SAFe 5 Flashcards

1
Q

How does SAFe recommend using a second operating system to deliver Value?

A

Organize the Enterprise around the flow of value while maintaining the hierarchies

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2
Q

Who is responsible for managing the Portfolio Kanban?

A

Lean Portfolio Management

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3
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What are the top two reasons for adopting Agile in an organization?

A
  1. Enable changing priorities
  2. Accelerate product delivery
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4
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Which team type is “organized to assist other teams with specialized capabilities and help them become more proficient in new technologies?

A

Enabling teams

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5
Q

The program board shows which two items

A

Significant Dependencies
Features
Capacity Load and load

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6
Q

Which statement is true when continuously deploying a DevOps model?
a. It alleviates the reliance on the skill sets of Agile Teams
b. Int ensures that changes deployed to production are always immediately available to end-users
c. It increases the transaction cost.
d. It lessons the severity and frequency of release failures.

A

Answer is B:
It ensures that changes deployed to production are always immediately available to end-users.

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7
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According to SAFe principle 10# what should the Enterprise do when markets and customers demand change?

A

Reorganize the network around the new value flow

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8
Q

How can trust be gained between the business and development?

A

Deliver predictability.

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9
Q

Which pillar in the House of Lean focuses on the Customer being the consumer of the work?

A

Respect for People and Culture

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10
Q

Batch size - true or false

Large batch sizes limit the ability to preserve options.

A

True

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11
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Why do Business Owners assign business value to team PI Objectives?

A

To provide guidance on the business value of the team objectives

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12
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Why is it important to decouple deployment from release?

A

To enable releasing functionality on demand to meet business needs.

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13
Q

What is one component of a Guardrail in Lean Portfolio Management?

A

Capacity allocation of the Value Stream compared to process mapping.

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14
Q

During the final plan review, Program Risks are addressed using ROAM. What do the letters in ROAM mean?

A

Resolved, Owned, Approved, Mitigated

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15
Q

Which two types of decisions should remain centralized even in decentralized decision-making?

A

Decisions unlikely to change in the short term.
Decisions that deliver large and broad economic benefits

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16
Q

What is one example of differentiating business objectives?

A

Strategic Themes

17
Q

Which pathway would a LACE use on the Agile growth lifecycle?

A

The SAFe Implementation Roadmap

18
Q

When should new approaches be anchored in an organization’s culture?

A

Culture change comes last as a result of changing work habits.

19
Q

An Enterprise has just adopted the SAFe Implementation Roadmap and is in the process of training executives, managers, and leaders. WHAT is their next Step?

A

Identify Value Streams and Agile Release Trains to start alignment of the organization.

20
Q

How does SAFe describe Customer Centricity?

A

As a mindset focused on Customer behaviours that produce the best innovations.

21
Q

Who decides the Team PI Objectives Business Value Scoring after negotiation?

A

Business Owner

22
Q

What is one of the tools associated with Design Thinking?

A

Empathy Maps

23
Q

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

A

Release Train Engineer

24
Q

During PI Planning event, when are planning adjustment agreed upon?

A

During the management review and problem-solving

25
Q

What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable?

A

Ongoing Learning

26
Q

What are the four SAFe Core Values?

A

Alignment
Transparency
Respect for People
Relentless Improvement

27
Q

Optimizing flow means identifying what?

A

Delays

28
Q

Which core competency of the LEAN Enterprise helps drive Built-in Quality practices?

A

Team and Technical Agility

29
Q

Is this statement true or false about ART events?
Team events run inside the ART events, and the ART events create a closed-loop system.

A

True

30
Q

What is one way Lean Agile Leaders lead by example?

A

By modeling SAFe’s Lean-Agile Mindset, values principles, and practices.

31
Q

At the end of PI Planning, after dependencies are resolved and risks are addressed, a confidence vote is taken.
What is the default method used to vote?

A

A single vote by every person for the train

32
Q

Purpose of DevOps - Is this statement True?
DevOps joins development and operations to enable continuous delivery.

A

True

33
Q

What is the goal of the House of Lean?

A

Value with the shortest sustainable lead time