Agile Flashcards
SAFe recommends separating development from release. What can help with this practice?
Hide all new functionality under Feature toggles.
When should a dependency be raised as a program risk?
When it must be accepted
The recommended structure for writing User Stories is?
As a…, I want…, So that
Which situation indicates the presence of an innovation riptide?
When team and Agile Release Train innovations turn into portfolio-level strategic initiatives
A product owner is noticing that overall quality is starting to degrade. What might they do to address the problem?
Reinforce the definition of Done
What is a benefit of Program Increment (PI) Objectives
To promote business agility by giving teams option on how they might deliver features
What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream?
Delivering end-user value
Features are sized or split to fit what duration
A program increment
Which design-thinking tool is most likely to help an ART during PI planning to ensure that the PI will deliver solution that is differentiated from competitive offerings?
Empathy Interviews
Product Management is responsible for which activity?
Defining Program Backlog content
What is the purpose of the Solution Context
To identify critical aspects of solution’s operational environment
Why is the problem solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons learned documents?
It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next PI
What is one of the questions the Product Management team must answer in order to create a vision?
Which problem will the solution solve
Product Management is expected to collaborate in planning the amount of upcoming enabler work by establishing what?
Capacity allocation
The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The product owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do?
Continue to support that team’s decision on sizing
The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The product owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do?
Continue to support that team’s decision on sizing
What is a common anti-pattern related to System Demos?
Team demos are accepted in place of a system demo to avoid redundancy
The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which concept?
Culture
The first three elements of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline work together to support delivery of small batches of new functionality which are released in accordance with what
Market needs
What is the purpose of a Program Epic?
To capture Agile Release Train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single Program Increment
What is a Strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies?
Move stories on their team’s backlog to another team
What happens to improvement items identified during the Iteration Retrospective?
They are entered as Stories in the team backlog
. What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Product Management plans to accomplish the Vision?
Business context
What is one way in which SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner
Help Agile teams gain a clear understanding of their customer
What does assigning business value to a team’s PI Objectives influence?
How teams pan the implementation
Agile team capacity allocations often include which major category of work?
User Stories
Which responsibility belongs to the Product owner?
Assigning PI Objectives
Who typically participates as the ART’s Business Owners to approve the team’s PI Objectives?
Product Management
Who should attend the PO Sync?
The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed
How can Product Management leverage market rhythms?
Adjust the delivery of Features to better meet market needs
What are there elements of INVEST? (Choose three
Testable,Valuable,Independent
Which statement is true about nonfunctional requirements?
They operate as constrains on the design of the system
Which statement is true about the SAFe backlog model?
Features are in the Program Backlog
Which two options are part of the SAFe Core Values? (Choose two)
Transparency and Program execution
What is the purpose of Iteration Goals?
To align the team members and the Product Owners to the mission
The Customer is asking for a forecast for when a specific Feature will be available. Where could Product Management find this information?
Solution Roadmap
Communicating the Vision to the Agile Release Train during Program Increment Planning supports which SAFe Core Value?
Alignment
Which of the following should always attend the Agile Team’s Iteration Review?
The team’s Product Owner
Iteration Goals serve what purpose?
To align team members to a common purpose
Who provides Agile Release Train context and vision during PI planning
Product Manager
What is an input to the Vision
Customer feedback
Which statement is true about WSJF?
It includes cost of delay and the unit size
During Program Increment Planning, the Product Owner coordinates primarily with their Agile Team, other Product Owners and who else?
Product Manager
Which statement is true about estimating Features using Story points?
More than one team may be involved in the estimation
How do SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline activities map to the teams’ work each Iteration within the Program Increment (PI)?
Each Iteration in the PI, teams are exploring, integrating, deploying, and potentially releasing new value
When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals?
Prior to iteration planning
What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Poduct Management plans to accomplish the visions
Top 10 features
What is the purpose of the Solution Context
To identify critical aspects of a solution’s operation environment
What is one way in which the SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner
Help Agile Teams gain a clear understanding of their Customer
Which statement is true about non functional requirements?
They operate as constraints on the design of the system
Which design-thinking tool is most likely to help an Agile Release Train (ART) during Program Increment(PI) planning to ensure that the PI will deliver a solution that is differentiated from competitive offerings?
Whole product thinking
How can Product Management leverage market rhythms?
Adjust the deliver of Features to better meet market needs
Essential Level
Aligns strategy with execution and organizes Solution development around the flow of value
Large Solution Level
Is used for building complex Solutions that require coordination across hundreds of people
Portfolio Level
Contains various roles and artifacts that may apply to one or more levels of SAFe
Spanning Palette
Provides the minimal elements necessary to be successful with SAFe
Core Competencies
Principles, Values, Mindset, and implementation guidance to drive change
Foundation
A set of related knowledge, skills, and behaviors which enable Business Agility
Business Agility requires that only software teams use Lean and Agile practices to continually deliver innovative, high-quality products and services faster than the competition.
False
What is Business Agility?
The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative, digitally-enabled business Solutions.
The basic building block for all SAFe configurations and the most straightforward starting point for SAFe implementation requires a significant degree of expertise across four of the Seven Core Competencies.
True
PI Planning
Aligns the entire ART on a common Vision and goal
System Demo
Objective evidence provided by a working Solution; the primary measure of progress
Inspect & Adapt
Planned time to reflect, collect data, and solve problems
IP Iteration
Dedicated time for innovation, continuing education, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt
Lean-Agile Leadership
Enterprise leaders take responsibility for Lean-Agile adoption and success
Which operating system does SAFe represent?
Dual operating system
What are the 10 critical success factors?
What are the 10 critical success factors?
What are the Core Competencies?
A set of related knowledge, skills, events, and behaviors, which together enable organizations to achieve Business Agility.
What is the Scaled Agile Framework?
The world’s leading framework for scaling Agile across the Enterprise that provides a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles and practices to support Business Agility.
Which configuration of SAFe provides the minimal elements necessary to be successful with SAFe?
Essential
Deliver early and often and apply an economic framework are two practices essential to which SAFe® Lean-Agile Principle?
Take an economic view
Match the SAFe® Lean-Agile Principle on the left with the phrase that most closely describes it on the right.
Apply systems thinking –Taking a holistic approach to solution development
Assume variability; preserve options —Considering multiple design choices at the start and eliminating weaker options over time.
Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles—Allowing for faster Customer feedback and mitigating risk
Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems—-Demonstrating the working system regularly
Organize around value—-Enabling quicker delivery and the ability to change course when needed
PI planning and timeboxed iterations where all teams participate in events together at regular intervals are two SAFe® concepts that support which SAFe® Lean-Agile Principle?
Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning
Big visual information radiators that show clearly the work of teams across an organization is an example of which SAFe Core Value?
Transparency
Which of the following team practices can be used to foster a culture of respect for people?
Develop working agreements
What are the SAFe Core Values? (Choose four.)
Relentless improvement, Alignment, Transparency, Respect for people
Which of the following SAFe events allows teams to regularly reflect and adapt their practices?
Retrospectives
Everyone working toward a common goal via shared objectives is a way to achieve which SAFe Core Value?
Alignment
