Leading SAFe (4.6)

Question 1

Delivering the best value and quality for people and society in the shortest sustainable lead time requires a fundamental understanding of the economics of building systems.

Answer 1

Agile Principle #1 - Take an economic view

Question 2

To improve, everyone must understand and commit to the purpose of the system. Optimizing one component does not optimize the whole.

Answer 2

Agile Principle #2 - Apply systems thinking

Question 3

Maintain multiple requirements and design options for a longer period in the development cycle. Empirical data is then used to narrow the focus, resulting in a design that creates better economic outcomes.

Answer 3

Agile Principle #3 - Assume variability; preserve options

Question 4

Develop solutions incrementally in a series of short iterations. Each iteration results in an integrated increment of a working system. Subsequent iterations build on the previous ones.

Answer 4

Agile Principle #4 - Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles

Question 5

Which practice helps with a test-first mentality?

Answer 5

BDD (Business-Driven Development)

Question 6

What are the three primary keys to implementing flow?

Answer 6

1) Reduce the batch sizes of work
2) Visualize and limit WIP
3) Manage queue lengths

Question 7

When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development expense used?

Answer 7

To identify different parameters of the economic framework

Question 8

What is one possible adjustment that can be made on day 2 of the PI Planning meeting?

Answer 8

Adjustments in business priorities

Question 9

Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality?

Answer 9

You cannot scale crappy code

Question 10

Which one of the four pillars of the House of Lean advocates a “Get out of the office” mindset?

Answer 10

Innovation

Question 11

________________ allows fast and empowered decision-making, with appropriate financial control and accountability provided through Guardrails.

Answer 11

Lean Budgeting

Question 12

________________ describes the purpose of a SAFe portfolio.

Answer 12

Portfolio Canvas

Question 13

________________ makes the work visible and creates Work-in-Process (WIP) limits to help assure that demand is matched to the actual value stream and Agile Release Train (ART) capacities.

Answer 13

Portfolio Kanban

Question 14

Which is an aspect of system thinking?

Answer 14

Optimizing a component does not optimize the system

Question 15

How are stories estimated in SAFe?

Answer 15

Story Points

Question 16

What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to Team PI Objectives?

Answer 16

A value of 10 given to all of the PI Objectives

Question 17

What do Product Owners have content authority over?

Answer 17

Team Backlog

Question 18

What is found on a program board?

Answer 18

Features

Question 19

How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed?

Answer 19

Portfolio Kanban

Question 20

What should the team focus on in order to optimize flow?

Answer 20

Delays

Question 21

When does a Roadmap become a queue?

Answer 21

When it is longer than one Program Increment (PI)

Question 22

In the Program Kanban some steps have Work-in-Process limits. Why is this necessary?

Answer 22

To help continuous development

Question 23

What is it called when Teams align their iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration?

Answer 23

Cadence-based synchronization

Question 24

What is part of the role of Product Management?

Answer 24

To facilitate backlog refinement session

Question 25

Who has content authority to make decisions at the user story level during PI Planning?

Answer 25

Product Owner

Question 26

Which statement describes aspects of the team’s commitment during PI Planning?

Answer 26

A team does not commit to stretch objectives

Question 27

What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable?

Answer 27

Continuous learning

Question 28

What are stretch objectives?

Answer 28

Objectives that are used to identify variable work within a PI

Question 29

Which role serves as the Servant Leader for the Agile Release Train?

Answer 29

Release Train Engineer