Safe
Why does fixing requirements and designs too early tend to result in schedule and budget overuns?
The emergence of new facts means adjustments must be negotiated and approved
Why is it important to decentralize decision making?
To enable team sucess withput unnecessary delays
An agency is unable to release anything new and significant and the quality of the product is unable to match the user expectations. What is the inital step the agency needs to take to fix the problem?
Train the leaders of the agency on the benefits of Lead-Agile mindset
What 2 practices of the Lean Agile are crtical to Lean Budgeting in SAFe
Cadence and synchronization Stable long lived Agile Team and ARTs
Which 2 statements are associated with a growth mindset?
Challenges help me grow My effort and attitude determine my abilities
An ART has teams from 2 different contractor companies as well as government teams. One contractor reports that the teams from the competing contractor are withholding information vital to completing the Feature committed in the PI
Clarify expectations for cooperation and collaboration with all ART members
How do Business Owners support Continuous Exploration and innovation in SAFe?
Collaborate with Program Management
What is the best option for building quality and compliance into every feature?
Create quality and compliance stories and definition of done criteria
According to Westrum's model for organizational cultures whic culture is performance oriented with high cooperation and collaboration?
Generative
Individuals and interactions over what?
Processes and tools
What are the 2 dimensions of a Lean Agile Quality Management System?
Product quality and process quality
Synchronization with cross-domain planning occurs during which event?
Program Increment PLanning
As a government program manager in what 2 ways can you apply the embrace the inspector principle?
Provide maximum tranparency and access to inspection teams Seek ways to improve program practices from inpectors
What is the fastest way to reduce time-to-deploy for new feature?
eliminate wasteful delays
What should be done with the inputs from the PI Planning retrospective?
form into backlog items
What does the 'A' stand for in ROAM?
Accepted
How should objectives and goal be re-prioritized as a mission changes?
Adjust the ART backlog
What do the teams that make up An Agile Release Train do?
Align to a common business and technology mission
How will most problems in the development process surface?
As delays
Which safe principle emphasizes Plan-do-check-adjust (PDCA)?
Build incrementally with fast integrated learning cycles
What are the 2 primary types of Epics in Safe?
Business Enabler
What 2 values are included in the agile manifesto?
Individuals and Interaction over processes and tools. Working software over comprehensive documentation
Which statement is true for SAFe about Lean Enterprises?
It is designed for large numbers of teams
Which statement is true about the safe Implementation Roadmap?
It is used as a guide for successful transformations
Which statement is true about managing the Lean flow of Epics?
Kanban stages can be adjusted to align with required agency stage-gates
How are silos overcome in a government setting?
Open and clear communication and collaboration
Which 3 are configurations of SAFe 5.0
Portfolio, Large Solution, Essential, Full
What is critical to implementing fast learning cycles?
Small batch sizes
What is a benefit of Lean Agile forecasting with cadence based development in SAFe?
Supports capacity planning and Roadmapping
What 2 items should be included in the goals of an Agile acquisition process?
Terms that optimize the economic interests of all parties Language that supports the Lean Agile values principles and practices
Once the risks have been ROAMed in PI, how is the ROAM chart used throughout PI execution?
The ROAM chart is regularly review during scrum of scrums, POP syncs and ART syncs
An agile team held a daily statnd up and raised an issue concerning a roadbloack relating to the Enterpise Systems group. The Scrum Master determined that the ES group manager is the person capable of removing the roadblock
The ScrumMatser should go speak to the ES manager face-to-face as soon as possible to remove the roadblock
What is the 1st and most important question to address in communicating a vision for change?
The WHY
Under a Lean startup model in SAFe what must be deliverd within an Epic in order to test a benefit hypothesis?
The minimum set of features
Which statement is true about uncommitted objectives?
They are used to identify work that can vary within the scope of a PI
Which statement is true about high performing Agile Teams?
They take collective ownership of the problem to be solved
Is it possible to create high-performing teams with a mixture of government and contractor personnel?
Yes if the government encourages and rewRDS TEAM CENTRIC BEHAVIORS
