2: Preparing for PI Planning Flashcards

PI Planning, Solution Vision, Solution & PI Roadmaps, Customer-centric Features, ART Backlog & Kanban

1
Q

A Planning Interval is a timebox during which a ____ delivers incremental value in the form of working, tested _____ and ______.

A

Agile Release Train (ART), software, systems

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2
Q

A Planning Interval is typically ____ weeks that consists of development of what 2 things?

A

8-12 weeks, Iterations and an Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration

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3
Q

A Planning Interval is a timebox for planning, building and validating what 3 things?

A

A full system increment,
demonstration value, and
receiving fast feedback

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4
Q

What is a cadence-based event that aligns all teams on the ART to a shared mission and Vision?

A

PI Planning

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5
Q

How is PI Planning structured in days?

A

2 in-person days
3-4 virtual days

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6
Q

For PI Planning, what does Product Management own?

A

Feature priorities

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7
Q

For PI Planning, what do Agile Teams own?

A

Story planning and high-level estimates

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8
Q

For PI Planning, what do the Architect and UX do?

A

Work as intermediaries for governance,
interfaces, and
dependencies

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9
Q

PI planning aligns development to what?

A

Business Goals w/ the business context, Vision, and Team/ART PI Objectives

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10
Q

PI Planning identifies and fosters what?

A

Dependencies &
Cross-team & cross-ART collaboration

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11
Q

PI Planning establishes what?

A

Personal communication across all team members & stakeholders

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12
Q

PI Planning provides what?

A

Opportunity for just the right amount of architecture and Lean User Experience (UX) guidance

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13
Q

PI Planning matches, eliminates, and enables what?

A

Matches demand to capacity,
eliminates excess work in process (WIP), and
enabled fast decision-making

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14
Q

What is a Solution Vision?

A

A description of the future state of the product or Solution

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15
Q

If Customer Feedback evolves the Vision for ART, what role creates the Vision?

A

Product Management

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16
Q

A ______ is a container for significant Solution development initiative that captures the more substantial investments that occur within a portfolio.

A

Epic

17
Q

A ______ is a service that fulfills a stakeholder need. Each of them includes a name, a benefit hypothesis, and acceptance criteria.

A

Feature

18
Q

A ______ is sized or split, as necessary, to be delivered by an ART in a PI.

A

Feature

19
Q

A ____ is a short description of a small piece of desired functionality.

A

Story

20
Q

A _____ supports the activities needed to extend the Architectural Runway to provide future business functionality. They are captured in various backlogs throughout SAFe.

A

Enabler

21
Q

Customer Journey Maps, Personas, and Whole-Product Thinking are Design Thinking tools that support creation of what?

A

Features

22
Q

This tool for Feature designing captures rich, concise information that inspires great products without unnecessary details.

A

Personas

23
Q

This tool for Feature designing that takes a product from generic to expected, augmented, then to a potential product creates what for the customer?

A

A compelling reason to buy the product.

24
Q

Features may start as a 1 sentence overview with more details added during which 2 phases?

A

1) Refinement meetings and 2) during PI Planning preparation

25
Q

Which role estimates Stories?

A

Agile Teams

26
Q

Which role estimates Features? What do those get rolled up into and where are they stored?

A

Product Managers,
Epic estimates,
Portfolio Backlog

27
Q

Which role estimates how long a portfolio Epic might take? What’s used to estimate this?

A

Portfolio Managers,
ART capacity allocation

28
Q

Where do Features get stored to deliver business benefits for a single ART?

A

ART Backlog

29
Q

Which role identifies Enablers that will enable delivery of future business functionality (Features) and a needed Architectural Runway?

A

System Architects

30
Q

What is the Content Authority role that prioritizes ART Backlog items?

A

Product Management