SAFe PO/PM 5.1 Test-Graded A

Which job role is a good candidate for becoming a Product Owner? - ANSWER Subject matter experts When tracking team progress, what can a Kanban board show the team? - ANSWER Where the team has too much work-in-process ...

Which job role is a good candidate for becoming a Product Owner? - ANSWER Subject matter experts When tracking team progress, what can a Kanban board show the team? - ANSWER Where the team has too much work-in-process (WIP) What is one way to establish a team's velocity? - ANSWER Look at the average Story points completed from the last Iterations Which function is responsible for ensuring that the Agile Release Train has the Program Vision and Backlog needed to successfully engage in Program Increment Planning? - ANSWER Product Management Product Management works primarily with which other role to define and maintain nonfunctional requirements? - ANSWER System and Solution Architect/Engineering What are two examples of team-level events? (Choose two.) - ANSWER Backlog Refinement Daily stand-up What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Product Management plans to accomplish the Vision? - ANSWER Top ten Features What are two different types of Enabler Stories? (Choose two.) - ANSWER Exploration, Infrastructure What is a strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies? - ANSWER Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team What is the primary purpose of PO sync? - ANSWER To assess progress of the Program Increment and adjust scope and priority as needed The goal is a fast delivery process, ideally requiring little manual effort. What is one capability used to achieve this? - ANSWER Feature toggles Which role in SAFe typically has the most direct access to customers? - ANSWER Product Management What is enabled by the key components of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? - ANSWER Accelerated release of value What is the importance of the definition of done? - ANSWER It creates a clear understanding of when items are complete Product Management has content authority for the Program Backlog including: the Vision, the Roadmap, driving the PI Objectives, and what else? - ANSWER Establishing Features and benefit hypotheses Which Agile Team event supports relentless improvement? - ANSWER Iteration Retrospective Which statement best characterizes the perspectives of the definition of done (DoD)? - ANSWER Product Owners focus on the Iteration while Product Managers focus on the release Enabler Epics are used to advance what in order to support upcoming Business Epics? - ANSWER The Architectural Runway What is a recommended time horizon of the Program Increment Roadmap? - ANSWER Less than 1 year What are personas? - ANSWER Fictional representations of target customers or users When should Agile Teams make time for innovation? - ANSWER Continuously throughout the Program Increment What are the minimum requirements for a Feature? - ANSWER Name, benefit hypothesis, and acceptance criteria In the SAFe work item hierarchy, Epics are decomposed into what? - ANSWER Capabilities What is a benefit of capacity allocation? - ANSWER It ensures different types of backlog items are not compared against one another What type of dependency is commonly visualized on the program board? - ANSWER Dependencies between teams How do Business Owners quantify the value of PI Objectives? - ANSWER By assigning business value scores What is one way Kanbans are used in SAFe? - ANSWER To manage queue length What does assigning business value to a team's PI Objectives influence? - ANSWER How teams plan the implementation An organization is conducting their first Program Increment Planning session, and the new teams are asked to provide their capacity. Which action is part of the initial capacity planning process? - ANSWER Subtract one point for every team member's vacation day, public holiday, or training day How do Product Owners contribute to the Vision? - ANSWER By communicating emerging requirements and opportunities In the first step of SAFe's Continuous Delivery Pipeline, Product Owners and Product Managers do what activity? - ANSWER Hypothesize on what would create value to their Customers How might a Product Owner support a Continuous Delivery Pipeline that fully automates deployments with no manual compliance steps? - ANSWER Identify Stories that are cleared for automatic delivery during Iteration Planning What is the purpose of Iteration Goals? - ANSWER To align the team members and the Product Owner to the mission Which principle of the Agile Manifesto is most aligned with conducting a System Demo? - ANSWER Working software is the primary measure of progress What is included in the Inspect and Adapt agenda? - ANSWER Quantitative and qualitative measurement Which statement is true about estimating and forecasting the Portfolio Backlog? - ANSWER Feature estimates are rolled up into Epic estimates What is a recommended time horizon of the Solution Roadmap? - ANSWER 1-3 years In the SAFe work item hierarchy, Features are decomposed into what? - ANSWER Stories When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals? - ANSWER Prior to iteration planning An Agile Release Train at an insurance company delivers ongoing enhancements to the internal systems used for managing claims. This is an example of what kind of Value Stream? - ANSWER Operational Value Stream Which two aspects of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline generally require the highest degree of collaboration between Product Owners and Product Managers? - ANSWER Continuous Exploration and Continuous Deployment The role of the Product Owner is most closely aligned with which Agile Manifesto principle? - ANSWER Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility What is a primary responsibility of Business Owners in Program Increment (PI) Planning? - ANSWER To set the business context What is the relationship between a Product Owner (PO) and Product Management (PM)? - ANSWER The PO is team-oriented; PM is market-oriented What is the primary job of Product Management when considering the Architectural Runway? - ANSWER Ensuring sufficient capac