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What is one method for designing the end-to-end Customer experience?
Journey mapping
Which of the following events shows how well the ART is progressing toward meeting the PI Objectives?
PO Sync
What is one method to establish a team’s velocity?
Compare the average Story points completed throughout the previous Iterations
What is defined as a product, service, or system delivered to the Customer?
Solution
What is essential when communicating the Vision?
The importance of non-functional requirements
Lean Budget Guardrails are influenced by
Strategic Themes
Which Agile Team event supports relentless improvement?
Iteration Retrospective
What is one tool that visualizes Features representing a workflow?
Team Kanban
What increases the effectiveness of System Demos?
Limit team attendance to minimize disruptions to the team
What is a pattern for splitting Features into Stories?
Variations in data
What is one way Kanban boards are used in SAFe?
To manage WIP limits
What is one responsibility of the Product Owner during Team Sync?.
To clarify Story intent
What is one question that helps Product Management create a Vision?
What problem(s) will the Solution solve?
In a 12-week Pl, how often does the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration occur?
Every quarter
What are the minimum requirements for a Feature?
Name, benefit hypothesis, and acceptance criteria
Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons learned documents?
Collaboration over documentation is a key recommendation of the Agile Manifesto
Which of the following Agile Manifesto principles aligns with conducting a System Demo?
Working software is the primary measure of progress
What is enabled by the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
New functionality delivered more frequently
What is one influence on Solution and PI Roadmaps?
Market dynamics
What system delivers a product or service to a Customer?
Operational Value Stream
Which of the following statements is one of the five Lean Thinking principles?
Identify the Value Stream for each product
Lean Thinking is -
Precisely specify value by product
Identify the Value Stream for each product
Make value flow without interruptions
Let the Customer pull value from the producer
Pursue perfection
What is included in the Inspect and Adapt agenda?
Quantitative and qualitative measurement
What is one input to the Vision?
Customer feedback
Why do Agile Teams use Iteration Goals?
To align the team members and the Product Owner to a common purpose
Which role ensures that the ART has the Vision and Backlog needed to engage in PI Planning successfully?
Product Management
What does a Kanban board demonstrate?
Where a team has too much work-in-process (WIP)
What is one benefit of capacity allocation?
It prevents different types of backlog items from being compared against each another
Communicating and refining the Vision to the Agile Release Train during PI Planning supports which SAFe Core Value?
Alignment
What is the next action for Improvement items identified during the Iteration Retrospective?
They are entered as Stories in the Team Backlog
Which of the following roles has content authority for the ART Backlog?
Product Management
What can increase the effectiveness of Backlog Refinement?
Schedule the event on a regular cadence
Which is developed by teams and rolled up to the ART level during PI Planning?
Objectives
What is one responsibility of Product Management?
Connecting with the Customer
What unit of time is used on Solution Roadmaps?
Years
Which role does Product Management work with to prioritize Enablers?
System Architect
In the first step of SAFe’s Continuous Delivery Pipeline, Product Owners and Product Managers do what activity?
Hypothesize what would create value for Customers
What makes value available when it’s needed?
Release on Demand
What is one strategy for managing complex critical path challenges?
Adjust work between teams or split Features and Stories
What is one characteristic of writing effective PI Objectives?
Describing the value
Why is it important to establish a definition of done?
To create alignment on when Stories are complete
What is a PI Planning input that demonstrates how Product Management plans to accomplish the Vision?
The business context
Which statement describes a mitigated ART PI Risk?
There is a strategy to adjust the plan as necessary
What helps visualize work during PI Planning?
ART Planning Board
What is the primary purpose of PO Sync?
To assess progress of the PI and adjust scope and priority as needed
What is one step when determining initial team capacity during PI Planning?
Subtract one point for every team member’s vacation day, public holiday, or training day
Which Product Owner responsibility supports the team with value delivery?
Fostering Built-in Quality
What is one tool that identifies specific practices for potential improvement?
competency Assessments
Where are systems, people who do the work, and the flow of information and materials represented?
Within a Value Stream
During PI Planning, which activity happens after dependencies are resolved and risks are addressed?
Confidence vote
What is one purpose of Iteration Goals?
To align team members to a common purpose
What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream?
Delivering end-user value
Which increment is reviewed at the System Demo?
Full system increment
Which SAFe Core Value is demonstrated when explaining why the top 10 Features were chosen for PI Planning?
Transparency
Where are workflows, activities, and required automation represented?
In the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
What element improves when Features and Stories are related to personas?
Design
What is “precisely specify value by product” central to?
Lean Thinking
Which of the Lean Thinking principles includes the activities from recognizing an opportunity through release and validatio
Identify the Value Stream for each product
What is the focus of Lean Thinking?
Moving to an iterative development process
Why do Business Owners assign business value to team PI Objectives?
To empower teams to make decisions around work
What is found on an ART planning board?
Features
What type of thinking allows the Customer to pull value from the producer?
Lean
Which statement applies to uncommitted objectives?
They are counted when calculating load
What is one of the Agile Release Train events?
Product Owner sync
A SAFe Portfolio is a collection of what?
Development Value Streams
How does SAFe describe Customer Centricity?
As a strategy to meet the needs of an ever-changing Customer market
During the final plan review, ART PI risks are ROAM’ed. What do the letters in ROAM represent?
Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated
Which basic Agile quality practice reduces bottlenecks and ensures consistency?
Establish flow
What is one of the tools associated with Design Thinking?
Empathy maps
Why do Business Owners assign business value to team PI Objectives?
To empower teams to make decisions around work
What is one of the SAFe Core Values?
Transparency
Which SAFe Core Value includes use “common language” and “understand your customer”?
Alignment
What triggers the need for a Value Stream?
Feature request
Who is responsible for managing the Portfolio Kanban?
Lean Portfolio Management
During the PI Planning event, when are planning adjustments agreed upon?
During the management review and problem-solving meeting
The primary goal of SAFe is to achieve what?
Business Agility
