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When is an iteration planning considered complete? · When the team's capacity has been reached and when the team commits to a plan · When iteration goals are defined · When ART Backlog is complete · When the team backlog capacity is reached

When the team's capacity has been reached and when the team commits to a plan (Correct)

The Release Train Engineer summarizes the team objectives into the ART PI Objectives in a format suitable for management communication. · TRUE · FALSE

TRUE

Which core competency in SAFe 6.0 has the purpose to help drive Built-In Quality practices (including critical skills of Scrum, Kanban)? · Team and Technical Agility · Agile Product Delivery · Lean Portfolio Management · Business Solutions and Lean Systems Engineering

Team and Technical Agility

Besides having an EPIC Owner, what else should an Epic have? · The Definition of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) · An Economic Framework · A Definition of Ready · A Definition of Done

The Definition of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

When looking at ART board at the end of Pl Planning, what does it mean when a feature is placed in a team's swim lane with no strings pointing to it? · None of the above · The Team has been assigned, but the feature's dependencies have not been identified yet · The team has not broken the feature into stories yet and has not identified dependencies · The Feature can be completed by that team independently

The Feature can be completed by that team independently

During each PI planning session, Product Management presents the vision, which highlights the proposed features of the solution, along with any relevant upcoming Milestones. They are also active participants in · Iteration Backlog Refinement · Lean budget establishment · The Inspect and Adapt event · External Team Retrospectives

The Inspect and Adapt event

What is the relationship between a Product Owner (PO) and Product Management (PM)? · The PM creates Solution Roadmaps that the PO evolves into PI Roadmaps · The PO creates Solution Roadmaps, PM creates Iteration planning · The PO writes all Features; PM writes all Stories · The PO is team-oriented; PM is market oriented

The PO is team-oriented; PM is market oriented Explanation PO is team-oriented and PM is market oriented. PM created PI Roadmap not the Solution Roadmap and PO evolves Iteration Roadmap not PI Roadmaps PO writes Stories not Features and PM writes Features not Stories. PO creates Iteration Planning not Solution Roadmap.

When does PI System Demo occur? · At the end of each PI · During Iteration Review · Every Week · After Every Iteration Retrospective

At the end of each PI

How frequently should the ART Backlog be reviewed? 1· Continuously 2· After System Demo 3· After PI 4· During Iteration Planning

1. Continuously Explanation ART Backlog should be reviewed Continuously throughout all PIs

What is the pattern for splitting Features into Stories? 1· Workflow Steps 2· Portfolio Backlog 3· Tasks to compete 4· Team Skills

1· Workflow Steps Portfolio Backlog, Team Skills and Tasks to compete are not any pattern for splitting Features into Stories Explanation There are total 10 pattern for splitting Features into Stories. Workflow steps Business rule variations Major effort Simple/complex Variations in data Data entry methods Defer system qualities Operations Use case scenarios Break out a spike In the actual exam, the option could be anyone of these. So be cautious and pay special attention on this.

What is the part of Inspect and Adapt (I&A)? 1· System Demo 2· ART Backlog 3· PI System Demo 4· Iteration Backlog Refinement

3. PI System Demo

Epics require an Epic Owner and what else? · A Definition of Done · An Economic Framework · A Lean Business Case · Product Management

A Lean Business Case

Besides having an EPIC Owner, what else should an Epic have? · Definition of Done · A Lean Business Case · An Architecture Runway · Budget

A Lean Business Case Before being committed to implementation, epics require analysis, a Lean business case, and a definition of the MVP. Epic Owners take responsibility for the crucial collaborations needed to guide epics through this process.© Scaled Agile, Inc.Include this copyright notice with the copied content.Read the FAQs on how to use SAFe content and trademarks here:https://www.scaledagile.com/about/about-us/permissions-faq/Explore Training at:https://www.scaledagile.com/training/calendar/ https://scaledagileframework.com/epic/

What is Portfolio Kanban system? · A method to visualize and manage the flow of portfolio Features, from ideation through analysis, implementation, and completion · A method to visualize and manage the flow of portfolio Stories, from ideation through analysis, implementation, and completion · A method to visualize and manage the flow of portfolio Epics, from ideation through analysis, implementation, and completion · A method to visualize and manage the flow of portfolio Capabilities, from ideation through analysis, implementation, and completion

A method to visualize and manage the flow of portfolio Epics, from ideation through analysis, implementation, and completion

What is the output of PI Planning? · Iteration Objective (Incorrect) · Portfolio Kanban · Solution Kanban · ART Board

ART Board Explanation ART Planning Board and Committed PI Objectives are the two primary outputs of successful PI planning.

What is one strategy for managing complex critical path challenges? · Distribute work to others teams · Adjust work between teams or split Features and Stories · Sequence work to eliminate same Iteration dependencies · Allocate work between teams based on forecasted capacity

Adjust work between teams or split Features and Stories Explanation Strategies for managing dependencies in ART Kanban for different challenges Challenge Strategy to Manage Bottlenecks Distribute work to other teams Iteration dependencies Adjust work sequencing to eliminate same Iteration dependencies Unbalanced teams Adjust work between teams based on forecasted capacity Complex critical path Adjust work between teams or split Features and Stories

Which of the following is benefit of an Iteration Goals? · Assign capacity in correct order · Helps the team to get work done with a greater velocity · Align teams and PO to common PI Objectives and manage dependencies · Identify critical Feature

Align teams and PO to common PI Objectives and manage dependencies (Correct)

What is the example of Agile Team-level events? · Backlog Refinement · PI System Demo · PI Planning · ART Backlog

Backlog Refinement

Who does set business context during PI Planning? · Customer · Product Management · Business Owner · Release Train Engineer

Business Owner

How does value at the ART Level define? · By User Stories · By Capabilities · By Epics · By Features

By Features ARTs develop solution features by applying a cadence that involves key activities to keep the train on the tracks. At certain points, an ART will release the newly created value to the customer.© Scaled Agile, Inc.Include this copyright notice with the copied content.Read the FAQs on how to use SAFe content and trademarks here:https://www.scaledagile.com/about/about-us/permissions-faq/Explore Training at:https://www.scaledagile.com/training/calendar/

How do Business Owners quantify the value of PI Objectives? · By forecasting return on investment (ROI) · By assigning capacity · By calculating earned value · By assigning business value

By assigning business value

How do PO contribute to Vision? · By establishing Strategic Themes (Incorrect) · By Accepting User Stories · By facilitating PI Planning · By communicating emerging requirements and opportunities

By communicating emerging requirements and opportunities

Predictable incremental delivery occurs based on which practices? · Manager's Decision · Solution Context · Early testing · Cadences

Cadences

Product Managers are expected to collaborate in planning the amount of upcoming Enabler work by establishing what? · Defining Features · Capacity Allocation · Backlog Refinement · Team Backlog Prioritization

Capacity Allocation

Product Management can plan / balance the amount of upcoming "Enabler work" by using which technique? · Capacity allocation · Accurate user story sizing · ART Backlog prioritization · Team Backlog prioritization

Capacity allocation

Which one is a part of Three Cs? · Choosing the best one · Cadence · Communication · Card

Card What is The Three C's? ... "Card, Conversation, Confirmation"; The 3Cs: Card, Conversation, Confirmation Ron Jeffries, one of the inventors of XP, is credited with describing the 3Cs of a story: Card - Captures the user story's statement of intent using an index card, sticky note, or tool. Index cards provide a physical relationship between the team and the story. The card size physically limits story length and premature suggestions for the specificity of system behavior. Cards also help the team 'feel' upcoming scope, as there is something materially different about holding ten cards in one's hand versus looking at ten lines on a spreadsheet. Conversation - Represents a "promise for a conversation" about the story between the team, customer (or the customer's proxy), the PO (who may be representing the customer), and other stakeholders. The discussion is necessary to determine the more detailed behavior required to implement the intent. The conversation may spawn additional specificity in the form of acceptance criteria (the confirmation below) or attachments to the user story. The conversation spans all steps in the story's life cycle: Backlog refinement Planning Implementation Demo These just-in-time discussions create a shared understanding of the scope that formal documentation cannot provide. Specification by example replaces detailed documentation. Conversations also help uncover gaps in user scenarios and NFRs. Confirmation - The acceptance criteria provide the information needed to ensure that the story is implemented correctly and covers the relevant functional and NFRs. Figure 5 provides an example. Some teams often use the confirmation section of the story card to write down what they will demo.© Scaled Agile, Inc.Include this copyright notice with the copied content.Read th

At the end of day two of PI Planning event, the team's final plan review covers what information? · Changes to teams estimated capacity, final PI objectives, PI risks and impediments · Changes to iteration goals, measured velocity, and dependencies · Epic, Capabilities and Team Features · Planned Features, uncommitted objectives and Stories

Changes to teams estimated capacity, final PI objectives, PI risks and impediments

What is one responsibility of Product Management? · Supporting the team in delivering value · Managing and Prioritizing Team Backlog · Managing and Prioritizing Solution Backlog (Incorrect) · Connecting with the Customer

Connecting with the Customer

Which SAFe Core Competency describes a set of values and practices that encourages individuals and the enterprise as a whole to continually increase knowledge, competence, performance, and innovation? · Continuous Learning Culture · Organizational Agility · Lean-Agile Leadership · Lean Portfolio Management

Continuous Learning Culture

Which of the following is not an aspect continuous delivery pipeline focus on? · Continuous integration · Continuous pipeline management · Continuous deployment · Continuous exploration

Continuous pipeline management

When should Agile Teams make time for innovation? · Every alternate day · If Enabler Stories are in the Backlog · Continuously throughout the PI · At a consistent time each day during the Iteration

Continuously throughout the PI Explanation Innovation should be Continuously throughout the PI by Agile teams

Features in ART Backlogs can result from what? · Decomposing User Story · Decomposing Epics or Capabilities · Splitting Enabler Stories · Aggregating User Task

Decomposing Epics or Capabilities

One of the outcomes of the PI Planning is the ART Board. What type of dependencies does it show? · Dependency between Teams · Dependency between ART · Dependency between external supplier · Components Dependency

Dependency between Teams

During Epic creation Lean Business Case can identify the impact on Sales and which other areas? · Release · Decomposition · Deployment · Capacity

Deployment

How often does the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration occur? · Every two PIs · During every PI · Once in a year · During every System Demo

During every PI

Which of the following statements is true about Capacity Allocation? · Capacity allocation ensures all value streams in the portfolio are equally funded · Capacity allocation enables more effective time-tracking · Each value stream should develop explicit policies for managing capacity allocation · All of the above

Each value stream should develop explicit policies for managing capacity allocation

A Release Train Engineer has to attend multiple meetings to collect feedback, conduct system reviews and give status updates at the end of each Iteration. What action could he take to manage this better? · Make status available at the end of every other Iteration rather than every Iteration · Encourage interested parties to attend the System Demo · Delegate some reporting and meeting attendance to Scrum Masters on the train · Determine the RTE's capacity for attending meetings and do not exceed it

Encourage interested parties to attend the System Demo

What action should teams take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture? · Purchase a CI tool · Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority · Secure senior leadership support before starting CI · Follow up with CI ceremonies

Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority

A team's draft plan review should consist of which item at the end of the first day of the PI Planning event? · Solution delivery schedules · Refined team backlogs · Estimated capacity for each iteration

Estimated capacity for each iteration

Is PI System Demo an Individual team Level Event? · FALSE · TRUE

FALSE

Planning Adjustment happens on day1 during PI planning? · TRUE · FALSE

FALSE

Enabler Epics are used to advance value stream in order to support upcoming Business Epics? · FALSE · TRUE

FALSE Explanation Enabler Epics are used to advance the Architectural Runway in order to support upcoming Business Epics not to advance value stream

Which Product Owner responsibility supports the team with value delivery? · Fostering Built-in Quality · Testing benefit hypothesis · Understanding market force · Estimating Enablers

Fostering Built-in Quality

What does assigning business value to a team's PI Objectives influence? · How teams plan the implementation · All of the above · How calculates capacity · How to achieve objectives

How teams plan the implementation

In which first step of SAFe's Continuous Delivery Pipeline, Product Owners and Product Managers do what activity? · Prioritizing the Backlog · Negotiate Supplier contracts · Ensure the Architecture team has sufficient capacity · Hypothesize what would create value for customers

Hypothesize what would create value for customers Explanation Continuous Delivery Pipeline can be divided into 4 major parts Continuous Exploration Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment Release on Demand First step of Continuous Exploration is hypothesis something that create value for customers. Rest three options are not first steps of SAFe's Continuous Delivery Pipeline.

Which cycle is embraced by the Lean startup movement? · Hypothesize, Build, Measure, Learn · All of the above listed options · Exploration, Integration, Deployment, Release · Plan, Do, Check, Act

Hypothesize, Build, Measure, Learn build-measure-learn This cycle is often referred to as build-measure-learn. Its a relentless cycle of testing, measuring, learning and repeating. The Lean startup cycle encourages startups to focus on building a Minimum Viable product (MVP) and then quickly test it in the market.

In a Portfolio Kanban System, at which stage is a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) build and evaluated? · Planning · Implementing · Release · Analyzing

Implementing

What is one of the types of Enabler from below? · Infrastructure Enablers · Security Enablers · Knowledge Enablers · Non Functional Requirements

Infrastructure Enablers Explanation: Enablers enable value delivery to end users. It's classified into 4 types - exploration enabler, architecture enabler, infrastructure enabler, and compliance enabler.

What focuses on how to measure the intermediate and predictive business outcomes of the hypothesis during initial incremental solution development? · Application telemetry · Innovation telemetry · Review and improve · Innovation accounting

Innovation accounting

What action should teams take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture? · Integrate often · Follow up with CI ceremonies · Secure senior leadership support before starting CI · Purchase a CI tool

Integrate often

Which agile team event supports relentless improvement? · Inspect and adapt · System Demo · Iteration Retrospective · PO Sync

Iteration Retrospective

Which of the following is output of Iteration Planning? · PI Objectives · ART Backlog · Top 10 Features · Iteration goals (Correct)

Iteration goals

What is one method for designing the end-to-end customer experience? · Journey mapping · Story Map · Persona Development · Whole Product Thinking

Journey mapping

What is a recommended time horizon of the PI Roadmap? · 3-4 weeks · Less than 1 year · 1-3 years · 2-4 years

Less than 1 year Explanation Horizon of PI Roadmap is less than 1 year. For Solution and Portfolio Roadmap it is multi years so 2-4 years and 1-3 years cannot correct and a PI is for 4 weeks not a PI Roadmap.

What is one way Kanban are used in SAFe? · Manage Epics · Manage PI Objectives · Manage NFR requirements · Manage Queue Length

Manage Queue Length Work items are visually represented on a kanban board, allowing team members to see the status of all work at any time. They are used to visualize and limit work in progress (WIP), reduce batch sizes, and manage queue length, as well as the Lean concept of flow.

Release on Demand is the ability to make value available to customers all at once, or in a staggered fashion based on? · Market needs · Management decision · Operational governance · Release Management governance

Market needs

What is a Strategy PO can use during PI Planning to minimize dependencies? · Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team · It is not PO's responsibility · Change the DoD · Increase team size

Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team

What are the minimum requirements for a feature? · Only Acceptance criteria · Benefit hypothesis acceptance criteria and priority · Name, Benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria · Non - functional requirements, data models and architecture

Name, Benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria

What is the minimum requirement for a Feature? · Name, priority, benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria · Name, benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria · NFR, data models and architecture · Benefit hypothesis, priority and acceptance criteria

Name, benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria

What is enabled by Continuous Delivery Pipeline? · Complete Solution at once · End to End testing · A Predictable release cadence · New functionality delivered more frequently

New functionality delivered more frequently

Fictional representations of target customers or users are called? · Users · Customers · Personas · Business Owner

Personas Explanation Personas is a fictional representation of customer or users.

Who is responsible for working with customers and creating the Vision for the Product? · Product Owner · Release Train Engineer · Business Owners · Product Management

Product Management

Who owns features in SAFe? · Product Owner · Product Management · Release Train Engineer · Team

Product Management

Which of the following roles has content authority for the ART Backlog? · Product Management · Solution architect · Business Owner · Product Owner

Product Management Explanation Product Management (PM) has below major responsibilities at ART level Has content authority for ART Backlog Works with the System Architect and team to prioritize Enablers Has content authority for Vision and Roadmap Helps guide PI Objectives Establishes Features and acceptance criteria Business Owner Set Business Context during PI Planning and do not has authority to write or prioritise ART Backlog. Product Owner has content authority for Team Backlog not for ART Backlog. Solution architect provides architectural guidance and technical enablement to ART. They do not has authority to write or prioritise ART Backlog.

Which role does ensure that the ART has the Vision and Backlog needed to engage in PI Planning successfully? · Release Train Engineer · Product Owner · Agile Team · Product Management

Product Management The Product Management role ensures that the Agile Release Train (ART) has the Vision and Backlog needed.

What makes value available when it's needed? · Business Context · DevOps · Continuous Deployment · Release on Demand

Release on Demand

A team's draft plan review should consist of which item at the end of the first day of the PI Planning event? · Risks and impediments · Refined team backlogs · Iteration Goals · ART delivery schedules

Risks and impediments

What is one input to the Vision? · Portfolio Backlog · User Stories · Feature context · Strategic Themes

Strategic Themes

What is one step when determining initial team capacity during PI planning? · Get an approval from management · Compare final team capacity across all teams · Add together all points from recently completed Features · Subtract one point for every team member's vacation day, public holiday, or training day

Subtract one point for every team member's vacation day, public holiday, or training day

The WIP limit at Analyzing step of the ART Kanban is based on the overall availability of Product Management, other subject matter experts, and the capacity of which other roles? · Release Train Engineer · Agile Team · Product Owner · System Architect

System Architect

Which role does Product Management work with to prioritize Enablers? · System Architect · Solution Management · Product Owner · Release Train Engineer

System Architect Explanation System Architect works with Product Management and Product Owners to prioritise Enablers during PI planning

Which statement does describe a mitigated ART PI risk · The risk has been addressed and is no longer a risk · Someone has taken the responsibility of the risk · All the above · There is a strategy to adjust the plan as necessary

There is a strategy to adjust the plan as necessary (Correct)

What is the primary purpose of PO Sync? · To assess the progress of the PI and adjust scope and priority as needed · To align with Coach Sync participants on the status of PI · To conduct backlog refinement · To build PI Objectives and improve alignment

To assess progress of the PI and adjust scope and priority as needed

What is the primary purpose of PO sync? · To align with coach sync participants on the status of PI? · To assess the progress of the PI and adjust scope and priority as needed · To come up with improvement items · To build objectives and build team alignment

To assess progress of the PI and adjust scope and priority as needed (Correct)

What is one way Kanban boards are used in SAFe? · To manage runway cadence · To manage NFR in backlog · To manage PI Objects · To manage WIP limits

To manage WIP limits

Content of the Iteration Backlog is? · Capabilities · User Stories · Enabler Epic · Features

User Stories

Content of the Team Backlog are? · Capabilities · User Stories · Features · Enabler Epic

User Stories

Features are decomposed into what? · Requirement · Epic · User Stories · Capabilities

User Stories Features must be decomposed into user stories for the teams to have something of a small enough scope to implement.

When tracking team progress, what can a Kanban board show the team? · The cost of delay of each item on board · The accumulated value of the team's work · Where the team has too much Work-in-Process (WIP) · A burndown chart of the work completed in the Iteration

Where the team has too much Work-in-Process (WIP) Explanation Kanban board shows team's WIP items.

Which of the following Agile Manifesto principles aligns with conducting a System Demo? · Working software is the primary measure of progress · Welcome changing requirements, even late in development · The best way to convey information is a face-to-face conversation · The team reflects on how to become more effective at regular intervals

Working software is the primary measure of progress

Three Cs are used for what? · Writing good Features · Writing good Test Cases · Writing good Stories · Writing good Epics

Writing good Stories

What unit of time is used on Solution Roadmap? · Iteration · Days · Years · Hours

Years

Strategy and Investment Funding, Lean Governance, and what else make up the Lean Portfolio Management competency? · Agile Portfolio Operations · Product Management · PI Objectives · Business Operations

· Agile Portfolio Operations (Correct)

How are capabilities sized and split into multiple features? · Capabilities are sized and split into multiple features to facilitate their implementation in a single release · Capabilities are sized and split into multiple features to facilitate their implementation in a single Iteration · Capabilities are sized and split into multiple features to facilitate their implementation in a single backlog · Capabilities are sized and split into multiple features to facilitate their implementation in a single PI across ARTs

· Capabilities are sized and split into multiple features to facilitate their implementation in a single PI across ARTs

What is the way to split stories? · Layers in technology stack · Data entry methods · Tasks to compete · Team skills

· Data entry methods

What is one characteristic of writing effective PI Objective? · Including critical Stories · Listing out committed Features · Identifying significant risks · Describing the value

· Describing the value Explanation Tips for writing effective PI Objectives Remove jargon so that PI Objectives are understandable to Business Owners and Customers Describe the value and impact Don't use Features or Stories as PI Objectives, as these can change PI Objectives should be SMARTS - Specific M - Measurable A - Achievable R - Realistic T - Time bound

Which core competency has the purpose of aligning strategy, funding and execution? · Lean-Agile Leadership · Lean Portfolio Management · Team and Technical Agility · Agile Product Delivery

· Lean Portfolio Management (Correct)

SAFe 6.0 is based on four primary bodies of knowledge. These bodies of knowledge are agile development, systems thinking, DevOps, and what type of product development? · Incremental product development · Lean product development · Adaptive product development · Iterative product development

· Lean product development (Correct)

What is one influence on solution and PI roadmaps? · Market Dynamics · Customer Centric features · ART capacity · Design Thinking

· Market Dynamics (Correct)

What is enabled by the continuous Delivery Pipeline? · End to End Testing · New functionality delivered more frequently · Transparency · A Predictable release cadences

· New functionality delivered more frequently

Which of the following events shows how well the ART is progressing toward meeting the PI objectives? · PI review · PO Sync · PI planning · Backlog Refinement

· PO Sync (Correct)

In the SAFe 6.0, Features are decomposed into what? · Capabilities · Tasks · Stories · Epics

· Stories (Correct)

Which job role is good candidates for becoming a Product Owner? · Anyone from developer · Subject matter experts · UX experts · System Architect

· Subject matter experts

What is the method for assessing the Solution's current state and gathering immediate, Agile Release Train-level feedback from the people doing the work? · System demo · Presentation · Peer review · Brainstorming

· System demo

IP iterations fulfil a critical role by providing guard band for meeting PI objectives and enhancing the predictability of PI performance. · FALSE · TRUE

· TRUE

Who is responsible to develop, maintain, and prioritize the ART backlogs? · The Solution Management · The Product Management · The Program Owner · The Agile Team

· The Product Management (Correct)

Which statement does describe a Resolved ART PI risk · There is a strategy to adjust the plan as necessary · Someone has taken the responsibility of the risk · All the above · The risk has been addressed and is no longer a risk

· The risk has been addressed and is no longer a risk Explanation A PI Risk can be categorised any of these Resolved - Risk has been addressed and no longer a concern. Owned - Someone has taken responsibility of Risk. Accepted - Nothing more can be done on Risk and if it occurs, release may be compromised. Mitigated - Team has a plan B to adjust as necessary. This is also called ROAM

Why is a confidence vote held at the end of Pl planning? · To hold the teams accountable if the Agile release train (ART) does not deliver on its commitment · To ensure the business owners accept the plan · To remove the risks for the Pl · To build shared commitment to the plan

· To build shared commitment to the plan

What is one question that helps Product Management create a Vision? · How many Features have been released to the Customer? · What problem(s) will the Solution solve? · Which themes are on the Roadmap? · What are the team's skills?

· What problem(s) will the Solution solve? Explanation Solution vision should be able to provide answer of these questions Where are we headed with this product or Solution? What problem does it solve? What Features and benefit hypotheses do we think it provides? For whom does it provide benefit? What nonfunctional requirements (NFRs), such as performance, reliability, platforms, and so on, does the Solution deliver?

What does a Kanban board demonstrate? · The cost of delay of each item on board · Where a Team has too-much work -in -progress (WIP) · The accumulated value of team's work · A burndown chart of work completed in ART Kanban board

· Where a Team has too-much work -in -progress (WIP)