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1. On day two of PI Planning, management presents adjustments based on the previous day's management review and problem solvi a) Adjustment to PI Objectives b) Business priorities c) Change a team’s plan -x d) User Stories 2. What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap? a) Train Lean-Agile change agents, identify value streams and Agile Release Trains, extend to the portfolio b) Launch an Agile Release Train, extend to the portfolio, accelerate c) Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, sustain and improve -x d) Launch trains, coach Agile Release Train execution, train executives and managers 3. Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes? a)

They are a high-level summary of each program’s Vision and are updated after every PI They are large initiatives managed in the Portfolio Kanban that require Weighted Shortest Job First prioritiz They are business objectives that connect the SAFe Portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy-x

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They are requirements that span Agile Release Trains but must fit within a single Program Increment

4. What can be used to map the current state of a portfolio? a) b) c)

Portfolio Backlog Portfolio Vision Portfolio Canvas

d) Portfolio Kanban -x 5. What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? a) Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system -x b) Send someone to represent management, and then delegate tasks to these individuals c) Change Scrum Masters in the team every two weeks d) Strive to think of adoption as an area they can control 6. Which core competency of the Lean Enterprise helps drive built-in quality practices? a) Team and Technical Agility -x b) Business Solutions and Lean Systems Engineering c) DevOps and Release on Demand d) Lean Portfolio Management 7. What is the last step in Kotter's approach to change management? a) ·

Consolidate gains and produce more wins

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b) c)

Anchor new approaches in the culture -x Generate short-term wins

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Sustain and improve

Which is an aspect of system thinking? ·

Mastery drives intrinsic motivation

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Cadence makes routine that which is routine

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The length of the queue impact the wait time

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Optimizing a component does not optimize the system-x

What is the recommended way to express a Feature? ·

Phrase, benefit hypothesis, and acceptance criteria -x

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Functional requirement

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Epic hypothesis statement

· Lean business case What is a valid reason for moving a PI objective to stretch? ·

The team does not have the knowledge or skills to deliver the objective -x The team is unsure how to estimate the related stories using story points The team has high uncertainty about a third-party delivery needed for the objective -x

· The team has no more time in the capacity but the objective has high business value What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? ·

Continuous Cadence

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Continuous Planning

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Continuous Exploration -x

· Continuous Improvement In the Program Kanban some steps have Work-in-Process limits. Why is this necessary? ·

To help continuous deployment -x

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To ensure large queues are not being built

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To enable multitasking

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To keep timebox goals

Which statement is true about DevOps? ·

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Measurements are not a top priority for DevOps

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Lean-Agile principles are not necessary for a successful

DevOps implementation ·

DevOps is an approach to

bridge the gap between development and operations -x · DevOps automation of testing reduces the holding cost ? Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do Product Owners have content authority over? ·

Team Backlog -x

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Portfolio Vision

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Value Streams

· Portfolio Backlog What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.) ·

Address the systemic problems

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Frequent context switching

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Increase capacity

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Visualize and limit WIP-x

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Reduce the batch sizes of work-x

· Manage queue lengths-x What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making? ·

Ensuring strategic decisions are not made in a vacuum

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Creating better visualization

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Removing accountability from leaders

· Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time –x What is the best measure of progress for complex system development? ·

System Demo-x

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ROAMing Risks

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Refined Backlog

· Iteration Review The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates ·

Relentless improvement

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Innovation -x

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Flow

· Respect for people and culture What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe? ·

Teams decide their own iteration length

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Teams meet twice every PI to plan and schedule capacity

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Teams allow batch sizes across multiple intervals Teams align their iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system inte Which practice helps with a test-first mentality? ·

BDD-x

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MMF

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MVP

· WIP When does a Roadmap become a queue? ·

When it is fully committed -x

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When it includes no commitments

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When it is longer than one Program Increment

· When it contains Features and not Epics Which statement is true when continuously deploying using a DevOps model? ·

It removes the need to automate processes

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It alleviates the reliance on the skill sets of Agile teams

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It lessens the severity and frequency of release failures -x

· It increases the transaction cost Which statement fits with the SAFe Core Value of Built-in Quality? · Quality depends on the scale of the project and should be implemented from the top down · Quality should only be worked on during the Innovation and Planning Iteration ·

You cannot scale crappy code -x

· Quality is not part of the SAFe Core Values What is found on a program board? ·

Tasks

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Epics -x

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User Stories

· Features Which statement is true about the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration? ·

It is used as a weekly sync point between the Scrum Masters

· Without the IP Iteration, there is a risk that the tyranny of the urgent outweighs all innovation activities -x ·

The Scrum Master can decide if the IP Iteration is necessary

· It is used annually when the team needs to refocus on work processes What is part of the role of Product Management? · ·

To facilitate backlog refinement session

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To prioritize Enablers

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To assign business value to features

· To prioritize the Program Backlog –x How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? ·

In the Portfolio Kanban -x

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In the Portfolio Backlog

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In the Program Kanban

· In the Program Backlog What is one guardrail on Lean budget spend? ·

Spending caps for each ART

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Participatory budgeting

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Continuous Business Owner engagement -x

· Learning milestones as objective measurements What is the recommended frequency for updating Lean budget distribution? Twice annually On demand -x ·

Every iteration

· Annually What is a Minimal Viable Product? ·

A minimal product that can validate a hypothesis -x

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A minimal Feature that can be released to the market

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A minimal product that can be built to achieve market dominance

· A minimal story a team can deliver in an iteration What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to Team PI Objectives? ·

Assigning business values to stretch objectives

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A value of 10 given to all of the PI Objectives -x

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Business Owners assigning the business value

· Business Owners assign high values to important enabler work Which statement is a principle of the Agile manifesto? ·

Measure everything

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Respect for people and culture

· Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential -x · Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development expense used? ·

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To recover money already spent

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To identify different parameters of the economic framework -x

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To limit WIP through the system

· To take into account sunk costs What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? ·

Leadership -x

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Value

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Relentless Improvement

· Flow Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto? ·

Customer collaboration over feature negotiation

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Customer collaboration over a constant indefinite pace

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Customer collaboration over ongoing internal conversation

· Customer collaboration over contract negotiation –x What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers? ·

To centralize decision-making

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To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints-x

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To lower WIP limits

· To strive to achieve a state of continuous flow How are stories estimated in SAFe? ·

Story points -x

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Ideal time

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Feature points

· Agile prescribes a No Estimation concept to speed delivery What is SAFe’s release strategy? ·

Release continuously

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Release on cadence

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Release on demand -x Release every Program Increment

Which statement describes aspects of the team's commitment during PI Planning? ·

A team commits to all stories they put on their PI plan

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A team commits to all the features they put on the Program Board

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A team does not commit to stretch objectives -x

· A team commits only to the PI Objectives with the highest business value What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings? ·

Solution Demo

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Iteration Review

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Scrum of Scrums -x

· Iteration Retrospective Who has content authority to make decisions at the user story level during PI Planning? ·

Scrum Masters

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Development Team

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Product Owner -x

· Release Train Engineer What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization? ·

SAFe House of Lean

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SAFe Principles

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SAFe Core Values

· SAFe Implementation Roadmap –x Who is responsible for the Solution Backlog? ·

Product Management

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Product Owners

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Solution Management -x ·

Solution Train...