Chapter One Flashcards
What is a Value Stream?
Series of steps an organization undertakes to deliver a product or service to a customer
What is Operational Value Streams?
The sequences of activities needed to deliver a product or service to a Customer
Development Value Streams
The sequence of activities needed to convert a business hypothesis into a technology-enabled solution that delivers customer value.
The four stages of development value streams
Define, build, validate, and release
What is a Solution
A product, service, or system delivered to the customer
The Agile Manifesto
Individual and interactions over processes and tools
Working softwares over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
What is an Agile Team
A cross-functional, self-organizing team of 5 to 11 people that define, build, test, and deliver solution functionality.
This is the basic building block of the SAFe Enterprise
The Scrum Master
Coaches the agile team in self-management, helps the team focus on creating increments of value each iteration, facilitates the removal of impediments to the team’s progress, and ensures that all team events take place within the timebox
What is an Agile Release Train ( ART)
Consist of a virtual organization of 5 to 12 teams ( no more than 125 individuals)
They operate with the goal of achieving continuous flow of value
Product Manager responsibilities
Authority over program backlog
Helps drive PI objectives
Authority over vision and roadmap
Establishes features and acceptance criteria
Product Owner responsibilities
Authority over team backlog
Drives iteration goals and content via prioritized Stories
Establishes Story acceptance criteria
Accepts stories and team increments
Help drive PI objectives at the team level
