How does decentralized decision-making relate to system design?

Teams emerge the design of the system

Why is a Definition of Done important?

Creates a common understanding of what "complete" means

If the team anticipates a high risk with one of their objectives, what should they do?

Move it to Uncommitted Objectives

What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (2 Correct Answers)

Visualize and limit work in process (WIP), Reduce the batch sizes of work

What is something an RTE could do to facilitate a large group? (2 Correct Answers)

Create a facilitation team to help, Optimize room layout for participation

A key aspect of a Servant Leader is that...

Encourage and support personal development

The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs

As the last iteration of each PI

What technique or tool is used in the Problem-Solving Workshop? (2 Correct Answers)

Ishikawa/Fishbone Diagram, 5 Whys

What is a key characteristic of a Servant Leader? (2 Correct Answers)

Create and environment of mutual influence, Applies systems thinking

Which events directly reflect relentless improvement? (2 Correct Answers)

Inspect and Adapt, Iteration Retrospective

What is a mindset shift an RTE will need to make? (2 Correct Answers)

Coaching Teams to Collaborate, Letting teams self-organize to meet goals

You Have Reached the End of Ch.7

Yay!, Can we do it again?!, Woo Hoo!, I'm Ready for the Exam!

What is an anti-pattern you might see at Inspect & Adapt? (2 Correct Answers)

Improvement items don't make it into the Program Backlog, No actionable improvement Features are created

Which is an aspect of systems thinking?

Optimizing a component does not optimize the system

What is one of the recommendations for creating a one-team culture? (2 Correct Answers)

Connect teams with shared identity and experiences, Learn together

What is a responsibility of the System Team?

Maintains infrastructure & Staging Environment

What is a benefit of continuously deploying using a DevOps model?

It lessens the severity and frequency of release failures

What is a characteristic of a Business Owner? (2 Correct Answers)

Can approve and defend PI Plans, Can help eliminate impediments for the ART

What is true about teams? (2 Correct Answers)

If a team commits, they'll figure out how to make it, Teams are more productive than the same # of individuals

What is a risk that the Program Board can make evident? (2 Correct Answers)

Complex Cross-Team Dependencies, Bottlenecks

What anti-pattern can emerge during the scrum of scrums?

SMs report on the teams' task status each day

You Have Reached the End of Ch.3

Yay!, On to Chapter 4!, Woo Hoo!, Can we do it again?!

How does Business Value influence a team's plan?

Provides priority for implementation

Why should an organization responsibly decentralize some decisions?

Decrease delays caused by approvals

What might an RTE do to facilitate growth in the Storming phase? (2 Correct Answers)

Surface & Resolve Inter- and Cross-Team Conflicts, Foster Relentless Improvement

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1
How does decentralized decision-making relate to system design?
Teams decide how to allocate functions to subsystems
Teams make long-lasting architectural decisions
Teams design subsystems and interfaces
Teams emerge the design of the system
2
What does the "L" stand for in the CALMR approach to DevOps?
Lead Time
Leading Indicators
Lean Flow
Leadership
3
What key ceremony does the RTE facilitate where impediments to the teams may be surfaced?
Daily Stand-Up
PO Sync
Scrum of Scrums (SOS)
System Demo
4
What is a ceremony an RTE will facilitate?
Daily Stand-Up
Iteration Planning
Lean Portfolio Management Review
Inspect & Adapt
5
Why is a Definition of Done important?
Creates a common understanding of what "complete" means
Communicates goals to leadership
Prioritizes the work
Standardizes Story Points across teams
6
If the team anticipates a high risk with one of their objectives, what should they do?
Remove the objective entirely
Take ownership of the risk
Designate a SME to guide the work
Move it to Uncommitted Objectives
7
True or False: A team should see Features and Enablers for the first time at PI Planning
false
true
8
What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (2 Correct Answers)
Visualize and limit work in process (WIP)
Resource Utilization
Increase number of testers
Reduce the batch sizes of work
9
True or False: Kanban boards are based off of PULL rather than PUSH
false
true
10
True or False: A Definition of Done may evolve as a team matures
true
false
11
What is something an RTE could do to facilitate a large group? (2 Correct Answers)
Create a facilitation team to help
Optimize room layout for participation
Trust your tools to work without testing them
Do nothing
12
What tool/technique visualizes the system of steps to produce value?
Value Stream Mapping
Epic Creation
Work-Breakdown Structure
Creating a Kanban Board
13
True or False: The I&A Workshop is likely to evolve over time
true
false
14
A key aspect of a Servant Leader is that...
Encourage and support personal development
Use authority rather than persuasion
Keep the team working an an indefinitely increasing pace
They can make commitments for their team
15
The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs
When the Scrum Master thinks it's necessary
Annually
When an Outage Occurs
As the last iteration of each PI
16
What technique or tool is used in the Problem-Solving Workshop? (2 Correct Answers)
WSJF
Ishikawa/Fishbone Diagram
5 Whys
Blame Assignment
17
What is a key characteristic of a Servant Leader? (2 Correct Answers)
Create and environment of mutual influence
Direct outcomes
Coordinate contributions
Applies systems thinking
18
What tool shows the progress toward completion of committed work in a PI?
Burn-Down Chart
Program Board
Cumulative Flow Diagram
Radar Chart
19
What is one output of PI Planning? (2 Correct Answers)
Program Board
PI Objectives
Project Plan
Vision
20
Which events directly reflect relentless improvement? (2 Correct Answers)
PI Planning
Inspect and Adapt
Iteration Retrospective
Solution Demo
21
PI Objectives are committed to ____
After PI Planning
Before PI Planning
During PI Planning
22
Which ART Ceremony practices the principle of Relentless Improvement?
SOS
PI Planning
System Demo
Inspect & Adapt Workshop
23
What is a normal size for an ART?
30
200
75
150
24
What is one possible type of adjustment Management could bring into Day 2 of PI Planning?
Business priorities
Changes to User Stories
Changes to Team Objectives
Tell a team to increase their capacity/velocity
25
What is a mindset shift an RTE will need to make? (2 Correct Answers)
Setting Deadlines
Knowing all the answers
Coaching Teams to Collaborate
Letting teams self-organize to meet goals
26
Release validated solutions on ___________
Demand
PI
Command
Cadence
27
You Have Reached the End of Ch.7
Yay!
Can we do it again?!
Woo Hoo!
I'm Ready for the Exam!
28
What does Value Stream Mapping surface that RTE's need to focus on?
Risks
Dependencies
Bottlenecks
Process Time & Lead Time
29
What is an anti-pattern you might see at Inspect & Adapt? (2 Correct Answers)
SMs help facilitate team preparation for System Demo
Improvement items don't make it into the Program Backlog
Scrum Masters help RTE gather data for Quantitative Analysis
No actionable improvement Features are created
30
Who is responsible for assisting to establish Continuous Integration in SAFe?
Agile Teams
The System Architect/Engineer
The System Team
Shared Services
31
What is a type of Agile team used in SAFe? (2 Correct Answers)
Component Teams
Separate Dev & Test Teams
Application Teams
Feature Teams
32
What team-level role is an RTE most like?
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Delivery Team Member
33
True or False: A System Demo must be performed in an Integrated Environment
true
false
34
Which is an aspect of systems thinking?
Optimizing a component at the expense of the system
You cannot scale crappy code
Optimizing a component does not optimize the system
Continuous Exploration
35
What is one of the recommendations for creating a one-team culture? (2 Correct Answers)
Connect teams with shared identity and experiences
Learn together
Keep the leader separated from the group
Only communicate the vision externally
36
What is a responsibility of the System Team?
Maintains infrastructure & Staging Environment
Perform Unit Testing
Determines System Architecture
Build the solution
37
What part of the CDP encourages System Demos from an integrated environment?
Release On Demand
Continuous Integration
Continuous Exploration
Continuous Deployment
38
What is a benefit of continuously deploying using a DevOps model?
Compliance is built in incrementally
Leading Indicators are established early
It lessens the severity and frequency of release failures
Releases are prone to human error
39
What is a characteristic of a Business Owner? (2 Correct Answers)
Can approve and defend PI Plans
Can make key technology decisions for the ART
Can competently author Features
Can help eliminate impediments for the ART
40
What is true about teams? (2 Correct Answers)
If a team commits, they'll figure out how to make it
Teams are more productive than the same # of individuals
Teams need very detailed requirements to meet timelines
Teams work best when they're at 100% utilization
41
What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean?
Leadership
Lean Portfolio Management
Customer Collaboration
Repect for People & Culture
42
What tool shows the amount of work in Kanban states over time?
Program Board
Radar Chart
Burn-Down Chart
Cumulative Flow Diagram
43
What is a risk that the Program Board can make evident? (2 Correct Answers)
Forecasted Features
Complex Cross-Team Dependencies
Bottlenecks
Internal Team Dependencies
44
What anti-pattern can emerge during the scrum of scrums?
SMs work with the RTE to resolve risks and impediments
SMs report on the teams' task status each day
SMs bring in risks and impediments for escalation
SMs have a 15-minute meet-after with the RTE
45
What is a critical component of PI Planning Readiness? (2 Correct Answers)
Dependency Map
PI Objectives
ART & Team Rosters
Facilities
46
A well-stated problem includes the ___, Where, When, and ___. (2 Correct Answers)
Who
Why
Impact
What
47
You Have Reached the End of Ch.3
Yay!
On to Chapter 4!
Woo Hoo!
Can we do it again?!
48
What are the first 2 stages of the Tuckman Model of high-performing teams?
Storming, Norming
Forming, Storming
Create a Sense of Urgency, Establish Vision
Tipping Point, Create Change Agents
49
How does Business Value influence a team's plan?
Encourages restructuring of Agile Teams
Provides priority for implementation
Encourages descoping of low-value objectives
Provides goals for perfomance reporting
50
Why should an organization responsibly decentralize some decisions?
Enable large batches
Decrease delays caused by approvals
Reduce WIP limits
Increase Mastery of Knowledge Workers
51
What might an RTE do to facilitate growth in the Storming phase? (2 Correct Answers)
Form new teams
Ignore Individual & Team Performance
Surface & Resolve Inter- and Cross-Team Conflicts
Foster Relentless Improvement
52
You Have Reached the End of Ch.2
Yay!
Can we do it again?!
Woo Hoo!
On to Chapter 3!
53
What historical societal evolution is Dunbar's number based off of?
125-150 is the typical size of a 4-generation family
125-150 is the typical limit for the size of a village
5-11 people is a typical size for a Military Troop
10-20 people is the average size of a classroom
54
What is one component of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
Repect for People & Culture
Continuous Exploration
Release on Schedule
Continuous Delivery
55
What are responsibilities of an RTE? (2 Correct Answers)
Foster collaboration between teams
Manage the Feature Backlog
Attend all teams's ceremonies
Facilitate Program Ceremonies/Events
56
What improves collaboration between Teams and Stakeholders for the ART?
Lean Budgets
Program Kanban
The program predictability measure
System quality measurements
57
Conway's law states that…
An ART should be 50-125 members
System designs often mimic the communication structure
To reduce wait time, you should decrease queue length
Anything that can happen, will happen
58
You Have Reached the End of Ch.4
Can we do it again?!
On to Chapter 5!
Yay!
Woo Hoo!
59
What is a good size for an Agile team?
20
3
15
8
60
Who is one of the RTE's key collaborators? (2 Correct Answers)
Product Manager
Scrum Master
Compliance Auditor
Executive
61
What is the value of periodic resynchronization?
Limits variance to a single time interval
Products that are delivered earlier provide more value
WIP is maximized
It causes multiple events to happen serially
62
What are the 2 Items that may be found in the ART Backlog?
Features
Epics
Stories
Enablers
63
True or False: Automation can reduce the Holding Cost
true
false
64
True or False: A RTE should set up everything for PI Planning alone.
false
true
65
As a RTE, if your ART is experiencing Lack of Commitment, what can you do?
Invite manager(s) to all Planning and Review Meetings
Encourabe teams to point all stories higher
Encourage reducing team velocity by half
Lead Retro to ideate on making realistic shared commitments
66
What is the primary focus area of the Product Manager?
Content Management
Technology
Program Execution
67
Metrics show that a team is struggling to deliver. What action should be AVOIDED?
Retrain team members on Agile practices
Find and provide coaching on Continuous Integration
Decide improvement actions for the team to implement
Hold a Team and Technical Agility self-assessment
68
In the Problem-Solving Workshop, who should vote on root causes?
Scrum Masters and Product Owners
Business Owners
C-Suite Stakeholders
The team members working on that problem
69
Agile Manifesto: Our Highest Goal is to ___
Deliver Working Products Early and Often to the Customer
Negotiate the most Valuable Contract
Have 0% Varience in Scope, Schedule and Cost
Deliver perfect Requirements and Specifications
70
In complex systems development, what do local integration points ensure?
All team members have access to the current product status
Each Capability is meeting its responsibilities
That an application passes all QA tests before release
Common understanding of the system design
71
You Have Reached the End of Ch.5
On to Chapter 6!
Woo Hoo!
Can we do it again?!
Yay!
72
Which part of the Day 1 Morning PIP Agenda would the RTE be most likely to present?
Planning Context
Architecture Vision
Business Context
Feature Vision
73
Why should an RTE ask powerful questions instead of giving answers? (2 Correct Answers)
They lead the person exactly where you want them to go
They avoid conflict
They surface underlying assumptions
They are thought-provoking
74
Why might an ART never make it to the "Performing" stage of the Tuckman Model?
The Lead Dev retires
There is no one guiding them
The team is given new Features that require new skills
The Project gets terminated early
75
What is an example of an objective milestone in SAFe?
System demo
Daily Standup
Design Phase
Requirements Completed
76
What tool can be used to determine Agile Maturity?
Agile Product Delivery Self-Assessment
There are no known tools
Team & Technical Agility Self-Assessment
RTE's should create their own assessment
77
DevOps bridges the gap between ___ Features and ___ Solutions
Exciting & Antiquated
Old & Unstable
New & Stable
Unreliable & Reliable
78
Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and execution?
Lean Portfolio Management
Organizational Agility
Alignment
Agile Product Delivery
79
What is one option for coaching ART relentless improvement? (2 Correct Answers)
Use self-assessments once a year
Optimize the whole
Highest-Paid Person decides what improvements should be made
Fact-based Improvement
80
True or False: Absence of Trust is the key problem that leads to dysfunction in a team
true
false
81
What is an anti-pattern of PI Planning?
Teams edit and/or create and plan Stories into iterations
It occurs every 8-12 weeks for 2 days
Product Managers present refined, prioritized Features
Only Team Leads Attend In-Person
82
What tool helps an ART make time for Enablers alongside Features?
Accurate User Story Sizing
Team Backlog Prioritization
Dedicated Enabler Teams
Capacity Allocation
83
Why is it critical to have teams interact during PI Planning?
To resolve impediments
To refine Features
To evenly distribute knowledge and capacity
To create best operating practices
84
What level of SAFe is the RTE located inside of?
Portfolio
Large Solution
Essential
Project
85
You Have Reached the End of Ch.1
On to Chapter 2!
Yay!
Can we do it again?!
Woo Hoo!
86
You Have Reached the End of Ch.6
Woo Hoo!
Can we do it again?!
Yay!
On to Chapter 7!
87
What is a risk of not having an IP Iteration? (2 Correct Answers
Tyranny of the urgent' outweighs all innovation activities
No Time to Plan
Plans always complete on time
More work gets done
88
During PI Planning, the SOS checkpoints help accomplish which two actions? (2 Correct Answers)
Writing PI Objectives
Exposing Risks, Impediments, & Dependencies
Increasing Team Velocities
Keeping Planning Milestones On Track
89
Which statement describes aspects uncommitted objectives? (2 Correct Answers)
The team DOES COMMIT to uncommitted objectives
Uncommitted Objectives DO NOT COUNT in a team's capacity
Uncommitted objectives COUNT in a team's capacity
The team DOES NOT commit to uncommitted objectives
90
As a RTE, what action might you take as an ART's Servant Leader?
Ask powerful questions to challenge perspectives
Show little empathy because PI Plans are non-negotiable
Encourage teams to use their IP Sprint for finishing tests
Enforce dates committed at PI Planning at any cost
91
System Integration should occur___
2-3 Times Per PI
During the IP Iteration
Continuously
Once an Iteration
92
What is an antipattern when motivating knowledge workers in a team? (2 Correct Answers)
Individual Bonuses
Individual Recognition
Mastery & Knowledge Sharing
Autonomy and Self-Organization
93
What level of SAFe does the RTE interact with?
Essential
Large Solution
Portfolio
Team
94
What is considered an anti-pattern when assigning business values to team PI Objectives?
All PI Objectives are given a value of 10
Business Owner talking to the team about their objectives
Assigning a range of numbers to the objectives
Objectives reflect alignment to the mission for the PI
95
Which of the following is part of the Inspect & Adapt event?
Team Breakouts
ROAM'ing the risks
Problem-Solving Workshop
Scrum of Scrums (SOS)
96
Which Risks on the ROAM board are "open" and need to be followed-up on frequently?
Mitigated
Accepted
Owned
Resolved
97
At the end of Day 1, what might leaders do to resolve Bottlenecks in the ART?
Rebalance Skills among teams by moving People
Nothing
Redistribute User Stories between teams
Implement Portfolio Kanban WIP Limits
98
What is a reason why too much WIP is a problem?
It shows that the overall system is inefficient
Iteration Review events take too long
It does not provide a path towards technical mastery
It hides bottlenecks in the workflow
99
What is the #1 way to ensure LOW participation in Retrospectives at any level?
Never take action on improvement items
Escalate improvements that can't be fixed at current level
Vary retrospective techniques and metaphors
Encourage collaboration
100
What is found on a program board? (2 Correct Answers)
Milestones
Features
Stories
Risks

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