SAFe Product Owner-Product Manager (6.0)
Operational Value Stream
What system delivers a product or service to a Customer
Continue to support the team's discussion on estimation
A team needs help to agree on Story estimation. The Product Owner is an expert in the work the team is estimating. How should the Product Owner proceed with estimating?
Working software is the primary measure of progress
Agile Manifesto principle that aligns with conducting a System Demo
Spikes
Commonly used to explore new ideas or determine the feasibility of Epics
Alignment
Communicating, refining the vision to ART during the PI planning supports which SAFe core value
Confidence Vote
During PI planning, what happens after dependencies are resolved & risks are addressed
Backlog Refinement
During which event does the team preview and elaborate on upcoming Stories?
True
Features are in the ART Backlog
Adjust the delivery of Features to meet market needs
How can Product Management leverage market rhythms?
They explore, integrate, deploy, and release new value during each Iteration
How do Agile Teams carry out Continuous Delivery Pipeline activities during the PI?
During every Pl
How often does the Innovation & Planning (IP) iteration take place
Hypothesize what would create value for customers
In the last step of Continuous Delivery Pipeline, POs and PMs do what activity
Identify Value Stream for each product
One of the Lean Thinking principles
Product Management
Role ensures the ART has the Vision & Backlog needed to engage in PI planning successfully
Top ten features
The Pl planning input that demonstrates how PM plans to accomplish the Vision
To Assess progress of PI & adjust scope, priority as needed
What is the primary purpose of PO Sync
As a..., I want..., So that...
What is the recommended structure for writing User Stories?
Years
What is the unit of time used on Solution Roadmaps
Release on Demand
What makes value available when it's needed
True
WSJF considers the Cost of delay and the job size
Transparency
What SAFe core value is demonstrated when explaining why top 10 features were chosen
WIP limits
What can assist in facilitating Team Flow?
Opportunity to release value sooner
What can be revealed during the PI planning
Schedule the event on a regular cadence
What can increase effectiveness of Backlog refinement
Customer needs
What does Continuous Exploration help Product Management understand?
Collaboration
What does SAFe Kanban promote
Where the team has too much WIP
What does a Kanban board demonstrate
Design
What element improves when Features and Stories are related to Personas
The ART Kanban
What enables flow through the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
ART Planning board
What helps visualize work during the PI Planning
Consider how and what to demo during Iteration planning
What increases the effectiveness of System Demos
Adjustments
What information do Product Owners communicate to their teams after PO Sync?
Variations in data
What is a pattern for splitting Features into Stories
Solution
What is defined as a product, service, or system delivered to the Customer
PI Objectives
What is developed by teams and rolled up to the ART level during the Pl planning
New functionality delivered more frequently
What is enabled by the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
The importance of NFRs
What is essential when communicating the Vision
Name, Benefit Hypothesis, Acceptance criteria
What is minimum requirement for a Feature
They are entered as stories in the team backlog
What is next action for improvement items identified during Retrospectives
Demonstrate a working, tested team increment
What is one activity an Agile Team performs during Iteration Review
Team demos are accepted in place of a System Demo to avoid redundancy
What is one anti-pattern related to System Demos?
It prevents diff type of items from being compared against each other
What is one benefit of Capacity Allocation
To obtain immediate feedback from Business Owners
What is one benefit of PI Objectives
It aligns ART demand to capacity
What is one benefit of PI Planning
Describing the Value
What is one characteristic of writing effective PI objectives
Market Dynamics
What is one influence on Solution and PI roadmaps
Customer feedback
What is one input to the Vision
Improvement items in the Team Backlog
What is one outcome of the Iteration Retrospective?
Problems) the Solution solves
What is one question that helps PM create a Vision
Getting and applying feedback
What is one responsibility area of a Product Owner?
To clarify the story intent
What is one responsibility of the PO during the Team Sync
Subtract one point for vacation, holiday or training
What is one step when determining initial team capacity during PI planning
Adjust work between teams or split features/stories
What is one strategy for managing complex critical path challenges
Competency Assessments
What is one tool that identifies specific practices for potential improvement
Story maps
What is one tool that visualizes Features representing a workflow
To manage WIP limits
What is one way Kanban boards are used in SAFe
Delivering end-user value
What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream
Features
What work-item can be split from Epics
Quantitative & Qualitative measurement
What's included in the Inspect & Adapt agenda
At Iteration boundaries
When are adjustments made to the initial sequencing of Stories?
It satisfies the Definition of Done
When is a Story considered complete
Continuously throughout the Pl
When should Agile teams make time for Innovation
Within a Value Stream
Where are systems, people who do the work, flow of information & materials represented
In the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Where are workflows, activities, and required automation represented?
The Solution Roadmap
Where can Product Management find information about when a specific Epic will be completed?
Iteration Retrospective
Which Agile Team event supports relentless improvement
Fostering Built-In Quality
Which PO responsibility supports team with value delivery
Hackathon
Which event involves teams working on new ideas often added to the ART Kanban?
PO Sync
Which event shows how well the ART is progressing toward meeting the Pl objectives
Full system increment
Which increment is reviewed at the System Demo
Working software is the primary measure of progress
Which of the following is an Agile Manifesto principle?
Working software is the primary measure of progress
Which one of this is an Agile Manifesto principle
System Architect
Which role does PM work to prioritize Enablers
Product Management
Which role has the content authority for the ART Backlog
System Team
Which role provides processes and tools to integrate and evaluate work products early and often?
There is a strategy to adjust the plan as necessary
Which statement describes a mitigated ART PI Risk
Features are in the ART Backlog
Which statement is true about the SAFe backlog model?
ART Planning Board
Which tool shows dependencies during PI planning
PM
Who communicates the Vision during PI Planning?
Product Management
Who often participates as the ART's Business Owners to approve the team's PI Objectives?
The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed
Who should attend the PO Sync?
To align team members & PO to a common purpose
Why do Agile Teams use Iteration goals
To create alignment on when the Stories are complete
Why is it important to establish a Definition of Done
strategic themes
one influence on the vision
