SAFe 5.1 RTE Lesson 5 Flashcards

1
Q

What are the core five ceremonies of an agile iteration?

A
  • Iteration Planning,
  • Daily Standup,
  • Backlog Refinement,
  • Iteration Demo,
  • Iteration Retrospective
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2
Q

Are completed User Stories (PBIs) demonstrated at the Solution Demo?

A

No. Only completed Features are demonstrated.

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3
Q

Does the whole ART attend the Iteration Demo?

A

No. The ART attends the Solution Demo.

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4
Q

Who owns the Iteration Demo?

A

The Agile Team

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5
Q

What is the intended purpose of Iteration Goals?

A

Align the Agile Team to a common purpose.

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6
Q

ART metrics should track progress toward the achievement of what?

A

PI Objectives

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7
Q

ART metrics should track the completion of what?

A

PI Objectives

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8
Q

During PI Execution, the ART Program Board represents what?

A

The active (committed) PI Plan

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9
Q

The RTE uses what program visual for Scrum of Scrums?

A

Program Board

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10
Q

The RTE uses what program visual during ART Sync?

A

Program Board

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11
Q

What is program visual is used to forecast performance during PI Execution?

A

Burn Down / Burn Up chart

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12
Q

ART metrics focus on the flow of what scale of work items?

A

Features

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13
Q

What are the five core ceremonies at the ART level?

A
  • PI Planning,
  • Scrum of Scrums,
  • Product Owner Sync,
  • Solution/System Demo,
  • Inspect & Adapt
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14
Q

The ART may opt to hold an ART sync. The ART sync is composed of what two ceremonies?

A
  • Scrum of Scrums,
  • Product Owner Sync
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15
Q

A Kanban board visualizes work as it flows through what?

A

defined workflow States (or Stages)

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16
Q

The boundary between workflow states on a Kanban board are defined by what?

A

Explicit Policies (Definition of Ready and Definition of Done)

17
Q

WIP stands for what?

A

Work in Progress

18
Q

WIP limits are determined by…

A

the throughput of the following downstream workflow state.

19
Q

When should you apply a WIP limit to a workflow state?

A

When the workflow state begins to bottleneck flow.

20
Q

What is another name for a Kanban policy?

A

Working agreement.

21
Q

A Program level Kanban shows the flow of what?

A

Features

22
Q

In Kanban, Lead Time refers to the measurement of what?

A

The time a work item spends in the system after it’s been pulled from the backlog and before it is accepted.

23
Q

The last iteration of a PI is known as what?

A

The Innovation and Planning iteration.

24
Q

IP stands for what?

A

Innovation and Planning

25
Q

PI stands for what?

A

Program Increment

26
Q

IA stands for what?

A

Inspect & Adapt

27
Q

The IA workshop is the PI equivalent of what Agile Team ceremony?

A

Iteration Retrospective

28
Q

Backlog Grooming is the ceremony where work items are refined. (True or False)

A

False. ‘Grooming’ is an illegal activity. Backlog Refinement is the correct ceremony.

29
Q

The House of Lean has how many pillars?

A

Four (4)

30
Q

What are the pillars in the House of Lean?

A
  • Respect for People and Culture,
  • Flow,
  • Innovation,
  • Relentless Improvement
31
Q

The IA workshop comes after PI Planning in the IP iteration. (True or False)

A

False

32
Q

What are the three parts of the IA workshop?

A
  • Solution Demo,
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Metrics Review,
  • Problem Solving Workshop
33
Q

What is the single most important metric for PI Execution?

A

Predictability Measure

34
Q

The Predictability Measure conveys what information?

A

The empirical achievement of ART objectives.

35
Q

What does the acronym C.A.L.M.R. stand for?

A
  • Culture,
  • Automation,
  • Lean Flow,
  • Measurement,
  • Recovery
36
Q

Which DevOps segment most often overlooked?

A

Recovery

37
Q

Which SAFe group is responsible for the Continuous Exploration segment of the DevOps pipeline?

A

Product Management

38
Q

What is the primary control for built in quality in the DevOps pipeline?

A

Definition of Done