow? - ANSWER
Delays 3-14
Peter Drucker defines knowledge workers as individuals who know more
about the work they perform than who? - ANSWER Their bosses
What is the recommended way to estimate Epics? - ANSWER Split an Epic
into potential Features, estimate each potential Feature in normalized story
points, and add up the estimates 8-31
When does a Roadmap become a queue? - ANSWER When it is longer
than one Program Increment 6-15
Which statement describes aspects of the team's commitment during PI
Planning? - ANSWER A team does not commit to stretch objectives 5-8
Implementing SAFe requires buy-in from all levels of the organization.
What level of leadership is most important for effecting cultural change? -
ANSWER Executive Management 2-10
What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an
organization? - ANSWER SAFe Implementation Roadmap 1-29
What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? - ANSWER Leadership
2-10
The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential
for Lean thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates a "Get out of the
office" mindset? - ANSWER Innovation 2-8
