SAFe for lean Enterprise

Question 1

What are the Core Values of SAFe

Answer 1

Alignment
Built in Quality
Program execution
Transparency

Question 2

SAFe Synchronises what?

Answer 2

Alignment
Collaboration
And delivery of large number of team

Question 3

Product Manager Responsibilities

Answer 3

Customer Centric 
Design Thinking
Manages Progam backlog 
Shared Conserns
PI 
I Pi objectives
Pi Planning
CDP

Question 4

Product Owner Responsibilities

Answer 4

Team Backlog
Customer Rep for team
Accepts stories
Shared 
Pi planning 
Pi

Question 5

Value Stream

Answer 5

Steps used to implement solutions that provide a flow of value to customer
Used to define portfolio level business objectives
Organise Agile Teams
Contains people who do the work , the systems they use and the flow of information

Question 6

Types of Value Stream

Answer 6

Operational

Development

Question 7

Operational Value Stream

Answer 7

Steps and the people who deliver end user value using the business solutions created by the development value stream

Question 8

Development Value Stream

Answer 8

Steps and people who develop the business solutions created by operational value stream

Question 9

Solution

Answer 9

Any one of the following

1) product,
2) product line
3) a set of systems
4) Service

That enables an operational Value Stream

Question 10

What does house of Lean say

Answer 10

Value in the shortest sustainable lead time

Question 11

As House of Lean what are the leadership values

Answer 11

1) Respect for people and culture
2) Flow
3) Innovation
4) Relentless improvement

Question 12

Agile Manifesto

Answer 12

Uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others

Question 13

Values of Agile Manifesto

Answer 13

1) Individuals and interactions over Process and tools
2) working Software over comprehensive documentation
3) Customer collaboration over contract negotiations
4) responding to change over following a plan

Question 14

What is an Agile Team

Answer 14

1) A cross functional self organised team that defines builds , tests and possibly deploys valuable things
2) Applies Built in Quality practices for tech agility
3) uses Kanban or Scrum
Delivers value in increments of 2weeks
Basic building block of SAFe

Question 15

What are the SAFe Lean Agile principles

Answer 15

1) Economic view
2) System thinking
3) Assume Variability - Preserve options
4) Build incrementally with Integration
5) base milestones on working software
6) visualise WIP and make small batches to reduce q lengths
7) Apply cadence, synchronise cross functional planning
8) unlock the knowledge workers motivations
9) Decentralise decision making
10) organise by values

Question 16

What does a Product Manager Drive and how

Answer 16

Drive the Program Increment

How

1) owns the program backlog
2) Defines Features , PI and Releases
3) Owns Vision, Roadmap, pricing a, licensing and ROI
4) Collaborates on Enablers

Question 17

What does a Product Owner Drive and how?

Answer 17

Drives an Iteration

How

1) Owns Team backlog
2) Defines User Stories and Iterations
3) Contributes to Vision and Roadmap and ROI
4) Accepts increments

Question 18

Program backlog

Answer 18

Product Manager owns it
Content includes Enablers
Enablers prioritised by Sys arch’s
Features and acceptance criteria