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What are the three pillars of scrum?

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Transparency, inspection, adaptation

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There are two key elements of a Lean-Agile Mindset: Lean thinking and what else?

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Embracing Agility

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What are two critical areas that differentiate Agile from waterfall development? (Choose two.)

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  • Incremental delivery of value

- Fast feedback

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What is the recommended duration of an Iteration in SAFe?

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Two weeks

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What is the recommended frequency for PI Planning in SAFe?

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Every 8 to 12 weeks

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During PI Planning, who owns the planning of Stories into Iterations?

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Agile Teams

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In SAFe, which activity is a Scrum Master’s responsibility?

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Coordinating with other teams

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What is one responsibility of a SAFe Scrum Master?

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Facilitating an effective team breakout session during PI Planning

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Which meeting should the Scrum Master attend (not facilitate)?

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Scrum of scrums

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The skills of a good Scrum Master include which three attributes?

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Communicate, coordinate, cooperate

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An effective Scrum Master is a team-based servant leader who helps the team do what?

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Embrace relentless improvement through Iteration retrospectives

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How does an effective Scrum Master help the team improve on their journey towards technical excellence?

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By focusing on the importance of Built-in Quality

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Which statement is true about scrum?

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It is a team-based framework

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When does the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle occur in Scrum?

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Across all scrum events

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What is the main reason why some teams never reach Stage 4 (Performing) in the stages of high performing teams?

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Because no one guides them

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Effective Scrum Masters apply which coaching behavior?

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They encourage the team to learn from their mistakes

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What is one example of a servant leader behavior pattern?

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Understands and empathizes with others

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What are two good Scrum Master facilitation practices? (Choose two.)

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  • Ensure all voices are heard

- Create an environment of safety so that everyone feels comfortable contributing to the discussion;

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Good coaches do not give people the answer, but instead they do what?

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They guide people to the solution

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Becoming a coach requires a shift from old behaviors to new ones. What are three examples of old behaviors? (Choose three.)

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  • Focusing on deadlines
  • Driving towards specific outcomes
  • Fixing problems for the team
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Which statement is true about teams?

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Teams are more productive than the same number of individuals

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According to the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, what is a team’s ultimate competitive advantage?

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Teamwork

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What is the basis for most team conflicts?

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Assumptions that have not been discussed

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Cadence and what other critical concept are the key constructs to delivering continuous value?

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Synchronization

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Features lend themselves to the Lean UX process model. They include a description, a benefit hypothesis, and what else?

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Acceptance criteria

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26
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Participating in PI Planning enables teams to gain alignment and commitment around a clear set of what?

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PI objectives

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The program board highlights Feature delivery dates, Milestones, and what else for teams on the Agile Release Train?

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Dependencies

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Each PI Planning meeting evolves over time, and ending PI Planning with a retrospective will help to do what?

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Continuously improve the event

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29
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The business must depend on the team for what in order to do any meaningful planning?

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Commitment to the plan

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What are two common PI Planning anti-patterns? (Choose two.)

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  • Too much time is spent analyzing each Story

- Scrum Masters who work with multiple teams do not have time for their teams

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31
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During PI Planning, which two tasks are part of the Scrum Master’s role in the first team breakout? (Choose two.)

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  • Facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies
  • Manage the timebox
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32
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Who commits to the Iteration goals at the end of Iteration planning?

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The team

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33
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What is the name of the event where all team members determine how much of the team’s backlog they can commit to delivering during an upcoming Iteration?

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Iteration planning

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34
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Which type of Enabler does a System Architect review during a System Demo?

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Enabler Features

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35
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Why do teams have an Iteration retrospective?

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To adjust and identify ways to improve

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36
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Who can change the backlog during an Iteration?

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Agile Team

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37
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Who is responsible for prioritizing the Iteration backlog?

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The Product Owner

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38
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What is this statement describing? “Agile Teams continuously adapt to new circumstances and enhance the methods of value delivery.”

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Continuous Improvement

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What is the purpose of the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle as applied to Iterations?

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To provide a regular, predictable development cadence to produce an increment of value.

40
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Which three attributes summarize DevOps? (Choose three.)

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  • A mindset
  • A culture
  • A set of technical practices
41
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In SAFe, who owns the decision for releasing changes into production?

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Product Management

42
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What are two anti-patterns for the IP Iteration? (Choose two.)

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  • To plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning

- To wait for the IP Iteration to fix defects

43
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Which demo is performed in the IP Iteration?

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The PI System Demo

44
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When is one time a Scrum Master may be a participant rather than a facilitator?

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When using ad hoc teams for Inspect and Adapt

45
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How are the 5 Whys used?

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To identify a root cause(s) of a problem

46
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Which SAFe® Core Value focuses on continuous value delivery?

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Program Execution

47
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Everyone working toward a common goal via shared objectives is a way to achieve which SAFe Core Value?

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Alignment

48
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Collective ownership and standards are aspects of which SAFe® Core Value?

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Built-in quality

49
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Big visual information radiators that show clearly the work of teams across an organization is an example of which SAFe® Core Value?

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Transparency

50
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What are the SAFe® Core Values? (Choose four.)

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  • Transparency
  • Alignment
  • Built-in Quality
  • Program Execution
51
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How can we achieve transparency?

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  • Visual graphs or displays
  • Demos
  • Honesty and open to admitting mistakes
52
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Cadence

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Alignment

53
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Continuous integration

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Built-in Quality

54
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Shared Planning

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Transparency

55
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Teams organize around value

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Program Execution

56
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What is SAFe?

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An organizational structure, where people are aligned around value and can be reorganized as needed when conditions shift.

57
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Dual Operating System

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The combination of the Value Stream Network (SAFe) & Functional Hierarchy (Waterfall)

58
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Conways Law

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Teams building a solution based on how they communicate (rather than value)

59
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Unplanned Work

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80% for most Iterations

60
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What is business agility?

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Business agility is the ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business solutions.

61
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7 Core Competencies = Business Agility

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  • Team and Technical Agility
  • Agile Product Delivery
  • Enterprise Solution Development
  • Lean Portfolio Management
  • Organizational Agility
  • Continuous Learning Culture
  • Lean-Agile Leadership
62
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System Demo

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Every Iteration, the ART demos the Integrated Solution across all teams in a System Demo

63
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ART

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Agile Release Train

64
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Product Management

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Vision and Backlog

65
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System Architect

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Architectural guidance

66
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Inspect and Adapt

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All teams meet to Retrospect

67
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Enterprise Solution Delivery AKA Portfolio

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For multiple ARTS for large, complex solutions

68
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Solution Management (Enterprise Solution Delivery)

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Content Authority across ARTS

69
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Architecture Across ARTS (Enterprise Solution Delivery)

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Architecture across ARTS

70
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Solution Train Engineer (Enterprise Solution Delivery)

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Solution Trains(s) events across ARTS

71
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Implementation Road Map

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The Roadmap is a schedule of events and Milestones that communicate planned Solution deliverables over a planning horizon.

72
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Implementation Road Map

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Describes the steps or “critical moves” and milestones an enterprise can take to implement SAFe in an orderly, reliable, and successful fashion.

73
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Large Solution Leve SAFe

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Is used for building complex solutions that require coordination across hundreds of people

74
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Portfolio Level SAFe

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Aligns strategy with execution and organizes solution development around the flow of value

75
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Spanning Palette

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Contains various roles and artifacts that may apply to one or more levels of SAFe®

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Core Competencies

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A set of related knowledge, skills, events, and behaviors which enable business agility

77
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Foundation

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Principles, values, mindset, leadership roles, and implementation guidance to drive change

78
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PI Planning

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Aligns the entire ART on a common vision and goal.

79
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System Demo

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Objective evidence provided by a working solution; the primary measure of progress.

80
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Inspect and Adapt

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Planned time to reflect, collect data, and solve problems.

81
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IP Iteration

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Dedicated time for innovation, continuing education, PI planning, and inspect and adapt.

82
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Lean-Agile Leadership

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Enterprise leaders take responsibility for Lean-Agile adoption and success.

83
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What is the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)?

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SAFe is the world’s leading framework for scaling Agile across the enterprise. It provides a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles and practices to support enterprise agility.

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What are core competencies?

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The core competencies are a set of related knowledge, skills, events, and behaviors, which together enable organizations to achieve business agility.

85
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What are the 10 Critical ART Success Factors?

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The minimum set of elements required to successfully deploy SAFe® across teams of teams.

86
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A Fixed Mindset

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Says you are the way you are. You are aware of your strengths and weaknesses and don’t expect these to change.

87
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A Growth Mindset

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Says you can create change if you work hard, adapt to feedback, and implement strategies for personal development.

88
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Value 1 of the SAFe House of Lean

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Respect for people and culture

89
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Value 2 of the SAFe House of Lean

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Flow

90
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Value 3 of the SAFe House of Lean

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Innovation

91
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Value 4 of the SAFe House of Lean

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Relentless Improvement

92
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Bottom bar of the SAFe House of Lean

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Leadership

93
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Individuals and interactions over

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processes and tools

94
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Working software over

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comprehensive documentation

95
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Customer collaboration over

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contract negotiation

96
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Responding to change over

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following a plan

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