SAFe 5.1 RTE Lesson 4 Flashcards
Who is responsible for final Program Backlog preparation ahead of PI Planning?
Product Management
During Program Backlog preparation, the RTE is a backlog stakeholder who is often focused on what type of backlog items?
- Infrastructure Enablers and
- Improvement items.
The RTE should coach Product Management to create what capacity planning aid?
Capacity Allocation budget
The RTE should coach Product Management to order the Program Backlog using what technique?
Economic Sequencing (WSJF)
WSJF stands for?
Weighted Shortest Job First
WSJF is closely modeled after what other value prioritization method?
CD3 (Cost of Delay / Duration)
Features should be socialized with the agile teams prior to PI Planning. (True or False)
True
What working agreement establishes the minimum level of ready for a Feature?
Definition of Ready
Who creates the Definition of Ready?
The Agile Team
Who creates the Definition of Done?
The Agile Team
What are the two components of the Definition of Done?
- Functional acceptance criteria for the solution, and
- Non-Functional requirements for product quality.
The first half of Day 1 of PI Planning is committed to doing what?
Providing team with context and vision for the Business, the Product/Solution, and Architecture
What is the goal of PI Planning?
Align the ART to a set of objectives for the PI.
Should PI Planning continue, if the available (ready) backlog has fewer items that the current throughput velocity of the ART?
Yes. Plan what is ready and reserve the remaining capacity to accept more work later on.
What should the RTE look at if there is consistently not enough ‘ready’ backlog for the ART?
Look to see if the requirements for Definition of Ready or backlog preparation processes are too constraining or broken.
PI Objectives should be written so that they are understandable by whom?
Someone outside the team. Written in plain speak.
What does the acronym R.O.A.M. stand for?
Resolved, Owned, Assigned, Mitigated
What is the most important visual artifact of PI Planning?
Program Board
Two key pieces of information represented on the Program Board are…
where Features are planned to be delivered; and cross-team dependencies
Features represent PI objectives. (True or False)
False
At the end of PI Planning Day 1, management reviews unresolved risks and adjusts what?
Scope and Objectives
Who facilitates the management review session?
RTE
During PI Planning, the Business Owners assign value to what?
PI Objectives
What is the primary technique used for confidence voting during PI Planning?
Fist of Five
What should the RTE do to ensure key roles are supported in distributed teams?
Establish proxies for key roles in the remote location.
