Term
What must management do for a successful Agile transformation?
* Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system
* Change Scrum Masters in the team every two weeks
* Send someone to represent management, and then delegate tasks to these individuals
* Strive to think of adoption as an area they can control |
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Definition
| Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system |
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Term
How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility?
* By archieving economies of scale
* By creating stability and hierarchy
* By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth
* By building up large departments and matrixed organizations to support rapid growth |
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Definition
| By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth |
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Term
What is Business Agility?
* How Lean-thinking people and Agile Teams optimize their business processes, evolve strategy with clear and decisive new commitments, and quickly adapt the organization as needed to capitalize on new opportunities.
* The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions.
* Applying Lean-Agile principles and practices to the specification, development, deployment, operation, and evolution of the world’s largest and most sophisticated systems.
* A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services to customers and users. |
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Definition
| The ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions. |
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What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap?
* Train Lean-Agile change agents, identify Value Streams and Agile Release Trains, extend to the portfolio
* Launch trains, coach Agile Release Train execution, train executives and managers
* Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate
* Train Lean-Agile change agents, extend to the portfolio, accelerate |
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Definition
| Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate |
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Term
What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization?
* SAFe House of Lean
* SAFe Implementation Roadmap
* SAFe Core Values
* SAFe Principles |
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Definition
| SAFe Implementation Roadmap |
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Term
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and execution?
* DevOps and Release on Demand
* Business Solutions and Lean Systems Engineering
* Lean Portfolio Management
* Team and Technical Agility |
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Definition
| Lean Portfolio Management |
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Term
What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean?
* Leadership
* Relentless Improvement
* Value
* Flow |
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Definition
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The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates a 'Go See' mindset?
* Respect for people and culture
* Flow
* Innovation
* Relentless Improvement |
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Definition
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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
* You cannot scale crappy code
* Quality is not part of the SAFe Core Values
* Quality should only be worked on during the Innovation and Planning Iteration |
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Definition
| You cannot scale crappy code |
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Term
Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto?
* Respond to change
* Respect for people and culture
* Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
* Limit work in progress |
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Definition
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Which statement is a principle of the Agile Manifesto?
* Measure everything
* Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential
* Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths
* Respect for people and culture |
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Definition
| Simplicity–the art of maximizing the amount of work not done–is essential |
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Term
When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development expense used?
* To limit work in process (WIP) through the system
* To take into account sunk costs
* To recover money already spent
* To identify different parameters of the economic framework |
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Definition
| To identify different parameters of the economic framework |
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Term
Which is an aspect of systems thinking?
* Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
* Mastery drives intrinsic motivation
* The length of the queue impacts the wait time
* Cadence makes routine everything that can be routine |
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Definition
| Optimizing a component does not optimize the system |
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Term
What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.)
* Increase Capacity
* Manage queue lengths
* Visualize and limit work in process (WIP)
* Reduce the batch sizes of work
* Frequent context switching
* Address the systemic problems |
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Definition
| Manage queue lengths;Reduce the batch sizes of work;Visualize and limit work in process (WIP); |
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Term
What is an example of applying cadence-based synchronization in SAFe?
* Teams meet twice every Program Inrement (PI) to plan and schedule capacity
* Teams allow batch sizes across multiple intervals
* Teams align their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration
* Teams decide their own Iteration length |
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Definition
| Teams align their Iterations to the same schedule to support communication, coordination, and system integration |
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Term
What is one benefit of unlocking the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers?
* To centralize decision-making
* To strive to achieve a state of continuous flow
* To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints
* To lower work in process (WIP) limits |
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Definition
| To provide autonomy with purpose, mission, and minimum constraints |
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Term
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making?
* Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
* Removing accountability from leaders
* Ensuring strategic decisions are not made in a vacuum |
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Definition
| Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time |
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Term
What is the basic building block when organizing around value?
* Agile Release Trains
* Hierarchies
* Individuals
* Agile Teams |
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Definition
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Term
What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions?
* It moves the decision to where the informatio is
* It reduces political tensions
* It is not how value flows
* It creates Agile business teams |
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Definition
| It is not how value flows |
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Term
Question 20
The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done?
* Cross-functional teams
* Phased-review-process teams
* Solution teams
* Management teams |
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Definition
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Term
Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do Product Owners have content authority over?
* Team Backlog
* Portfolio Backlog
* Value Streams
* Portfolio Vision |
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Definition
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Term
What is part of the role of Product Management?
* To assign business value into Features
* To facilitate backlog refinement sessions
* To prioritize Enablers
* To prioritize the Program Backlog |
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Definition
| To prioritize the Program Backlog |
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Term
Which two quality practices apply to Agile teams? (Choose two.)
* Using nonfunctional requirements
* Providing architectural runway
* Establishing Flow
* Decentralizing decision-making
* Peer review and pairing |
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Definition
Peer review and pairing
Establishing flow |
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Term
Design Thinking identifies at least four new ways to measure success. What are two of those ways? (Choose two.)
* Marketability
* Reliability
* Sustainability
* Scalability
* Desirability |
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Definition
Desirability
Sustainability |
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Term
What is the impact of Customer Centricity?
* To understand the Customer's needs
* To build small, partial systems just in time
* To interpret market rhythms
* To design custom-built Customer Solutions |
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Definition
| To understand the Customer's needs |
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Term
Which statement correctly describes one aspect of the team's commitment at the end of PI Planning?
* A team commits to all of the Stories they put on their PI plam
* A team does not commit to uncommitted objectives
* A team commits only to the PI Objectives with the highest business value
* A team commits to all the Features they put on the program board |
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Definition
| A team does not commit to uncommitted objectives |
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Term
Which two statements are true about uncommitted objectives? (Choose two.)
( Uncommitted objectives are extra things the team can do in case they have time
* Uncommitted objectives do not get assigned a planned business value score
* Uncommitted objecties help improve predictability
* The work to deliver the uncommitted objectives is not planned into the iterations during PI Planning
* Uncommitted objectives are not included in the team's commitment |
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Definition
| Uncommitted objectives are not included in the team's commitment;Uncommitted objectives help improve predictability; |
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Term
What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to team PI Objectives?
* Assigning business values to uncommitted objectives
* All PI Objectives are given a value of 10
* Business Owners assigning the business value
* Business Owners assign high values to important Enabler work |
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Definition
| All PI Objectives are given a value of 10 |
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Term
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
* Create new User Stories
* Adjust the length of the PI
* Change a team's plan |
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Definition
| Adjust business priorities |
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Term
What is found on a program board?
* Features
* Epics
* User Stories
* Tasks |
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Definition
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Term
Who has content authority to make decisions at the User Story level during Program Increment (PI) Planning?
* Release Train Engineer
* Scrum Masters
* Product Owner
* Agile Team |
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Definition
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Term
In the Program Kanban some steps have work in process (WIP) limits. Why is this necessary?
* To ensure large queues are not being built
* To enable multitasking
* To keep timebox goals
* To help Continuous Deployment |
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Definition
| To ensure large queues are not being built |
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Term
What is one of the Agile Release Train sync meetings?
* Solution Demo
* Scrum of scrums
* Iteration Review
* Iteration Retrospective |
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Definition
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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
* It is used annually when the team needs to refocus on work processes
* The Scrum Master can decide if the IP Iteration is necessary |
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Definition
| Without the IP Iteration, there is a risk that the 'tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation activities |
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Term
What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
* Continuous Cadence
* Continuous Planning
* Continuous Exploration
* Continuous Improvement |
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Definition
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Term
Which statement is true about DevOps?
* Measurements are not a top priority for DevOps
* DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations
* DevOps automation of testing reduces the holding costs
* Lean-Agile principle are not necessary for a successful DevOps implementation |
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Definition
| DevOps is an approach to bridge the gap between development and operations |
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Term
If a program repeatedly shows separate Feature branches rather than a true System Demo, which practice should be reviewed to address the issue?
* Roadmap creation
* Test first
* Continuous Integration
* Scrum of scrums |
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Definition
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Term
What is the best measure of progress for complex system development?
* Prioritized backlog
* Iteration Review
* System Demo
* Inspect and Adapt |
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Definition
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Term
What is used to capture the current state of the Portfolio and a primer to the future state?
* Portfolio Backlog
* Portfolio Vision
* Portfolio Canvas
* Portfolio Kanban |
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Definition
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Term
Which statement accurately characterizes Strategic Themes?
* They are large initatives managed in the Portfolio Kanban that require weighted shortest job first prioritization and a lightweight business case
* They are requirements that span Agile Release Trains but must fit within a single Program Increment
* They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy
* They are a high-level summary of each program's Vision and are updated after every PI |
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Definition
| They are business objectives that connect the SAFe portfolio to the Enterprise business strategy |
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Term
What is a minimum viable product?
* A minimal version of a new product used to test a hypothesis
* A prototype that can be used to explore user needs
* A minimal Story a team can deliver in an Iteration
* A minimal product that can be built to achieve market dominance |
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Definition
| A minimal version of a new product used to test a hypothesis |
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Term
How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed?
* In the Portfolio Kanban
* In the Program Kanban
* In the Portfolio Backlog
* In the Program Backlog |
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Definition
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Term
What is one Guardrail on Lean Budget spend?
* Participatory budgeting
* Learning Milestones as objective measurements
* Spending caps for each Agile Release Train
* Coninuous Business Owner engagement |
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Definition
| Continuous Business Owner engagement |
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Term
What is the last step in Kotter's approach to change management?
* Generate short-term wins
* Anchor new approaches in the culture
* Consolidate gains and produce more wins
* Sustain and improve |
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Definition
| Anchor new approaches in the culture |
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Term
What can be used to script the change to SAFe?
* The Implementation Roadmap
* The Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) charter
* The portfolio canvas
* The Program Kanban |
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Definition
| The Implementation Roadmap |
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Term
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline focuses on creating alignment on what needs to be built:
* Continous Integration
* Continous Exploration
* Continous Deployment
* Release on Demand |
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Definition
Continuous Exploration
_______________________________
Continous Exploration focuses on creating alignment |
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Term
A Market rhythm is a set of events that occur repeatedly on a predictible cadence
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
_________________________________________
A market rhythm is a set of events that occur repeatedly on a predictable cadence |
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Term
Which of the following is a customer-centric development process that creates desirable products that are profitable and sustainable over their lifecycle?
* Design Thinking
* Simple Architecture
* Systems Thinking
* Complex user research |
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Definition
Design Thinking
__________________________________
Design Thinking is a customer-centric development process that creates desirable products that are profitable and sustainable over their lifecycle. It goes beyond the traditional focus on the features and functions of a proposed product. Instead, it emphasizes understanding the problems to be solved, the context in which the solution will be used, and the evolution of that solution. |
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Term
How is a functional model of the Feature or Product that are to be build called?
* Archetype
* Proof of Concept
* Persona
* Prototype |
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Definition
Prototype
_____________________________________________
Prototype is a functinal model of the Feature or Product that are to be build. |
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Term
Features and PI Objectives always map 1:1
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
__________________________________
Features do not always map 1:1 to PI Objectives |
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Term
Business Owner is a role on which dimensions of Lean Portfolio Management?
* Lean Governance
* Agile Portfolio Operations
* Strategy and Investment Funding
* Lean Flow |
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Definition
Lean Govenance
Strategy and Investment Funding
_______________________________
The business Owner's role is relevant to the Lean Governance and Strategy and Investment Funding dimensions of the LPM |
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Term
Features can be stored in the Team backlog
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
_______________________
Features can only be stored in the Program backlog |
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Term
The relationship between ___and _______are the in the core of WSJF
* Queue length
* Processing rate
* Cost of Delay
* Job duration |
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Definition
Cost of Delay
Job Duration
______________________________
WSJF is calculated based on the Cost of Delay divided by the Job Size |
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Term
The teams in the Agile Release Trains do not need to be synchronized on common cadence.
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
_________________
The teams on the Agile Release Train are synchronized on a common cadence which is the Program Increment (PI) cadence |
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Term
Which one of the below is not one of the Core Competencies for Business Agility?
* Agile Product Delivery
* Lean Portfolio Management
* Continous Integration
* Continous Learning Culture |
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Definition
Continous Integration
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There are 7 core competencies of Business Agility. These are: Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility, Continous Learning Culture, Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, Agile Product Delivery and Enterprise Solution Delivery |
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Term
In the context of whole product thinking, which product is often considered the "minimal offering" of a product?
* Expected Product
* Generic Product
* Potential product
* Augmented product |
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Definition
Generic Product
___________________________________________
There are 4 types of products in the contect of whole product thinking: generic, expected, augmented and potential product. The generic product is often considered the "minimal offering" of a product. The expected product represents the customer's minimal purchase conditions as informed by alternative or competing products. The augmented product goes beyond what is expected and enables competitors to differenciate their offerings. The potential product represents everything tht might be done to attract and keep customers. |
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Term
Which of the below includes existing code, hardware components, branding guidelines and enables near-term business features?
* DevOps
* DevSecOps
* Architectural Runway
* Continous Delivery Principle |
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Definition
Architectural Runway
________________________________________
The Architectural Runway includes existing code, hardware components, branding guidelines and enables near-term business features |
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Term
Agile teams must contain all the skills required to deliver the increment - this is an example of what?
* Collaboration
* Self-organization
* Cross-functionality
* Business Agility |
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Definition
Cross-functionality
__________________________________
The agile teams are cross-functional teams which means that they posess all the skills needed to deliver within the team |
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Term
How often does the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration occur?
* one every PI
* after each development iteration
* once every half a year
* annually |
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Definition
Once every PI
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The IP iteration is once every PI |
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Term
A solution which is intended to be used by a significant number of customers is called
* custom-built solution
* general solution
* universal solution
* augmented solution |
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Definition
general solution
_______________________________________
General solutions are intended to be used by a significant number of customers. Custom-built solutions are built and designed for an individual customer |
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Term
When implementing test automation, it is not important to keep test data for automated tests under version control
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
____________________________________
test data needs to be version conteolled and kept into common repository – that is key to ensure valid tests |
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Term
The second SAFe Lean-Agile principle advises to apply what type of thinking?
* Systems thinking
* analytical thinking
* Design thinking
* Customer-centric thinking |
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Definition
systems thinking
_______________________________________
The second SAFe principle is Apply systems thinking. |
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Term
A ------------- validates that the stories in the backlog support the steps needed by the user to accomplish their objective
* Customer Journey Map
* Mind Map
* Empathy Map
* Acceptance Criteria
* Story Map |
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Definition
Story Map
_________________________________________
Features that represent a workflow are captured through story maps, which organize a sequence of stories according to the tasks a user needs to accomplish their goal. |
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Term
Which of the below is not part of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
* Continous Deployment
* Continous Exploration
* Continous Testing
* Continous Integration |
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Definition
Contiunous Testing
_________________________________________
The Continuous Delivery Pipeline has 4 elements: Continuous Exploration, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Release on Demand. |
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Term
In SAFe, how is a long-lived team of Agile teams called?
* Agile Release Train
* Agile Delivery Pipeline
* Shared Resources
* Value Stream |
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Definition
Agile Release Train
__________________________________
SAFe organizes teams in Agile Release Trains (ARTs) which are long lived teams of Agile teams |
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Term
Which of the following is not a value of the Agile Manifesto?
* Repsonding to Change over Following a Plan
* Contract Negotiation over Customer Collaboration
* Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools
* Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation |
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Definition
Contract Negotiation over Customer Collaboration
________________________________________
The Agile Manifesto has 4 values: Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools; |
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Term
Who creates and refines the user stores and the acceptance criteria?
* The Scrum Master
* The Agile Team
* The Business Owner
* The Product Owner |
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Definition
The Agile Team
_____________________________
The Agile team creates and refines the user stories and acceptance criteria and the Product Owner accepts the stories. The ScrumMaster facilitates the process. |
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Term
Which design thinking tool illustrates the experience as a user engages with a company’s Operational Value Stream, products, and services?
* Acceptance Criteria
* Empathy Map
* Customer Journey Map
* Story Map |
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Definition
Customer Journey Map
_____________________________
A customer journey map illustrates the experience as a user engages with a company’s Operational Value Stream, products, and services. Journey maps are powerful design thinking tools for operational value streams. They allow teams to identify ways in which the specific deliverables of one or more Development Value Streams can be improved to create a better end-to-end experience. |
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Term
What ensures that every element and every increment of the solution reflects quality standards throughout the development lifecycle?
* Product Owner Acceptance
* Definition of Ready
* Built-in Quality
* Sign Off by Executives |
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Definition
Built-In Quality
_________________________________
Built-In Quality is one of the core SAFe values and ensures quality standards are adhered to and met during development |
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Term
Enterprises must balance their execution focus with a ________________ focus.
* Customer
* economic
* Architectural
* Learning |
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Definition
Customer
_________________________________
SAFe emphasizes customer centricity, putting the customer at the center of business agility |
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Term
Capabilities are part of which backlog?
* Portfolio backlog
* Solution backlog
* Program backlog
* Team backlog |
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Definition
Solution backlog
_______________________________
Capabilities are part of the Solution Backlog. Epics are part of Portfolio Backlog, Features of Program backlog and User Stories of Team Backlog. |
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Term
There are _____ Core Competencies of Business Agility
* three
* nine
* seven
* five |
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Definition
Seven
____________________________________
There are 7 core competencies of Business Agility. These are: Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility, Continuous Learning Culture, Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, Agile Product Delivery and Enterprise Solution Delivery. |
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Term
Which one of the below is not a core SAFe value?
* Technical Excellence
* Transparency
* Alignment
* Program Execution |
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Definition
Technical Excellence
_____________________________________
There are 4 core SAFe values: Program Execution, Alignment, Built-In Quality and Transparency |
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Term
Who are the ultimate beneficiaries of the value of the business solutions created and maintained by the portfolio value streams?
* Executives
* Customers
* Business Owners
* Release Train Engineers |
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Definition
Customers
___________________________________
SAFe is customer-centric and the ultimate beneficiaries of the delivered value are the customers |
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Term
According to the Agile Manifesto, the highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of ____________ software.
* cheap
* optimal
* valuable
* working |
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Definition
valuable
____________________________________
The first principle of the Agile Manifesto states that the highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. |
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Term
Which of the following are roles on Agile Release Train?
* Business Owners
* System Team
* Chief Scrum Master
* Release Train Engineer |
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Definition
Business Owners
System Team
Release Train Engineer
_________________________
While sometimes the RTE is referred to as Chief Scrum Master, there is no formal, official Chief Scrum Master role in SAFe |
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Term
How many are the pillars of the SAFe House of Lean?
* four
* three
* seven
* five |
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Definition
four
___________________________________
The SAFe House of Lean has Lean-Agile Leadership at the base, Value at the top and 4 pillars which are Respect for people and culture, Flow, Innovation and Relentless Improvement |
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Term
Which of the below is not a phase on the Portfolio Kanban?
* Done
* Portfolio Backlog
* Funnel
* In Test |
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Definition
In Test
_______________________________
The Portfolio Kanban typically does not have a Test Kanban state as this is captured in lower level Kanabans |
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Term
Who is at the center of the Seven Core Competencies of Business Agility?
* The Business
* The Customer
* The Developer
* The Economic Benefit |
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Definition
The Customer
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The customer is at the center of the 7 core competencies of Business Agility |
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Term
Small batch sizes enable _______ feedback with lower transaction costs
* slower
* faster
* more detailed
* less detailed |
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Definition
faster
__________________________________
Small batches enable faster feedback and are key for optimal flow of value |
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Term
The PI Planning event usually spans over
* 4 hours
* 2 days
* 1 week
* 3 days |
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Definition
2 days
___________________________________
PI Planning is usually 2 days long. |
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Term
Lean Portfolio Management aligns ___________ and __________ by applying Lean and systems thinking approaches to strategy and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance.
* budger, strategy
* budget, execution
* portfolio, program backlog
strategy, execution |
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Definition
strategy, execution
_____________________________
LPM aligns strategy to execution |
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Term
Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
* Measurement
* Large batches
* Culture
* Automation |
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Definition
Large Batches
__________________________
CALMR stands for Culture, Automation, Lean Flow, Measurement and Recovery |
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Term
DevOps is a set of tools that enable communication, automation and integration among Development and Operations
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
_______________________________
DevOps is a mindset |
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Term
Which core Business Agility Competency describes the critical skills and Lean-Agile principles and practices that high-performing Agile teams and Teams of Agile teams use to create high-quality solutions for their customers?
* Agile Product Delivery
* The Team and Technical Agility
* Continous Learning Culture
* Lean-Agile Leadership |
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Definition
The Team and Technical Agility
_____________________________
The Lean-Agile Leadership core competency of Business Agility encompasses the Lean-Agile practices which enhance agility |
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Term
Which of the following are part of Agile Release Train ART Sync?
* Scrum of Scrums
* PO Sync
* Product Management Sync
* Architectural Sync |
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Definition
Scrum of Scrums
PO Sync
____________________________
The ART Sync consists of Scrum of Scrums and PO Sync |
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Term
Which of the below is true for customer-centric teams?
* They seek to understand the customer
* All of the above
* they think and feel like the customer
* they focus on the customer |
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Definition
All of the above
________________________________
All of the listed characteristics are true for customer-centric culture |
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Term
Feature toggles enable what?
* Release on Demand
* Continuous Deployment
* Scheduled Release
* Automated Testing |
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Definition
Release on Demand
_____________________________________
Feature toggles allow to turn features on and off and enable Release On Demand |
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Term
Which of the below are key to leading successful change?
* develop the vision and strategy
* stay within the comfort zone
* establish a sense of urgency
* generate short-term wins |
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Definition
Develop the vision and strategy
Establish a sense of urgency
generate short-term wins
_________________________________
Change requires getting out of the comfort zone and this answer is wrong, The rest of the answers are all correct characteristics of change. |
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Term
Which design thinking tool helps teams imagine what a specific persona is thinking, feeling, hearing, and seeing as they use the product?
* Empathy Map
* story board
* story map
* customer journey map |
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Definition
Empathy Map
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Empathy maps are a design thinking tool that promote customer identification by helping teams develop deep, shared understanding for others. They help teams imagine what a specific persona is thinking, feeling, hearing, and seeing as they use the product. The greater the degree of empathy that a team has for their customer, the more likely the team will be able to design a desirable solution. |
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Term
Customer-centric enterprises apply ________________- design throughout the design process
* Complex
* whole system
* holistic
* empathic |
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Definition
empathic
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Empathy and empathic design are key to putting the customer at the center |
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Term
What are the benefits of prototypes?
* lower cost
* higher quality
* fast feedback
* risk reduction |
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Definition
Fast feedback
risk reduction
____________________________________
Prototypes reduce risk and provide fast feedback loop |
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Term
DevOps is part of which Business Agility core competency?
* Continuous Learning
* Enterprise Solution Delivery
* Lean-Agile Leadership
* Agile Product Delivery |
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Definition
Agile Product Delivery
__________________________________________
DevOps is part of the Agile Product Delivery core competency of Business Agility |
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Term
Establishing a sense of urgency is key to lead successful change.
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
_________________________________
Establish a sense of urgency is key to lead successful change. |
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Term
LACE is part of which dimension of Lean Portfolio Management?
* Lean Flow
* Strategy and Investment Funding
* Lean Government
* Agile Portfolio Operations |
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Definition
Agile Portfolio Operations
_________________________________
LACE is part of the Agile Portfolio Operations dimension of the LPM |
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Term
Which phase of the Portfolio Kanban is used to capture all new big business or technology ideas?
* Analyzing
* Reviewing
* Portfolio Backlog
* The funnel |
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Definition
The funnel
__________________________________
The Funnel phase of the Portfolio Kanban is used to capture all new big business or technology ideas |
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Term
A Backlog illustrates the total amount of work in process and the state of each work item
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
____________________________________
The backlog does not illustrate the state of the work, that is illustrated by the Kanban |
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Term
How many are the SAFe Lean-Agile principles?
* ten
* five
* four
* twelve |
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Definition
ten
______________________________
There are 10 SAFe principles in addition to the 12 principles of Agile Manifesto |
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Term
Who coaches the Agile team in self-organization?
* The Product Owner
* The Release Train Engineer
* The Lead Developer
* The Scrum Master |
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Definition
The Scrum Master
______________________________
The ScrumMaster is the coach and facilitator at the team level. |
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Term
Who facilitates the Scrum of Scrums?
* Business Owner
* Product Owner
* Release Train Engineer
* Scrum Master |
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Definition
Release Train Engineer
____________________________
The Release Train Engineer facilitates the Scrum of Scrums |
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Term
Business Agility requires that _______________________use Lean and Agile practices to continually deliver innovative, high-quality products and services faster than the competition.
* The business owners
* the developers
* business and technology leaders
* everyone involved in delivering solutions |
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Definition
everyone involved in delivering solutions
_________________________________
Everyone involved in delivering solutions uses Lean-Agile practices and they are intended to cover various aspects. |
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Term
Which of the below is not a dimension of Lean Portfolio Management?
* Strategy & Investment Funding
* Agile Portfolio Operations
* Lean Governance
* Lean Flow |
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Definition
Lean Flow
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Lean Flow is not a dimension of LPM |
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Term
How many are the roles at the Agile Release Train?
* three
* four
* ten
* five |
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Definition
five
_____________________________
There are 5 key roles at the Agile Release Train level: release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Management, System Architect/Engineer, Business Owners and System Team |
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Term
How many dimensions does the Agile Product Delivery competency have?
* three
* seven
* five
* four |
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Definition
three
___________________________________________
There are 3 dimensions of the Agile Product Delivery competency - these are Customer Centricity and Design Thinking, Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand and DevOps and Continuous Delivery Pipeline |
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Term
In SAFe, special time is allocated for innovation and exploration during
* IP Iteration
* I&A event
* at the end of each interation
* PI Planning |
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Definition
IP Iteration
______________________________
IP iteration is specifically allocated for innovation and exploration and happens once every PI |
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Term
How many teams typically form one Agile Release Train?
* 3-4 teams
* 20-25 teams
* 10-15 teams
* 5-12 teams |
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Definition
5-12 teams
_______________________________________
SAFe recommend that one Agile Release Train (ART) consists of to 12 Agile teams |
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Term
Which of the below is not part of SAFe economic framework?
* Operating within lean budgets and guardrails
* Understanding solution economic trade-offs
* avoid using suppliers
* Sequencing jobs for the maximum benefit |
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Definition
avoid using suppliers
__________________________________
SAFe advocates the use of suppliers where applicable |
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Term
In the context of whole product thinking, which product represents the customer’s minimal purchase conditions as informed by alternative or competing products?
* potential product
* expected product
* augmented product
* generic product |
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Definition
expected product
_______________________________
There are 4 types of products in the context of whole product thinking: generic, expected, augmented and potential product. The generic product is often considered the “minimal offering” of a product.The expected product represents the customer’s minimal purchase conditions as informed by alternative or competing products.The augmented product goes beyond what is expected and enables competitors to differentiate their offerings.The potential product represents everything that might be done to attract and keep customers. |
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Term
What is the size of an Agile team, recommended by SAFe?
* 10 to 15 people
* 5 to 11 people
* 3 to 9 people
* 7 to 10 people |
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Definition
5 to 11 people
_________________________________
SAFe advises that the optimal size for an Agile team is to 11 people |
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Term
A customer journey map illustrates the experience as a user engages with a company’s ____________ Value Stream, products, and services
* Development
* Operational
* Customer
* Highest Priority |
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Definition
Operational
____________________________
A customer journey map illustrates the experience as a user engages with a company’s Operational Value Stream, products, and services. Journey maps are powerful design thinking tools for operational value streams. They allow teams to identify ways in which the specific deliverables of one or more Development Value Streams can be improved to create a better end-to-end experience. |
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Term
Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
* Measurement
* Continuous Improvement
* Lean Flow
* Automation |
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Definition
Continuous Improvement
___________________________________________
CALMR stands for Culture, Automation, Lean Flow, Measurement and Recovery |
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Term
In SAFe, development delivers valuable functionality quickly to satisfy the customer and quality is added later via refactoring
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
______________________________________
Built-In Quality is one of the core SAFe values and ensures quality standards are adhered to and met during development |
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Term
At the base of the SAFe House of Lean is
* Innovation
* Lean-Agile Leadership
* Value
* Flow |
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Definition
Lean-Agile Leadership
__________________________________
The SAFe House of Lean has Lean-Agile Leadership at the base, Value at the top and 4 pillars which are Respect for people and culture, Flow, Innovation and Relentless Improvement |
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Term
________________ takes a holistic approach to solution development, incorporating all aspects of a system and its environment into the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of the system itself
* Design Thinking
* Architectural runway
* Systems thinking
* Customer-centricity |
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Definition
Systems thinking
____________________________
Systems thinking takes a holistic view at the system as a whole |
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Term
In the SAFe hierarchy of requirements, __________ are between Epics and User Stories
* Sub-tasks
* Features
* Topics
* Tasks |
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Definition
Features
______________________________
Features are between Epics and User stories in the hierarchy of requirements, where Features are grouped under Epics and Features are then broken down into User Stroies. |
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Term
WSJF is a techniques used for __________ of requirements
* testing
* identification
* prioritization
* validation |
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Definition
prioritization
________________________________
WSJF is used for prioritization and is based on Cost of Delay and Job Duration |
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Term
Which are the two primary means by which a customer derives value from products and solutions?
* cost increase
* cost reduction
* increased popularity
* revenue enhancement |
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Definition
cost reduction
revenue enhancement
______________________________
Cost reduction and Revenue enhancement are the 2 key value drivers |
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Term
A market event is a one-time future event, which has a high probability of materially affecting one or more solutions
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
____________________________
A market event is a one-time future event, which has a high probability of materially affecting one or more solutions |
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Term
Which of the below are rules for building Architectural runway?
* Credit goes to working solutions, not models and designs
* Time is of the essence. It should take no more time than a few iterations to implement and prove the new technology
* Feature teams validate the new architecture
* Time is not of the essence. Architecture takes long to implement |
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Definition
Credit goes to working solutions, not models and designs
Time is of the essence. It should take no more time than a few iterations to implement and prove the new technology
Feature teams validate the new architecture
_________________________
It is wrong to state that time is not of essence for the Architectural Runway. The rest of the answers are correct. |
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Term
How often typically does the System demo happen?
* every two weeks
* every month
* every week
* once every PI |
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Definition
every two weeks
______________________________
The system demo typically happens every 2 weeks, at the end of the iteration |
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Term
The Agile Manifesto favors Customer Collaboration over ________________
* Developer Collaboration
* Contract Negotiation
* No Collaboration
* Technical Collaboration |
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Definition
Contract Negotiation
__________________________
The Agile Manifesto has 4 values: Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools; |
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Term
Which of the following is not a principle of the Agile Manifesto?
* Take an economic view
* Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competative advantage.
* Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
* The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams |
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Definition
take an economic view
_______________________________________________
Take an economic view is a SAFe principle which is not part of the Agile Manifesto |
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Term
The Team and Technical Agility competency describe the critical skills and ____________ principles and practices that high-performing Agile teams and Teams of Agile teams use to create high-quality solutions for their customers
* DevOps
* SMART
* Lean-Agile
* Extreme Programming |
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Definition
Lean-Agile
_______________________________
All core competencies, including Team and Technical Agility are based upon the Lean-Agile principles which cover various aspects and enhance Agility |
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Term
Which of the below are core SAFe values?
* Alignment
* High Quality
* Visibility
* Shared Ownership |
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Definition
Alignment
_________________________
There are 4 core SAFe values: Program Execution, Alignment, Built-In Quality and Transparency |
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Term
Divergent and convergent techniques are applied to understand a problem, design a solution, and deliver that solution to the market when _________________ is applied
* Design thinking
* Holistic thinking
* Systems thinking
* Kaizen thinking |
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Definition
Design thinking
____________________________
Design thinking represents a profoundly different approach to product and solution development, in which divergent and convergent techniques are applied to understand a problem, design a solution, and deliver that solution to the market. |
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Term
What synchronizes the teams in the Agile Release Trains on common cadence?
* Iteration
* Product Increment (PI)
* Program Increment (PI)
* Portfolio Increment (PI) |
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Definition
Program Increment (PI)
____________________________
The teams on the Agile Release Train are synchronized on a common cadence which is the Program Increment (PI) cadence |
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Term
A story map validates the steps required to be executed by the user
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
______________________________
Features that represent a workflow are captured through story maps, which organize a sequence of stories according to the tasks a user needs to accomplish their goal. |
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Term
Who owns Feature priorities?
* Release Train Engineer
* Product Management
* Business Owners
* Product Owner |
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Definition
Product Management
______________________________
Product Management owns the prioritization of Features and Product Owners own prioritization of User Stories. |
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Term
A SAFe portfolio is a collection of
* operational value streams
* Design thinking tools
* user stories
* development value streams |
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Definition
development value streams
__________________________________
A SAFe portfolio is organized around value and it is a collection of development value streams |
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Term
What is a custom-built solution?
* Solution which is intended to be used by a significant number of customers
* Solution which is built and designed for an individual customer
* Solution which is a potential solution for the customer problem
* None of the above |
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Definition
Solution which is built and designed for an individual customer
____________________________
General solutions are intended to be used by a significant number of customers. Custom-built solutions are built and designed for an individual customer |
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Term
How many elements form the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
* five
* seven
* three
* four |
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Definition
four
______________________________
The Continuous Delivery Pipeline has 4 elements: Continuous Exploration, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Release on Demand. |
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Term
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline focuses on taking features from the Program backlog and implementing them?
* Continuous Deployment
* Continuous Integration
* Continuous Exploration
* Release On Demand |
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Definition
Continuous Integration
_____________________________
Continuous Integration focuses on taking features from the Program backlog and implementing them |
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Term
There are Ten Core Competencies of Business Agility
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
_____________________________
There are 7 core competencies of Business Agility. These are: Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility, Continuous Learning Culture, Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, Agile Product Delivery and Enterprise Solution Delivery. |
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Term
Which 3 of the below need to be taken into account when assigning business value to PI Objectives?
* Efficiency value
* Market value
* Risk Value
* Future value
* Consumer value |
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Definition
Efficiency value
Market value
Future value
________________________________________
Market value, Future Value and Efficiency Value are taken into account when assigning the value for the PI objectives |
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Term
Which of the below are Core Competencies for Business Agility?
* Lean Portfolio Management
* Agile Product Delivery
* Continuous Integration
* Continuous Learning Culture |
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Definition
Lean Portfolio Management
Agile Product Delivery
Continuous Learning Culture
___________________________
There are 7 core competencies of Business Agility. These are: Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility, Continuous Learning Culture, Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, Agile Product Delivery and Enterprise Solution Delivery. |
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Term
Features that represent a workflow are captured through
* Story Map
* Empathy Map
* Customer Journey Mapping
* Program Backlog |
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Definition
Story Map
________________________________
Features that represent a workflow are captured through story maps, which organize a sequence of stories according to the tasks a user needs to accomplish their goal. |
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Term
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline takes the changes from the staging environment and deploys them to production?
* Continuous Integration
* Continuous Deployment
* Continuous Exploration
* Release on Demand |
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Definition
Continuous Deployment
__________________________________
Continuous Deployment takes the changes from the staging environment and deploys them to production |
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Term
A customer journey map illustrates the experience as a user engages with a company’s Operational Value Stream, products, and services.
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
_______________________
A customer journey map illustrates the experience as a user engages with a company’s Operational Value Stream, products, and services. Journey maps are powerful design thinking tools for operational value streams. They allow teams to identify ways in which the specific deliverables of one or more Development Value Streams can be improved to create a better end-to-end experience. |
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Term
Who owns story planning and high level estimates?
* The Agile Team
* Scrum Master
* Product Owner
* Release Train Engineer |
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Definition
The Agile Team
________________________________
The Agile Team is the ultimate decision maker when estimating the stories they will imlement |
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Term
Which of the following can be used as an estimation buffer?
* I&A event
* Iteration Retrospective
* IP Iteration
* PI Planning |
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Definition
IP Iteration
_______________________
The IP iteration is once every PI and is allocated for innovation and exploration and serves as a buffer |
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Term
What does the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable?
* Quarterly Release
* Scheduled Releases
* Annual Release
* Release on Demand |
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Definition
Release on Demand
____________________________
The Continuous Delivery Pipeline has 4 elements: Continuous Exploration, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment and Release on Demand. |
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Term
An Agile Release Train usually contains how many people?
* 80-100
* 150-250
* 30-40
* 50-125 |
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Definition
50-125
__________________________________
SAFe recommends that an Agile Release Train contains 5 to 12 agile teams which is 50 to 125 people |
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Term
ARTs apply cadence and synchronization to help manage the inherent variability of research and development
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
____________________
The statement is true and the application of cadence helps increasing predicatbility |
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Term
The sixth SAFe Lean-Agile principle advises to visualize and limit what?
* Working Inventory Potential (WIP)
* Work in Production (WIP)
* Impediments
* Work in Progress (WIP) |
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Definition
Work in Progress (WIP)
______________________
The 6th SAFe principle advises to reduce the Work in Progress, which is a fundamental principle of Kanban systems and helps optimizing the flow. |
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Term
Features are stored in the
* Solution Backlog
* Program Backlog
* team backlog
* database |
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Definition
Program Backlog
_____________________________________
Features are only stored in the Program Backlog. |
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Term
Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
* Measurement
* Culture
* Lean Flow
* Authentication |
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Definition
Authentication
_______________________________
CALMR stands for Culture, Automation, Lean Flow, Measurement and Recovery |
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Term
Design Thinking goes beyond the traditional focus on the features and functions of a proposed product and emphasizes understanding the problem to be solved
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
_______________________________-
The statement is true, Design Thinking goes beyond the traditional focus on the features and functions of a proposed product and emphasizes understanding the problem to be solved |
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Term
Which component of the Lean Portfolio Management ensures that the entire portfolio is aligned and funded to create and maintain the solutions needed to meet business targets?
* Lean Governance
* Agile Portfolio Operations
* Strategy & Investment Funding
* Lean Flow |
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Definition
Strategy & Investment Funding
_____________________
The Strategy & Investment Fundinge dimension of LPM ensures that the entire portfolio is aligned and funded |
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Term
Which event is held at the end of every PI and demonstrates and evaluates the current state of the solution?
* I&A
* IP
* Iteration Review
* Iteration Retrospective |
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Definition
I&A
___________________________________________
The Inspect & Adapt (I&A) event is held at the end of every PI and demonstrates and evaluates the current state of the solution along with retrospection and improvement action items |
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Term
Which of the below are dimensions of the Agile Product Delivery competency?
* Continually Evolve Live Systems
* Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand
* Customer Centricity and Design Thinking
* DevOps and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline |
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Definition
Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand
Customer Centricity and Design Thinking
DevOps and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
_____________________________________________
There are 3 dimensions of the Agile Product Delivery competency - these are Customer Centricity and Design Thinking, Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand and DevOps and Continuous Delivery Pipeline |
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Term
Agile Product Delivery is one of the Core Competencies of Business Agility.
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
_____________________________________________
There are 7 core competencies of Business Agility. These are: Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility, Continuous Learning Culture, Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, Agile Product Delivery and Enterprise Solution Delivery. |
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Term
While SAFe advocates for de-centralized decision-making, some decisions can be centralized. Whichm are the common characteristics of these decisions?
* they are frequent
* They are infrequent
* They are long-lasting |
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Definition
they are infrequent
they are long-lasting
________________________________
Infrequent and long-lasting decisions can be taken from senior management. The decentralized decision-making aims to increase flow where more frequent decisions are required and quick resolution is key to not turn into a bottleneck for flow |
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Term
The bigger the system, the _________ endemic quality is
* less important
* lower
* higher
* more important |
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Definition
more important
_________________________________
The bigger the system, the more important endemic quality is |
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Term
DevOps enables which ones of the below?
* Integration
* Backlog Prioritization
* Marketing
* Automation |
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Definition
Integration
Automation
_____________________________________
DevOps enables Automation and Integration |
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Term
Empathic design encourages activities such as
* Fishbone analysis
* Pareto analysis
* Gemba walks
* Muda elimination |
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Definition
Gemba walks
_________________________________________
Gemba walks are visits to the place where the customer work is done and they are key to empathic design and customer centricity |
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Term
Business Agility is the ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative, digitally-enabled business solutions
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
___________________________
Business Agility increases the ability to compete in the modern market environment. |
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Term
Who accepts the user stories?
* The Agile Team
* The Release Train Engineerx
* The Scrum Master
* The Product Owner |
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Definition
The Product Owner
__________________________
The Agile team creates and refines the user stories and acceptance criteria and the Product Owner accepts the stories. The ScrumMaster facilitates the process. |
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Term
How many dimensions does the Team and Technical Agility competency have?
* four
* three
* seven
* five |
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Definition
three
_____________________________
The Team and Technical Agility competency has 3 dimensions: Agile Teams, Built-in Quality and Teams of Agile Teams |
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Term
Enterprise Architect is a role on which dimensions of Lean Portfolio Management?
* Lean Flow
* Lean Governance
* Agile Portfolio Operations
* Strategy and Investment Funding |
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Definition
Lean Flow
___________________________________-
The Enterprise Architect role is relevant to the Lean Governance and Strategy and Investment Funding dimensions of the LPM |
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Term
In the context of whole product thinking, which product goes beyond what is expected and enables competitors to differentiate their offerings?
* generic product
* potential product
* expected product
* augmented product |
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Definition
augmented product
___________________________
There are 4 types of products in the context of whole product thinking: generic, expected, augmented and potential product. The generic product is often considered the “minimal offering” of a product.The expected product represents the customer’s minimal purchase conditions as informed by alternative or competing products.The augmented product goes beyond what is expected and enables competitors to differentiate their offerings.The potential product represents everything that might be done to attract and keep customers. |
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Term
In the zone between general solutions and custom solutions are ________________
* Multi-segment solutions
* Augmented solutions
* deep and narrow solutiions
* potential solutions |
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Definition
deep and narrow solutions
________________________________________-
General solutions are intended to be used by a significant number of customers. Custom-built solutions are built and designed for an individual customer. In the zone between general solutions and custom solutions are deep and narrow solutions. A deep and narrow solution has a small number of customers that will often pay a significant amount of money for these products and services. |
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Term
Which of the below is not a pillar of the SAFe House of Lean?
* Value
* Relentless Improvement
* Flow
* Innovation |
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Definition
Value
_____________________________________
The SAFe House of Lean has Lean-Agile Leadership at the base, Value at the top and 4 pillars which are Respect for people and culture, Flow, Innovation and Relentless Improvement |
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Term
How are PI Objectives measured?
* in terms of costs
* in terms of work hours
* using WSJF
* in terms of business value |
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Definition
in terms of business value
__________________________________________
PI objectives have business value assigned to them and this is how they are expressed and measured |
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Term
Which event is synchronizes the ART and is attended by Scrum Masters weekly or more frequently?
* Daily Scrum
* PO Sync
* ART Sync
* Scrum of Scrums |
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Definition
Scrum of Scrums
__________________________
ScrumMasters attend Scrum of Scrums event to synchronize, coordinate and resolve dependencies |
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Term
Which phase of the Portfolio Kanban is used to sponsor the epic and define its intent and definition?
* Analyzing
* Portfolio Backlog
* Reviewing
* The funnel |
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Definition
Reviewing
___________________________
The Reviewing phase of the Portfolio Kanban is used to sponsor the epic and define its intent and definition. |
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Term
WSJF stands for
* Weighted Simplest Job Fast
* Weighted Single Job First
* Weighted Sample Job Fast
* Weighted Smallest Job First |
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Definition
Weighted Smallest Job First
_________________________
WSJF is a prioritization method and it stands for Weighted Shortest Job First |
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Term
Which of the following is a fictional character created to represent a user type that might use a site, brand, or product in a similar way?
* prototype
* persona
* actor
* character |
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Definition
persona
_________________________
‘Personas’are fictional consumers and/or users derived from customer research. They depict the different people who might use a product or solution in a similar way, providing insights into how real users would engage with a solution. User personas also support market segmentation strategy by offering a concrete design tool to reinforce that products and solutions are created for people. |
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Term
Architectural runway needs to be continuously maintained
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
_____________________
Architectural runway needs to be continuously maintained |
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Term
Agile teams are _________
* organized by the Scrum Team
* organized by the Business Owner
* organized by the Product Owner
* Self-organizing |
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Definition
Self-organizing
___________________________
Agile teams are self-organizing teams with collective ownership over the development and delivery |
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Term
Which one of the below is not one of the Core Competencies for Business Agility?
* Team and Technical Agility
* Organizational Agility
* Lean-Agile Leadership
* Program Agility |
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Definition
Program Agility
______________________________
There are 7 core competencies of Business Agility. These are: Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility, Continuous Learning Culture, Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, Agile Product Delivery and Enterprise Solution Delivery. |
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Term
According to the Agile Manifesto, the most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is _________________
* structured discussion
* remote conference call
* brainstorming
* face-to-face conversation |
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Definition
face-to-face converstion
_________________________
The Agile Manifesto advises that the most effective method of communication is face to face. |
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Term
System Teams are a role on the Agile Release Train.
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
__________________________
There are 5 key roles at the Agile Release Train level: release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Management, System Architect/Engineer, Business Owners and System Team |
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Term
The System demo happens after which iteration event?
* Iteration Review
* Daily Stand up
* Iteration Retrospective
* Iteration Planning |
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Definition
Iteration Review
______________________________________
The Iteration Review is the event to demonstrate the implemented functionality |
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Term
| According to the Agile Manifesto, Responding to Change is more important than ________________ * Individuals and Interactions * Contract Negotiation * Following a Plan * Customer Collaboration |
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Definition
| Following a Plan _______________________ The Agile Manifesto has 4 values: Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools; |
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Term
To lead a successful change, it is key to
* start the change immediately and develop the vision later
* anchor new approaches in culture
* empower employees
* create short-term wins |
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Definition
anchor new approaches in culture
empower employees
create short-term wins
___________________________
Before starting the change, there is need to develop a vision and communicate it to get buy-in and explain the reasons for the change. Starting the change before developing the vision is wrong The rest of the answers are correct |
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Term
Releasing is typically coupled with the development cadence
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
___________________________-
Releasing is typically de-coupled from development which at the heart of Release On Demand |
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Term
The teams in an Agile Release Train are aligned to a common vision via
* Team Backlog
* Strategic Themes
* Solution Backlog
* Program Backlog |
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Definition
Program Backlog
_____________________________
The Program Backlog is the common backlog for the Agile teams on the Agile Release Train and aligns the team around a common vision |
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Term
How many are the core SAFe values?
* five
* three
* seven
* four |
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Definition
four
_________________-
There are 4 core SAFe values: Program Execution, Alignment, Built-In Quality and Transparency |
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Term
Market events can be
* all of the above
* internally created, such as a company's annual user conference
* Customer-centric
* external, such as the launch of government regulations |
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Definition
internally created, such as a company's annual user conference
external, such as the launch of government regulations
_________________________________
Market events can be internal and external |
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Term
Which design thinking tool enables teams to understand how the stories in the team backlog support user objectives?
* Program Backlog
* Empathy May
* Story Map
* Customer Journey Mapping |
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Definition
Story Map
_________________________
Features that represent a workflow are captured through story maps, which organize a sequence of stories according to the tasks a user needs to accomplish their goal. |
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Term
Which of the following are purposes of the IP Iteration?
* Service as estimtion buffer
* Advance development infrastructure
* Allow time for innovation
* enable continuous learning |
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Definition
Service as estimation buffer
Advance development infrastructure
Allow time for innovation
Enable continuous learning
_______________________________
The IP Iteration happens once every PI and serves for innovation and exploration. It enables continuous learning and also serves as a buffer |
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Term
Which event is usually 2 days long and happens at the beginning of every PI?
* PI Planning
* Iteration Planning
* Inspect & Adapt
* Iteration Review |
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Definition
PI Planning
___________________________________
PI Planning is usually 2 days long and happens at the beginning of every PI |
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Term
Which of the below are dimensions of the Team and Technical Agility competency?
* Built-in Quality
* Agile Teams
* Technical Excellence
* Team of Agile Teams |
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Definition
Built-in Quality
Agile Teams
Team of Agile Teams
______________________________________
The Team and Technical Agility competency has 3 dimensions: Agile Teams, Built-in Quality and Teams of Agile Teams |
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Term
Which component of the Lean Portfolio Management coordinate and support decentralized program execution, enabling operational excellence?
* Strategy & Investment Funding
* Lean Flow
* Lean Governance
* Agile Portfolio Operations |
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Definition
Agile Portfolio Operations
____________________________________
Agile Portfolio Operationscdimesnion of LPM oordinate sand support sdecentralized program execution |
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Term
Empathic design guides the development of solutions that move beyond functional needs, also addressing:
* All of the above
* Ergonomic needs, such as the placement of physical features
* Aesthetic and emotional needs
* An understanding of how the solution may impact the solution context |
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Definition
All of the above
___________________________________
Empathic design addresses all of the listed needs in addition and beyond functional needs |
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Term
Program Agility is one of the Core Competencies of Business Agility.
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
___________________________
There are 7 core competencies of Business Agility. These are: Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility, Continuous Learning Culture, Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, Agile Product Delivery and Enterprise Solution Delivery. |
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Term
How many dimensions does the Lean Portfolio Management have?
* five
* three
* two
* four |
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Definition
four
_________________________________
The LPM has 3 dimensions: Startegy & Investment Funding, Agile Portfolio Operations and Lean Governance |
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Term
* Organizational Agility
* Continuous Learning Culture
* Team and Technical Agility
* Lean-Agile Leadership |
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Definition
Organizational Agility
Continuous Learning Culture
Team and Technical Agility
Lean-Agile Leadership
_____________________________
There are 7 core competencies of Business Agility. These are: Lean Portfolio Management, Organizational Agility, Continuous Learning Culture, Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, Agile Product Delivery and Enterprise Solution Delivery. |
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Term
What is the highest hierarchy level of requirements in SAFe?
* Capability
* User Story
* Epic
* Feature |
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Definition
Epic
________________________________
Epics are the highest level of requirements in the hierarchy of requirements Then are Capabilities, Features and User Stories. |
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Term
Agile teams have well-defined responsibilities
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
____________________
Agile teams have well defined responsibilities, are cross-functional and self-organizing |
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Term
The Architectural runway is built of
* Tasks
* Enabler stories
* Strategic themes
* End user stories |
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Definition
Enabler stories
____________________________
CALMR stands for Culture, Automation, Lean Flow, Measurement and Recovery |
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Term
In the context of whole product thinking, which product represents everything that might be done to attract and keep customers?
* expected product
* augmented
* potential product
* generic product |
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Definition
Potential Product
_________________________
There are 4 types of products in the context of whole product thinking: generic, expected, augmented and potential product. The generic product is often considered the “minimal offering” of a product.The expected product represents the customer’s minimal purchase conditions as informed by alternative or competing products.The augmented product goes beyond what is expected and enables competitors to differentiate their offerings.The potential product represents everything that might be done to attract and keep customers. |
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Term
Agile Release Trains are organized around
* Operational Value Streams
* Economic Value Streams
* Lean Budgets
* Development Value Streams |
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Definition
Development Value Streams
_____________________________
The 10th SAFe principle advises to organize around value and the Agile Release Trains are organized around Development Value Streams |
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Term
Customer Centricity and Design Thinking is a dimension of which Business Agility Core Competency?
* Lean-Agile Leadership
* Enterprise Solution Delivery
* Team and Technical Agility
* Agile Product Delivery |
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Definition
Agile Product Delivery
_________________________________
There are 3 dimensions of the Agile Product Delivery competency - these are Customer Centricity and Design Thinking, Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand and DevOps and Continuous Delivery Pipeline |
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Term
The continuous delivery pipeline is part of which business agility competency?
* Agile Product Delivery
* Lean Portfolio Management
* Continuous Learning Culture
* Continuous Integration |
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Definition
Agile Product Delivery
________________________
The Continuous Delivery Pipeline is part of the Agile Product Deliery core competency of Business Agility |
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Term
The core SAFe values are Transparency, Alignment, Program Execution and
* Business Agility
* Customer Centricity
* Built-in Quality
* High Quality |
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Definition
Built-in Quality
_____________________________
The core SAFe values are Transparency, Alignment, Program Execution and |
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Term
Which of the below is not a characteristic of generative culture?
* collaboration encouraged
* innovation implemented
* low cooperation
* responsibilities shared |
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Definition
low cooperation
___________________________
Generative culture is characterized with high cooperation |
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Term
What does DevSecOps emphasize?
* system thinking
* second testing
* security practices
* Technical Excellence |
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Definition
security practices
____________________________________
DevSecOps emphasizes security practices |
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Term
The System demo is demoed from which environment?
* Staging
* Development
* Client
* Production |
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Definition
Staging
______________________________
The system demo is typically demoed from the Staging environment which closely resembles Production |
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Term
The Agile Manifesto consists of 4 values and how many principles?
* twelve
* five
* ten
* seven |
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Definition
twelve
____________________________________
The Agile Manifesto has 4 values and 12 principles. |
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Term
The “double diamond” of divergent and convergent thinking is characteristic of
* continuous delivery pipeline
* architectural runway
* SAFe implementation roadmap
* design thinking |
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Definition
design thinking
__________________________
Design Thinking is characterized by divergent and convergent thinking |
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Term
Epics in the analyzing state that have the highest WSJF are pulled into the _______________, as soon as space is available
* Program Backlog
* Team Backlog
* Portfolio Backlog
* Database |
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Definition
Portfolio Backlog
_________________________________
Epics in the analyzing state that have the highest WSJF are pulled into the Portfolio Backlog. The Program Backlog contains Features and the Team Backlog contains User Stories |
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Term
In SAFe Built-in Quality thinking is organized around five specific aspects—Flow, Architecture and Design Quality, Code Quality, System Quality
* Performancem Quality
* Deployment Quality
* Release Quality
* Software Quality |
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Definition
Release Quality
_______________________________
The 5th aspect of Build-In Quality is Release Quality |
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Term
How many types of products exist according to whole product thinking?
* three
* two
* four
* five |
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Definition
four
______________________________
There are 4 types of products in the context of whole product thinking: generic, expected, augmented and potential product. The generic product is often considered the “minimal offering” of a product.The expected product represents the customer’s minimal purchase conditions as informed by alternative or competing products.The augmented product goes beyond what is expected and enables competitors to differentiate their offerings.The potential product represents everything that might be done to attract and keep customers. |
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Term
What are are a set of directives which describe the goal that needs to be achieved by an Agile Release Train?
* PI Objectives
* Iteration Goal
* OKRs
* Business Objectives |
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Definition
PI Objectives
________________________
The ART goals are expressed through PI objectives with assigned business value. |
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Term
The ART goals are expressed through PI objectives with assigned business value.
* Visualize and limit WIP
* Develop on cadence
* De-centralize decision-making
* Take an economic view |
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Definition
Take an economic view
______________________-
WSJF is a prioritization method based on Cost of Delay and Job Duration and allows to sequence the execution in the most economically viable way. |
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Term
Which event is synchronizes the ART and is attended by POs and Pms weekly or more frequently?
* PO Sync
* Daily Scrum
* Scrum of Scrums
* ART Sync |
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Definition
PO Sync
______________________________________
The PO Sync event is attended by POs and Pms and is used for synchronization and coordination between them |
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Term
Which design thinking tool conveys the problems customers face in their context and triggers of why they use the product?
* Personas
* Story Maps
* Whole Product Thinking
* Customer Journey Maps |
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Definition
Personas
___________________________
‘Personas’are fictional consumers and/or users derived from customer research. They depict the different people who might use a product or solution in a similar way, providing insights into how real users would engage with a solution. User personas also support market segmentation strategy by offering a concrete design tool to reinforce that products and solutions are created for people. |
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Term
Which of the below are pillars of the SAFe House of Lean?
* Lean-Agile Leadership
* Flow
* Value
* Innovation |
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Definition
Flow
Innovation
_____________________
The SAFe House of Lean has Lean-Agile Leadership at the base, Value at the top and 4 pillars which are Respect for people and culture, Flow, Innovation and Relentless Improvement |
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Term
Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
* Lean Flow
* Culture
* Automation
* Release on Demand |
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Definition
Release on Demand
_____________________________________
CALMR stands for Culture, Automation, Lean Flow, Measurement and Recovery |
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Term
By organizing the second operating system around_________ instead of ________, SAFe offers a way for enterprises to focus on customers, products, innovation, and growth
* features, components
*value streams, departments
* products, features
* departments, value streams |
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Definition
value streams, departments
_____________________________
Organization around value streams emphasizes the delivery of value and customer-centricity |
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Term
Which component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline is the ability to make value available to customers all at once, or in a staggered fashion based market and business needs?
* Continuous Integration
* Continuous Deployment
* Release on Demand
* COntinuous Exploration |
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Definition
Release on Demand
____________________________
Through Release On Demand it is possible to make value available to customers all at once, or in a staggered fashion based market and business needs |
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Term
The teams in an Agile Release Train are aligned around common vision and execute and deliver on a cadence
* True
* False |
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Definition
True
____________________________
The teams in an Agile Release Train are aligned around common vision via the Program Backlog and execute and deliver on a cadence which is the Program Increment (PI) cadence |
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Term
Who acts as the Customer for developer requests?
* The Business Analyst
* The Release Train Engineer
* The Project Owner
* The Scrum Master |
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Definition
The Product Owner
_______________________
The Product Owner is the voice of the customer for the Agile team |
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Term
Which is a design thinking tool that promotes customer identification by helping teams develop deep, shared understanding for others?
* Empathy Maps
* Customer Journey Maps
* Story Maps |
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Definition
Empathy Maps
__________________________-
Empathy maps are a design thinking tool that promote customer identification by helping teams develop deep, shared understanding for others. They help teams imagine what a specific persona is thinking, feeling, hearing, and seeing as they use the product. The greater the degree of empathy that a team has for their customer, the more likely the team will be able to design a desirable solution. |
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Term
Which of the below is not one of the four activities of Release On Demand?
*Learn
* Measure
* Automate
* Stabilize and operate |
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Definition
Automate
________________________
The 4 activities of Releae On Demand are Release, Stabilize and operate, Measure and Learn |
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Term
____________expresses the strategic intent of the Program
* The Value Vision
* The Program Vision
* The Team Mission
* The Soluion Summary |
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Definition
The Program Vision
________________________
The strategic intent is expressed via the Program Vision and helps to gain shared understanding and align to common vision |
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Term
How many are the Agile Manifesto values?
* four
* five
* seven
* twelve |
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Definition
four
____________________________
The Agile Manifesto has 4 values: Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools; |
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Term
select more than one
Enabler Stories can capture
* system requirements
* architecture requirements
* infrastructure requirements
* end user requirements |
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Definition
system requirements
architecture requirements
infrastructure requirements
______________________
Enabler stories capture system, architecture and infrastructure requirements. User stories capture end user requirements. |
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Term
Persona is a fictional character created to represent a single user who might use a site, brand, or product in a specific, unique, different than the majority way.
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
__________________________________________
‘Personas’are fictional consumers and/or users derived from customer research. They depict the different people who might use a product or solution in a similar way, providing insights into how real users would engage with a solution. User personas also support market segmentation strategy by offering a concrete design tool to reinforce that products and solutions are created for people. |
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Term
All four release on demand activities are enabled by ______________
* Continuous Exploration
* automated testing
* shared resources
* DevOps |
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Definition
DevOps
_______________________
DevOps enables the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and Release On Demand which is part of it |
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Term
SAFe Lean-Agile principles support centralized decision-making.
* True
* False |
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Definition
False
____________________________
The 9th SAFe principle advises to de-centralize decision making to improve flow and increase agility |
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Term
___________ help companies recognize and capitalize on opportunities that are predictable and require longer-term planning.
* empathic design
* Market events
* user research
* Market rhythms |
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Definition
Market rhythms
__________________________
A market rhythm is a set of events that occur repeatedly on a predictable cadence |
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Term
Who are the key stakeholders on the Agile Release Train?
* Business Owners
* Release Train Engineer
* Product Management
* System Team |
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Definition
Business Owners
____________________________________________
Business Owners are the key stakeholders on the Agile Release Train and have ultimate responsibility for the business outcomes of the train |
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Term
___________ are in the Program backlog and they get decomposed in user stories
* Tasks
* Features
* Strategic Themes
* Topics |
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Definition
Features
_________________________
Features are stored only in the Program Backlog and they are decomposed into User Stories. |
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Term
| What are the 3 categories on the right side of the Business Agility Framework visual? |
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Definition
Lean Portfolio
Organizational Agility
Continuous Learning Culture |
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Term
| What are the 3 categories on the left side of the Business Agility Framework visual? |
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Definition
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Agile Product Delivery
Team and Technical Agility |
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Term
| What is the bottom category on the Business Agility Framework visual? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the 3 dimensions tied to Lean Portfolio Management under Business Agility? |
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Definition
Lean Governance
Strategy & Investment Funding
Agile Portfolio Operations |
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Term
| What are the 3 dimensions tied to Organizational Agility under Business Agility? |
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Definition
Lean-Thinking People and Agile Teams
Lean Business Operations
Strategy Agility |
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Term
| What are the 3 dimensions tied to Lean-Agile Leadership under Business Agility? |
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Definition
Leading by example
Mindset & Principles
Leading Change |
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Term
| What are the 3 dimensions tied to Enterprise Solution Delivery under Business Agility? |
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Definition
Lean System and Solution Engineering
Coordinating Trains and Suppliers
Continually Evolve Live Systems |
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Term
| What are the 3 dimensions tied to Agile Product Delivery under Business Agility? |
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Definition
Customer Centricity & Design Thinking
Develop on Cadence, Release on Demand
DevOps and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline |
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Term
| What are the 4 products under Whole Product thinking? |
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Definition
Generic product - Minimal offering of a product
Expected product - represents the customer's minimal purchase conditions as informed by alternate or competing
Augmented product - goes beyond what is expected and enables competitors to differentiate their offerings
Potential product - everything that might be done to attract and keep new customers |
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Term
| What does CALMR stand for? |
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Definition
Culture
Automation
Lean Flow
Measurement
Recovery |
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Term
| What does the C stand for in CALMR? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the A stand for in CALMR? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the L stand for in CALMR? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the M stand for in CALMR? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the R stand for in CALMR? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the roof of the House of Lean? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the foundation of the House of Lean? |
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Definition
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Term
| Name the 4 pillars of the House of Lean? |
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Definition
Respect for people and culture
Flow
Innovation
Relentless Improvement |
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Term
| How many SAFe Principles are there? |
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Definition
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Term
| How many Agile Manifesto Principles are there? |
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Definition
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