Experiencing PI Planning

Question 1

When looking at the Program Board, what does it mean when a feature is placed in a team’s swim lane with no strings?

Answer 1

That the feature can be completed independent from other teams.

Question 2

What is one thing the Scrum Master does during the IP Iteration?

Answer 2

Updates capacity.

Question 3

What are common anti-patterns during PI planning?

Answer 3

• Pressure is put on the team to over commit
• The team under commits due to fear of failure
• Over planning ahead of time to make it more efficient loses the essence of PI Planning
• The plan, rather than the alignment, becomes the goal

Question 4

Which two actions are part of the Scrum Master’s role in PI Planning?

Answer 4

• Maintain the time box
• Ensure the team builds a plan they can commit to
• Make sure the team is honest in their confidence vote
• Facilitate coordination with other teams without doing it for them
• Act as a request buffer for a team that has a lot of dependencies
• Manage the Program Board
• Facilitate the retrospective

Question 5

When is a feature hypothesis fully evaluated?

Answer 5

When the customer uses the feature in production.

Question 6

What is accomplished in the first part of the PI Planning meeting?

Answer 6

Items are selected from the Program backlog.

Question 7

During PI Planning, who owns feature priorities?

Answer 7

Product Management

Question 8

What Agile Manifesto principles describe the importance of PI Planning in SAFe?

Answer 8

The most efficient and effective methods of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.

Question 9

Why is a confidence vote held at the end of PI Planning?

Answer 9

To build shared commitment to the program plan.

Question 10

When working with an Agile Team, what is expected from Product Management?

Answer 10

To clarify the scope of feature work.

Question 11

PI Objectives summarize data into meaningful information that enhances alignment and provides what outcome?

Answer 11

Visibility for all.

Question 12

What are PI Planning inputs?

Answer 12

• Vision/Product Vision

- Top 10 Features

Question 13

What are PI Planning outputs?

Answer 13

• PI Objectives (Team and Program)

- Program Board

Question 14

What are some of the benefits provided by PI Objectives?

Answer 14

• Common language for communicating with business and technology stakeholders is created
• Near term focus and vision is created
• AV (Achieved business Value) can be assessed by the Agile Release Train
• Contribution by Team to business value is communicated/highlighted
• Dependencies that require coordination are exposed