SAFe 4.6 Answered and Graded A+

What are the four budget guardrails on Lean Budget spend? – ANSWER 1. Guiding investments by horizon 2. Optimizing value and solution integrity with capacity allocation 3. Approving significant initiatives 4. Con ...

What are the four budget guardrails on Lean Budget spend? – ANSWER 1. Guiding investments by horizon 2. Optimizing value and solution integrity with capacity allocation 3. Approving significant initiatives 4. Continuous Business Owner engagemen What is the recommended way to express a Feature? – ANSWER Story Points ** How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? – ANSWER In the Portfolio Kanban What is a Minimal Viable Product? – ANSWER A minimal product that can validate a hypothesis ** In the Program Kanban some steps have Work-in-Process limits. Why is this necessary? – ANSWER To help continuous deployment and increase flow When does a Roadmap become a queue? – ANSWER When it is longer than one Program Increment What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings? – ANSWER Scrum of Scrums Which statement describes aspects of the team's commitment during PI Planning? – ANSWER A team does not commit to stretch objectives What is the recommended frequency for updating Lean budget distribution? - ANSWER On demand (fund Value Streams, not projects) What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? - ANSWER Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? – ANSWER Continuous Exploration Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality? - ANSWER You cannot scale crappy code What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to Team PI Objectives? – ANSWER Business Owners assign high values to important enabler work What is SAFe's release strategy? – ANSWER Release on demand What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization? – ANSWER SAFe Implementation Roadmap What is a valid reason for moving a PI objective to stretch? – ANSWER? The team is unsure how to estimate the related stories using story points The team has high uncertainty about a third-party delivery needed for the objective The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? - ANSWER Cross-functional teams What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers? – ANSWER To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints Which practice helps with a test-first mentality? – ANSWER BDD Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes? – ANSWER They are business objectives that connect the SAFe Portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy What can be used to map the current state of a portfolio? - ANSWER Portfolio Canvas What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making? – ANSWER Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time What are the 5 core competency of Lean Enterprise? – ANSWER Lean Portfolio Management Business Solutions and Lean Systems Engineering DevOps and Release on Demand Team and Technical Agility Lean-Agile Leadership Which core competency of the Lean Enterprise helps drive built-in quality practices? – ANSWER Team and Technical Agility What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? - ANSWER Teams align their iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap? - ANSWER Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, sustain and improve When is a Pre-PI Planning event needed? – ANSWER When multiple Agile Release Trains working on the same Solution need to align and coordinate On day two of PI Planning, management presents adjustments based on the previous day's management review and problem solving meeting. What is one possible type of adjustment they could make – ANSWER Business priorities Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do Product Owners have content authority over? – ANSWER Team Backlog Which statement is true when continuously deploying using a DevOps model? – ANSWER It lessens the severity and frequency of release failures What are the four budget guardrails? – ANSWER * Guiding investments by horizon * Optimizing value and solution integrity with capacity allocation * Approving significant initiatives * Continuous Business Owner engagement What is one guardrail on Lean budget spend? – ANSWER Continuous Business Owner engagement On day two of PI Planning, management presents adjustments based on the previous day's management review and problem solving meeting. What is one possible type of adjustment they could make? – ANSWER Business priorities ** What is the last step in Kotter's approach to change management? - ANSWER Anchor new approaches in the culture What are Kotter's 8-Step Change Model? – ANSWER Step 1: Create Urgency Step 2: Form a Powerful Coalition Step 3: Create a Vision for Change Step 4: Communicate the Vision Step 5: Remove Obstacles Step 6: Create Short-Term Wins Step 7: Build on the Change Step 8: Anchor the Changes in Corporate Culture What are the 12 Principles Behind the Agile Manifesto? – ANSWER 1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. 2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage. 3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale. 4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project. 5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done. 6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. 7. Working software is the primary measure of progress. 8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely. 9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility. 10. Simplicity-the art of maximizing the amount of work not done-is essential. 11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams. 12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. Which statement is a principle of the Agile manifesto? – ANSWER Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential ** What is a valid reason for moving a PI objective to stretch? – ANSWER The team has high uncertainty about a third-party delivery needed for the objective When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development expense used? – ANSWER To identify different parameters of the economic framework The 12 Steps in SAFe Implementation Roadmap: - ANSWER 1. Reaching the Tipping Point 2. Train Lean-Agile Change Agents 3. Train Executives, Managers, and Leaders 4. Create a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence 5. Identify Value Streams and ARTs 6. Create the Implementation Plan 7. Prepare for ART Launch 8. Train Teams and Launch the ART 9. Coach ART Execution 10. Launch More ARTs and Value Streams 11. Extend to the Portfolio 12. Sustain and Improve What is the connection between feedback and optimum batch size? - ANSWER Small batch sizes enable faster feedback with lower transaction costs What is one key reason for keeping the test data for automated tests under version control? – ANSWER If test data gets out of sync, automated tests may not properly execute What is the primary goal of decentralized decision-making? – ANSWER Enable faster flow of value What does SAFe® Principle #3, "Assume variability; preserve options," enable? – ANSWER Better economic results What is a result of shorter queue lengths? – ANSWER Less variability Which statement is most accurate about the Program Vision? – ANSWER It expresses the strategic intent of the Program What Definition of Done is required for the Iteration Review? – ANSWER Team Increment What is the primary purpose of Strategic Themes? – ANSWER Connect the portfolio to the enterprise business strategy An Epic spanning two PIs was approved for implementation. What is the optimum implementation path from a Lean-Agile perspective? – ANSWER Demonstrate the progress to key stakeholders after first PI and make a decision how to proceed with the Epic in the second PI What backlog items are part of the Solution Backlog? – ANSWER Capabilities