A successful SAFe implementation can be challenged by a strong culture. How to change culture?

New work habits must be created

A series of activities that have proven to be effective in successfully implementing SAFe...is?

The SAFe Implementation Roadmap

Weighted Shortest Job First gives preference to jobs with which two characteristics?

Shorter duration, Higher Cost of Delay

Why do Business Owners assign business value to Teams' PI Objectives? ...to

Provide teams with guidance value to the business

What is an example of applying cadence and synchronization in SAFe?

Conducting a PI Planning Meeting

When would Large Solution SAFe be needed?

When solutions exceed the typical size of an ART

Why is it important to decouple deployment from release?

To enable releasing upon demand

What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making?

Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time

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A successful SAFe implementation can be challenged by a strong culture. How to change culture?
CEO communicates SAFe will be implemented
Existing work habits will align with new SAFe habits
Change the organizational structure
New work habits must be created
2
A series of activities that have proven to be effective in successfully implementing SAFe...is?
The SAFe Lean-Agile Principles
The SAFe Implementation Roadmap
An Agile Release Train
The Scaled Agile Framework
3
Weighted Shortest Job First gives preference to jobs with which two characteristics?
Shorter duration, Higher Cost of Delay
Lower Cost of Delay, Shorter duration
Revenue impact, Fixed date
Shorter duration, Revenue impact
4
Why do Business Owners assign business value to Teams' PI Objectives? ...to
Provide teams with guidance value to the business
Ensure high return on investment
Determine the highest value using WSJF
Provide an economic view on Solutions
5
What is an example of applying cadence and synchronization in SAFe?
Allocating budgets to Agile Release Trains
Creating cross-functional teams
Using a Portfolio Kanban System
Conducting a PI Planning Meeting
6
When would Large Solution SAFe be needed?
When a solution can be delivered by a single ART
When solutions exceed the typical size of an ART
Whenever there are 2 or more ARTs
7
What do the three continuous cycles of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline enable?
Continuous refactoring
Continuous learning cycles
Ongoing development of Team objectives
Ongoing Implementation
8
Why is it important to decouple deployment from release?
To enable releasing upon demand
To deploy only on a cadence
to enable deploying upon demand
to release only on a cadence
9
How can an organization gain trust between business and development?
Deliver predictability
Reduce the amount of Features
Give teams access to the Program Kanban
Pair up IT with Epic Owners for all IT meetings
10
In the Program Kanban some steps have Work-in-Process limits. Why is this necessary?
To ensure large queues are not being built
To enable multitasking
To keep timebox goals
To help continuous deployment
11
A technical or functional spike needed to uncover knowledge or reduce risk in the next PI is..
an Exploration enabler
a Capability
an Epic
a Proof of concept
12
Who serves as the Servant Leader(s) for the Agile Release Train?
Release Train Engineer
System Team
System Architect
Product Management
13
What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making?
Creating better visualization
Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
Removing accountability from leaders
Ensuring strategic decisions are not made in a vacuum
14
What is the best measure of progress for complex system development?
Prioritized Backlog
Iteration review
Inspect and Adapt
System Demo
15
Which pillar of the House of Lean can help explain why projects often block Enterprise agility?
Innovation
Flow
Relentless improvement
Respect for people and culture

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