SAFe 5.1 RTE Lesson 4

Question 1

Who is responsible for final Program Backlog preparation ahead of PI Planning?

Answer 1

Product Management

Question 2

During Program Backlog preparation, the RTE is a backlog stakeholder who is often focused on what type of backlog items?

Answer 2

• Infrastructure Enablers and
• Improvement items.

Question 3

The RTE should coach Product Management to create what capacity planning aid?

Answer 3

Capacity Allocation budget

Question 4

The RTE should coach Product Management to order the Program Backlog using what technique?

Answer 4

Economic Sequencing (WSJF)

Question 5

WSJF stands for?

Answer 5

Weighted Shortest Job First

Question 6

WSJF is closely modeled after what other value prioritization method?

Answer 6

CD3 (Cost of Delay / Duration)

Question 7

Features should be socialized with the agile teams prior to PI Planning. (True or False)

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What working agreement establishes the minimum level of ready for a Feature?

Answer 8

Definition of Ready

Question 9

Who creates the Definition of Ready?

Answer 9

The Agile Team

Question 10

Who creates the Definition of Done?

Answer 10

The Agile Team

Question 11

What are the two components of the Definition of Done?

Answer 11

• Functional acceptance criteria for the solution, and
• Non-Functional requirements for product quality.

Question 12

The first half of Day 1 of PI Planning is committed to doing what?

Answer 12

Providing team with context and vision for the Business, the Product/Solution, and Architecture

Question 13

What is the goal of PI Planning?

Answer 13

Align the ART to a set of objectives for the PI.

Question 14

Should PI Planning continue, if the available (ready) backlog has fewer items that the current throughput velocity of the ART?

Answer 14

Yes. Plan what is ready and reserve the remaining capacity to accept more work later on.

Question 15

What should the RTE look at if there is consistently not enough ‘ready’ backlog for the ART?

Answer 15

Look to see if the requirements for Definition of Ready or backlog preparation processes are too constraining or broken.

Question 16

PI Objectives should be written so that they are understandable by whom?

Answer 16

Someone outside the team. Written in plain speak.

Question 17

What does the acronym R.O.A.M. stand for?

Answer 17

Resolved, Owned, Assigned, Mitigated

Question 18

What is the most important visual artifact of PI Planning?

Answer 18

Program Board

Question 19

Two key pieces of information represented on the Program Board are…

Answer 19

where Features are planned to be delivered; and cross-team dependencies

Question 20

Features represent PI objectives. (True or False)

Answer 20

False

Question 21

At the end of PI Planning Day 1, management reviews unresolved risks and adjusts what?

Answer 21

Scope and Objectives

Question 22

Who facilitates the management review session?

Answer 22

RTE

Question 23

During PI Planning, the Business Owners assign value to what?

Answer 23

PI Objectives

Question 24

What is the primary technique used for confidence voting during PI Planning?

Answer 24

Fist of Five

Question 25

What should the RTE do to ensure key roles are supported in distributed teams?

Answer 25

Establish proxies for key roles in the remote location.