SAFe POPM Certification
What can assist and facilitating team flow?
WIP limits
What questions help product management in creating a vision?
"What problems will the solution solve?"
What is one anti-pattern of the inspect and adapt?
*NO actionable improvement features are created *Product owners present, all of the work in the PSI system demo (Both are correct options)
What is the primary purpose of PO sink?
To assess progress of the planning, interval (PI), and adjust scope and priorities as needed
What is one responsibility of the product owner during a team sync?
To clarify story intent
PI planning what is the responsibility of the product owner?
To communicate the Product Vision and Roadmap to the Development teams.
What is one way Kanban boards are used in SAFe?
To manage WIP limits
What is one goal of the iteration review?
To receive feedback on the increment
When an Epic meets the Go criteria in a go or no-go decision, where does the Epic move to?
Portfolio Backlog (a list of epics that are approved for investment; now considered a priority to execute)
What is the primary goal of the innovation in planning iteration (IP) in SAFe?
Provide dedicated time for exploration and innovation
Who participates in the PI planning event in SAFe?
Release train engineers, product managers, scrum masters, DevOps engineers
Which SAFe Lean-Agile principle supports applying a set-based design approach
Assume variability; preserve options
What's the first element of the lean UX process?
Benefit hypothesis: the team identifies the benefits that the UX design should deliver
What is one method to establish a teams velocity?
Compare the average Story points completed throughout the previous iterations
What is one row of product management?
Connecting with the customer
What does SMART stand for?
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timeboxed (timely)
According to SAFe, what is the recommended first step of iteration planning?
Establish capacity
What's the fourth element of the Lean UX process: benefit hypothesis - collaborative design - build MMF?
Evaluate
The goal is a fast delivery process, ideally requiring little manual effort. What is one capability used to achieve this?
Feature toggles
Which statement accurately describes the safe backlog model?
Features are in the ART backlog
What are the three benefits of a story map?
Improved communication, better understanding of the user experience, increased collaboration
What is one method for designing the end to end customer experience?
Journey mapping
What is the recommended time horizon of the planning interval (PI) roadmap?
Less than one year
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) works with the product manager to:
Manage risks, prioritize, features, and functionalities, and track progress
What is one influence on Solution and PI roadmaps?
Market Dynamics
The ART planning board includes the following other than the team names and iterations
Milestones, features, and dependencies
Who often participate as the ART's business owners to approve the Teams PI objectives?
Product managers
What is one anti-pattern related to system demos?
Team demos are accepted in place of a system demo to avoid redundancy
The product manager makes weekly visits to a customers site. Which two manifesto values support this behavior?
1) customer collaboration, over contracting negotiation 2) individual interactions over processes and tools
What is the recommended format for writing user stories?
As a..., I want..., So that...
Which of the following types of information has shared between the teams on an ART?
A) a set of metrics B) a set of regulations C) a commitment to business agility D)* a common mission using a single backlog
Communicating and refining the vision to the agile release train during PI planning support which core value?
Alignment
What is included in the inspect and adapt (I&A) agenda?
Quantitative and qualitative measurement
What is a central when communicating the vision?
The importance of non-functional requirements
Who is responsible for defining and communicating the ART vision and roadmap?
Product to management
What is one characteristic of writing effective PI objectives?
Describing the value
What does a Kanban board demonstrate?
Where a team has too much work in progress (WIP)
During iteration review, what is one activity performed by an agile team?
demonstrate a working, tested team increment
What term characterizes in initiative that requires financial approval before implementation?
Non-functional requirement (NFR)
When explaining why the top 10 features were chosen for PI planning, which safe core value is demonstrated?
transparency
What are the three essential parts of an inspect and adapt event?
1) PI system demo 2) quantitative and qualitative measurements 3) retrospective with problem-solving workshop
What steps are included when creating a story map?
1) identify the user who will use the feature 2) identify the tasks to be completed in order to achieve goals 3) identify the step involved with each task 4) prioritize list by level of importance 5) estimate the time and effort to complete each step 6) create a visual representation
What items are essential when? Communicating the product vision?
1) present to the ART, how the vision aligns with strategic themes 2) Prepare materials so that each team can see the Vision 3) provide user person is to illustrate how the vision improves the experience of the customer 4) explain the importance of non-functional requirements 5) relate the vision to strategic themes and solution context
What are the 5 Lean thinking principles?
1) value 2) value stream 3) flow 4) pull 5) perfection
What enables flow through the continuous delivery pipeline?
ART Kanban
Who are the most important attendees to the PI system demo?
Business owners
What are the five essential components of a well constructed objective?
Activity, scope, beneficiary, user value, business value
Which of the following is not a good practice when working with epics?
A) breaking them down into smaller features B) Assigning them to a single team* C) communicating their status to stakeholders D) tracking their progress through ART backlog
Which of the following events aligned teams on a train?
A) coach sync B) iteration planning C) PI Planning* D) PO Sync
Which statement describes an ART PI risk? A) nothing more can be done, so if a risk occurs, release may be compromised B) the risk has been addressed and is no longer a concern C) someone has taken responsibility of the risk D) there is a strategy to adjust the plan as necessary
A) nothing more can be done, so if a risk occurs, release, may be compromised
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?
Adjust business priorities
Which tool shows dependencies during PI planning?
ART Planning Board
What's the third element of the Lean UX process?
Build MMF: teambuilding in a minimal marketable feature (MMF) that can be used to a evaluate the design
What SAFe principle emphasizes delivering the highest value features and solutions early and frequently to customers?
Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
Which of the following statements is true about the team backlog? A) the team backlog is where the team commits to work B) the team backlog is where stories are accepted C) the team backlog is where the team refines possible stories D) the team backlog is where the team finalizes work
C) the team backlog is where the team refines possible stories
After addressing risks during the PI planning in ART PI risks what activity follows?
Confidence vote
During PI planning, which activity happens after "dependencies are resolved and risks are addressed"?
Confident vote
What is one outcome of the iteration retrospective?
Improvement items in the team backlog
What's the second element of the Lean UX process?
Collaborative design: Teamwork that creates a design that meets the benefit hypothesis
When should agile teams make time for innovation?
Continuously throughout the PI
What is a common anti-pattern for teens trying to prepare their draft objectives at PI planning? A) not using features or stories as PI objectives B) describe the value and impact C) remove jargon, so that PI objectives are understandable to business owners and customers D) too much time is spent analyzing each story
D) too much time is spent analyzing each story
What element improves when features and stories are related to personas?
Design
What system converts a business hypothesis into a digitally-enabled solution that deliver customer value?
Development value stream
What is the primary purpose of the continuous exploration (CE) process in safe?
Discover/explore new product opportunities and identify emerging business and technical trends
How often does the innovation in planning iteration (PI) occur?
During every PI
Why is the problem solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons, learned documents?
It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next PI
What is one benefit of capacity allocation?
It prevents different types of backlog items from being compared against another.
Describe the scaled agile framework
It synchronizes, alignment, collaboration, and delivery for large numbers of teams
Which Agile team event supports relentless improvement?
Iteration retrospective
What is enabled by the continuous delivery pipeline?
New functionality delivered more frequently
What system delivers some product or service to a customer?
Operational value stream
Which of the following events shows well the ART is progressing toward meeting the PI objectives?
PO Sync
During PI planning, what is the primary purpose of the business context and content session?
Presents a perspective on how effectively is existing solutions are addressing current customer needs
What is one responsibility of the product owner?
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Which safe core value is demonstrated when you avoid asking Teams to commit to their PI objectives and sleep deprived state?
Respect for people and culture
What is the main objective of the system demo in SAFe?
Showcase completed features to stakeholders
What does the ARC planning board show?
Significant dependencies
What is defined as a product, service, or system delivered to the customer?
Solution
Where can product management find information about when a specific epic will be completed?
Solution Roadmap
Describe an owned ART PI risk?
Someone has taken the responsibility of the risk
What is one tool that visualizes features representing a workflow?
Story Maps
What is the recommended frequency for conducting iteration planning in SAFe?
every two weeks
What is one area of task for a product donor in managing and prioritizing the team backlog?
Supporting the architectural runway
Winter role does product management work with to prioritize enablers?
System architect
During PI planning, agile Teams estimate user stories using story points. What estimation technique is commonly used to estimate Epics in SAFe?
T-shirt sizing
What is the main value of the backlog refinement?
Team prepares requirements for iteration planning
The goal of the Product Owner is most closely aligned with which Agile Manifesto principle? a. The highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software b. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development c. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project d. Build projects around motivated individuals
The highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software
What work item can be split from Epics?
features
Acceptance criteria provides the details of the story from a testing point of view, and it is created by who?
The team and the product owner
What is the next action for improvement items identified during the iteration retrospective?
They are entered as stories in the team backlog
How do agile teams carry out continuously delivery pipeline during the PI?
They explore, integrate, deploy, and release new value during each iteration
What is the purpose of iteration goals?
To align team members to a common purpose.
Why is it important to establish a definition of done?
To create alignment on when stories are complete
What column are typically included in a Kanban board?
To do, in progress, ready for review, done, and ready for release
What is the purpose of team backlog refinement in SAFe?
To prepare backlog items for upcoming iterations
What is the purpose of the solution vision and safe?
To provide a high-level of review of the product or solution
What is the primary function of a Burn-down Chart?
Tracks the progress of work over time; shows how much work remains till the end of the Sprint
When is the story considered complete?
When it satisfies the Definition of Done
Which Agile Manifesto principles aligned with conducting a system demo?
Working software is the primary measure of progress
What does SAFe team Kanban promote?
collaboration
