Preparing Architecture for PI Planning Flashcards by Joy Hundley

Which backlog contains Epics and Enablers?

A. Team Backlog
B. Program Backlog
C. Large Solution Backlog
D. Portfolio Backlog

D. Portfolio Backlog

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Which backlog contains Capabilities and Enablers?

A. Team Backlog
B. Program Backlog
C. Large Solution Backlog
D. Portfolio Backlog

C. Large Solution Backlog

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Which backlog contains Features and Enablers?

A. Team Backlog
B. Program Backlog
C. Large Solution Backlog
D. Portfolio Backlog

B. Program Backlog

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Which backlog contains Stories and Enablers?

A. Team Backlog
B. Program Backlog
C. Large Solution Backlog
D. Portfolio Backlog

A. Team Backlog

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What is a container for a Solution development initiative large enough to require analysis, the definition of a minimum viable product (MVP), and financial approval before implementation?

A. Epic
B. Capability
C. Feature
D. Story

A. Epic

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Because of Epics sizes and long delivery horizons they do not have concrete acceptance criteria or definitions of done (DoD). Instead they have what?

Benefits Hypothesis Statements

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What is a higher-level behavior of what needs to be done at the large-Solution level and typically spans multiple ARTs?

A. Epic
B. Capability
C. Feature
D. Story

B. Capability

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When splitting Capabilities into Features, slice the _____ not the _____?

A. Cost, Benefit
B. Benefit Hypothesis, Acceptance Criteria
C. Value, Work
D. Solution, Architecture

C. Value, Work

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What is a service that fulfills a stakeholder need, includes a benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria, and typically delivered in a single PI?

A. Epic
B. Capability
C. Feature
D. Story

C. Feature

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Who often owns Enabler Features?

A. System Architect
B. Product Owner
C. Scrum Master
D. Release Train Engineer

A. System Architect

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What is the basic definition of a Feature?

A. A service that fulfills a stakeholder need
B. A Solution development initiative with considerable scope and impact
C. A small piece of functionality that benefits an end-user
D. Functionality required to extend the Architectural Runway

A. A service that fulfills a stakeholder need

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A System Architect is working with a new ART and has planned multiple Enabler Features that explore different approaches to a technical issue that is not fully understood. The Product Manager is concerned that the ART will be wasting capacity. How should the System Architect approach the situation?

A. Acknowledge the Product Manager’s concern and remove the enablers
B. Discuss with the Product Manager the need to assume variability and preserve options
C. Talk directly to the developers to make sure they perform the Enabler work
D. Refer the Product Manager to the Enterprise Architect

B. Discuss with the Product Manager the need to assume variability and preserve options

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What do Strategic Themes help identify from an architectural perspective?

A. ART configuration
B. Portfolio budgets
C. New Enabler Epics
D. New Value Streams

C. New Enabler Epics

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TRUE or FALSE: Architects assist in identifying measurable benefits and metrics.

TRUE

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What supports activities needed to extend the Architectural Runway and provide future business functionality?

A. MVPs
B. MMPs
C. Enablers
D. Backlogs

C. Enablers

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What are the 4 forms of enablers? (select 4)

A. Business
B. Infrastructure
C. Compliance
D. Integration
E. Architecture
F. Exploration

B. Infrastructure
C. Compliance
E. Architecture
F. Exploration

What are Infrastructure Enablers?

A. Created to build, enhance, and automate the development, testing, and deployment environments
B. Support research, prototyping, and other activities needed to develop an understanding of customer needs including understanding the prospective Solution and potential alternatives
C. Created to build the Architectural Runway, proofs of concept
D. Facilitate managing specific regulatory activities, including Verification and Validation (V&V) documentation and signoffs, and regulatory submissions and approvals

A. Created to build, enhance, and automate the development, testing, and deployment environments

What are Exploration Enablers?

B. Support research, prototyping, and other activities needed to develop an understanding of customer needs including understanding the prospective Solution and potential alternatives

What are Architecture Enablers?

C. Created to build the Architectural Runway, proofs of concept

What are Compliance Enablers?

D. Facilitate managing specific regulatory activities, including Verification and Validation (V&V) documentation and signoffs, and regulatory submissions and approvals

Which type of Enabler supports research, prototyping, and other activities needed to develop an understanding of customer needs?

A. Compliance
B. Architecture
C. Exploration
D. Infrastructure

C. Exploration

How is WSJF calculated?

A. Cost of delay multiplied by job size
B. Cost of delay divided by job size
C. Job size multiplied by cost of delay
D. Job size divided by cost of delay

B. Cost of delay divided by job size

What are the 3 components of cost of delay? (choose 3)

A. User-business value
B. Return on investment
C. Time criticality
D. Risk reduction and/or opportunity enablement
E. Weighted shortest job first
F. Job size

A. User-business value
C. Time criticality
D. Risk reduction and/or opportunity enablement

Who are the WSJF stakeholders?

A. Business Owners, Product Managers, Product Owners, and Architects
B. Agile Team
C. LPM, APM
D. LPM, APM, Architects

A. Business Owners, Product Managers, Product Owners, and Architects

Architects work with Product Management to do which of the following? A. Implement Enabler Epics across Value Streams B. Sequencing of the critical technological infrastructure for new business functionality C. Define and maintain NFRs D. Identify emerging conflicts

C. Define and maintain NFRs

Architects work with Product Owners to do which of the following? A. Implement Enabler Epics across Value Streams B. Sequencing of the critical technological infrastructure for new business functionality C. Define and maintain NFRs D. Identify emerging conflicts

B. Sequencing of the critical technological infrastructure for new business functionality

Architects work with other architects to do which of the following? A. Implement Enabler Epics across Value Streams B. Sequencing of the critical technological infrastructure for new business functionality C. Define and maintain NFRs D. Identify emerging conflicts

A. Implement Enabler Epics across Value Streams

Whose focus is on robust technology Solutions that meet near and long term goals? A. Product and Solution Management B. System and Solution Architect/Engineering C. Portfolio Management D. Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE)

B. System and Solution Architect/Engineering

Whose focus is on the Capabilities and Features that our customers need? A. Product and Solution Management B. System and Solution Architect/Engineering C. Portfolio Management D. Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE)

A. Product and Solution Management

Which of the following IS NOT a benefit of capacity allocation? (choose 2) A. Creating balance between immediate and long-term value delivery B. Allows Enterprise to continuously invest in the Architectural Runway C. Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) D. Enables working on a cadence E. Provides time for exploration of requirements and design for future PIs

C. Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) D. Enables working on a cadence

What level does the Pre and Post PI Planning meetings happen at? A. Team Level B. Program Level C. Solution Level D. Portfolio Level

C. Solution Level

What is the purpose/goal of pre-PI Planning? A. to get alignment on Solution-level objectives and architectural themes that will influence PI Planning B. to socialize the top 10 features with all members C. to confirm WSJF backlog prioritization is agreed to D. to review, recap, communicate, and provide feedback to the Solution Train

A. to get alignment on Solution-level objectives and architectural themes that will influence PI Planning

What is the purpose/goal of post-PI Planning meeting? A. to get alignment on Solution-level objectives and architectural themes that will influence PI Planning B. to socialize the top 10 features with all members C. to confirm WSJF backlog prioritization is agreed to D. to review, recap, communicate, and provide feedback to the Solution Train

D. to review, recap, communicate, and provide feedback to the Solution Train

TRUE or FALSE: The entire ARTs attend the Solution Train pre and post PI planning meetings.

FALSE Typically the pre- and post-PI Planning meetings are attended by: Customers Solution Train Engineer Solution Architects/Engineer Solution Train stakeholders Select ART representatives Solution Management Suppliers

What is a benefit of capacity allocation? A. It ensures that Architects are working from a prioritized backlog B. It prioritizes technical debt reduction over business requests C. It balances effort between business Feature development and Enabler development D. It guarantees that there are enough people on the ART to deliver everything in the Program Backlog

C. It balances effort between business Feature development and Enabler development