Scrum & SAFe SSM Flashcards
What are the ART Events
PI Planning
ART Sync
System Demo
Inspect & Adapt
3c’s to a Scrum Master
Communicate,
Cooperate,
Coordinate
Nothing beats an Agile team except…
A team of Agile teams
What are some collaborative practices
Side by side programming
Continuous Integration
Collective Code ownership
Short design sessions
When it comes to decision making, a Scrum Master should…
Facilitate team decision-making rather than making decisions for the team
What are the stages of high-performing teams
Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning
What are the Team Events in SAFe
Backlog Refinement Iteration Planning Daily Standup Iteration Review Iteration Retrospective
Peer pressure is a…
Strong Motivator
The absence of ______________ is the key problem that leads to other four team dysfunctions
Trust
______________ is the ultimate competitive advantage.
Teamwork
What are the five dysfunctions of a team in order of magnitude (lowest to highest)(top to bottom of triangle)
Inattention to results Avoidance of accountability Lack of commitment Fear of conflict Absence of a sense of trust
(Addressing Team disfunction 1) How does safe address inattention to results
Empirical review of results at the end of every iteration and release in the iteration retrospective which drives continuous improvement.
(Addressing Team disfunction 2) Avoidance of accountability
Stakeholders, peer pressure, and review of results drive accountability
(Addressing Team disfunction 3) Lack of commitment
Teams make shared commitments to each other and to external stakeholders.
(Addressing Team disfunction 4) Fear of conflict
Create a safe environment for conflict— The scrum Master should encourage discussion of disagreements. Shared commitment avoids individual conflict that occurs when objectives are not aligned. No playing the blame game.
(Addressing Team disfunction 5) Absence of trust
The environment must be safe. The team shares commitment and goals, displays hyper transparency, and engages in retrospectives.
___________ ____________ documents facilitate conflict management
Working agreement
____________________ is a cadence-based event that serves as the heartbeat of the Agile Release Train (ART), aligning all teams on the ART to a shared mission and vision.
Program Increment Planning
How long and often is PI planning
2 days every 8 - 12 weeks (10 weeks is typical)
An ART is made up of _______ number of teams involving _______ number of individuals
5 to 12 teams of 50 - 125+ individuals
In Program Increment (PI) planning who owns feature priories?
Product Management
In Program Increment (PI) Planning who owns story planning and high level estimates
Development team
In PI planning who works as intermediaries for governance, interfaces, and dependencies
Architect/Engineering and UX
What are the inputs to PI Planning process
- Business context
- Roadmap and Vision
- Top 10 features of the Program Backlog