What is one of the 3 components of Cost of Delay? (3 choices)

Time Criticality, Opportunity Enablement / Risk Reduction, Business Value

Which of the following is one of the statements from the Agile Manifesto?

Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation

What is a potential input to the Program Vision? (2 Correct Answers)

Strategic Themes, Customer Feedback

You Have Reached the End of Ch.1

Woo Hoo!, Yay!, On to Chapter 2!, Can we do it again?!

How does the Product Owner participate in Story Pointing exercises?

Provide clarification on story scope and intent

The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs...

As the last iteration of each PI

User Stories are created…

After PI Planning, Before PI Planning, During PI Planning

What is one anti-pattern a PO must be careful to avoid regarding Iteration Planning?

Pressuring the team to overcommit

You Have Reached the End of Ch.2

Yay!, On to Chapter 3!, Can we do it again?!, Woo Hoo!

How would the size of an Epic be estimated? (2 Correct Answers)

Teams give rough estimates for Features which are summed up, Relatively Estimate Features against previous ones

Why is a Definition of Done important?

Creates a common understanding of what "complete" means

How does Business Value influence a team's plan?

Provides priority for implementation

What is an anti-pattern you might see regarding System Demos? (2 Correct Answers)

Demo is conducted in a non-integrated environment, PO/PM sees work for the first time at the demo

You Have Reached the End of Ch.4

Can we do it again?!, Woo Hoo!, On to Ch.5!, Yay!

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

Encourage them to move it to Uncommitted Objectives

At the end of Day 1, what might leaders do to resolve Bottlenecks in the ART?

Rebalance Skills among teams by moving People

What could help increase a team's Flow? (2 Correct Answers)

Reduce the batch size for your team, Set a WIP limit where you see a bottleneck

What source might feed a Team Backlog? (2 Correct Answers)

Team Context (Tech Debt, Maintenance, etc), Features

Without the IP Iteration ___(3 Correct Answers)

There is little innovation, More features can be completed, There is no dedicated time to plan together

What are two inputs to PI Planning?

Prioritized Features (usually Top 10)

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1
What is one of the 3 components of Cost of Delay? (3 choices)
Time Criticality
Opportunity Enablement / Risk Reduction
Job Duration / Job Size
Business Value
2
What might be used to Manage Queue Lengths?
WIP Limits on the Kanban
Roadmaps
Backlogs
Capacity Planning
3
Why should a team create Iteration Goals?
To report their loaded capacity to management
To align to a common purpose
To get scope approval from management
To refine their backlog
4
Who maintains the Program Roadmap?
Solution Management
Product Manager
Epic Owner
Product Owner
5
What phase on the Kanban would fall into Continuous Exploration?
Validating on Staging
Implementing
Analyzing
Releasing
6
What is the most important factor in prioritizing Features?
Cost of Delay
Executive's Priorities
ROI
Cost of Implementation
7
Which of the following is one of the statements from the Agile Manifesto?
Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation
Early Delivery over Phase Gate Milestones
Responding to Change over Contract Negotiation
Comprehensive Documentation over Working Software
8
What is a potential input to the Program Vision? (2 Correct Answers)
Strategic Themes
Customer Feedback
Organizational and Team Structure
System Demo's
9
You Have Reached the End of Ch.1
Woo Hoo!
Yay!
On to Chapter 2!
Can we do it again?!
10
In an Agile Team, who owns and prioritizes the backlog?
Business Owner
Product Manager
Product Owner
Epic Owner
11
How does the Product Owner participate in Story Pointing exercises?
Vote on story sizing
Provide clarification on story scope and intent
Facilitate the activity
12
The Innovation and Planning Iteration occurs...
When the Scrum Master thinks it's necessary
As the last iteration of each PI
When an Outage Occurs
Annually
13
User Stories are created…
After PI Planning
Before PI Planning
During PI Planning
14
True or False: SAFe includes principles, practices, and competencies for Lean AND DevOps
true
false
15
What is one anti-pattern a PO must be careful to avoid regarding Iteration Planning?
Support incorporating Retrospective action items in the plan
Encourage the teams to confront new challenges
Supporting commitment to Iteration Goals
Pressuring the team to overcommit
16
You Have Reached the End of Ch.2
Yay!
On to Chapter 3!
Can we do it again?!
Woo Hoo!
17
What mght be used to visualize Work In Progress?
Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Backlog
Kanban Board
Roadmap
18
During PI Planning, if a team want to negotiate scope of a Feature, who do they speak with?
Release Train Engineer
System Architect
Product Manager
Scope is not negotiable
19
True or False: PO & PM do NOT do anything to support the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
true
false
20
Who accepts Stories and participates in Team Ceremonies?
Epic Owner
Product Manager
Product Owner
Solution Manager
21
How would the size of an Epic be estimated? (2 Correct Answers)
Using DDE's
Teams give rough estimates for Features which are summed up
Using Work Breakdown Structure
Relatively Estimate Features against previous ones
22
A vision is aspirational and describes…
The limitations of the Solution
The Future State
The Current State
The In-Scope Features for the next PI
23
Who provides architectural guidance for the ART?
No one
System Architect
Release Train Engineer
Product Manager
24
WSJF favors features with a lower Cost of Delay.
false
true
25
Where would a stakeholder look to get a forecast for when a Feature will be complete?
Program Kanban
Portfolio Roadmap
Program Backlog
Program Roadmap
26
Who has content authority over Features?
Solution Management
Product Owner
Product Manager
Epic Owner
27
What is a pattern for breaking Features into Stories?
Front End and Back End
UI/UX, Middleware, and Back Office
Development, QA, Deployment
Work Flow Steps
28
Why is a Definition of Done important?
Communicates goals to leadership
Creates a common understanding of what "complete" means
Prioritizes the work
Standardizes Story Points across teams
29
What is an example of an integrated learning point?
System Demo
Retrospective
Status Call
GoNoGo
30
How does Business Value influence a team's plan?
Provides priority for implementation
Encourages descoping of low-value objectives
Provides goals for perfomance reporting
Encourages restructuring of Agile Teams
31
How does the Business Ower communicate value of PI Objectives?
Funding Allocation
Business Value
Ranking with estimated ROI
Story Points
32
True or False: Documentation is NOT required in Agile.
false
true
33
What is an anti-pattern you might see regarding System Demos? (2 Correct Answers)
Demo is conducted in a non-integrated environment
Rotate team members to present at demo
PO/PM sees work for the first time at the demo
Ensure the right stakeholders are invited
34
What does a PO use to communicate with management?
Iteration Goals
Requirements Doc
User Stories
Story Points
35
You Have Reached the End of Ch.4
Can we do it again?!
Woo Hoo!
On to Ch.5!
Yay!
36
As a PO, if the team anticipates a high risk with one of their objectives, what should they do?
Designate a SME to guide the work
Encourage them to remove the objective entirely
Encourage them to move it to Uncommitted Objectives
Take ownership of the risk
37
What does a PO/PM use to communicate the scope of a Feature or User Story?
Requirements Doc
Acceptance Criteria
System Spec
Kanban Board
38
Who Has content authority over Stories?
Solution Management
Product Owner
Epic Owner
Product Manager
39
At the end of Day 1, what might leaders do to resolve Bottlenecks in the ART?
Nothing
Redistribute User Stories between teams
Implement Portfolio Kanban WIP Limits
Rebalance Skills among teams by moving People
40
A Team Backlog may contain… (2 Correct Answers)
Features
User Stories
Enabler Stories
Epics
41
The Current PI is ___ and Future PI's are ___
Committed, Forecasted
Approved, Pending Approval
Funded, Seeking Funding
Committed, Committed
42
What could help increase a team's Flow? (2 Correct Answers)
Reduce the batch size for your team
Re-prioritize stories to work the smallest stories first
Hire more testers
Set a WIP limit where you see a bottleneck
43
What source might feed a Team Backlog? (2 Correct Answers)
Team Context (Tech Debt, Maintenance, etc)
Executive Projects
Strategic Themes
Features
44
Who accepts Features as Done?
Solution Manager
Product Owner
Product Manager
Epic Owner
45
WSJF favors features with a shorter duration.
false
true
46
What tool is a representation of an end customer to help guide decisions regarding the product?
Story Maps
Kanban boards
Customer Journey Map
Personas
47
How often should a System Demo occur?
Twice per PI
On Demand
After every Iteration
Once per PI
48
Without the IP Iteration ___(3 Correct Answers)
There is little innovation
More features can be completed
There is no dedicated time to plan together
Capacity is eroded
49
Shorter cycles yield… Learning
Integrated
Slower
Accelerated
Deeper
50
What tool captures the workflow of a user?
Customer Journey Map
Personas
Kanban boards
Story Maps
51
What are two inputs to PI Planning?
Project Plan
Due Dates
Prioritized Features (usually Top 10)
Program Board
52
How could a cost estimate for an Epic be obtained?
Using cost-modeling software
You can't get cost estimates in SAFe
Detailing task estimates with average burdened cost
Using Average ART Cost/PI and Epic Size Estimate
53
How can story mapping help with designing the User Experience?
By encouraging the writing of larger Stories
By creating design prototypes
By doing Proof-of-Concepts
Through creating detailed wireframes
54
True or False: a DoD for a Feature is ONLY that the DoD for all Stories has been met
false
true
55
Feature Toggles Enable the separation of ___ and Release.
Development
Deployment
Integration
56
What should a Product Manager do to prepare for PI Planning? (2 Correct Answers)
Socialize Features with the Agile Teams
Create/Update the Vision
Keep new Features under NDA
Arrange facilities for the event
57
Why is limiting WIP important
It helps promote the concept of failing fast
It makes people work harder
It creates bottlenecks
It increases flow
58
Product Managers and System Architects partner on planning time for Enabler work using what?
Capacity Allocation
Team Backlog Prioritization
Accurate User Story Sizing
Dedicated Enabler Teams
59
Features in the Program Backlog could usually come from ___
Executive Projects
Stories
Epics
Market Research
60
Multiple… Improve economic results
Project Plans
Columns of Uncertainty
SCRUM Masters
Design Sets
61
What tool can be used to a User's Experience while engaging with a Company?
Customer Journey Map
Personas
Kanban boards
Story Maps
62
During what part of I&A Workshop would PO/PM be likely to present to external stakeholders?
System Demo
Quantitative Measurement
Problem-Solving Workshop
63
Who participates in every PO Sync? (2 Correct Answers)
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Epic Owner
Product Manager
64
Which of these is part of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
Continuous Ideation
Continuous Delivery
Quarterly Release Schedule
Continuous Integration
65
Which of the following is a Core Value of SAFe? (2 Correct Answers)
Flow
Lean-Agile Leadership
Transparency
Alignment
66
WSJF Prioritization is completed during PI Planning
false
true
67
The goal of metrics is to show evidence of ___
The health of the Working Team (ART, Agile Team, etc)
Velocity increasing over time
Customer Engagement
Quality of the Product
68
Who Contributes to Story Acceptance Criteria?
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Delivery Team
Product Manager
69
The Product Manager has content authority at the ___ Level and authors ___
Team, Stories
Portfolio, Epics
Solution, Capabilities
Program, Features
70
What is an example of an innovation activity for the IP Iteration? (2 Correct Answers)
Supplier Showcase
Getting Features Accepted
User Acceptance Testing
Hackathon
71
How long should a typical Program Roadmap be?
About 3 years
4 Major Releases
About 3 Program Increments
Only 1 Program Increment
72
What is one thing a PO/PM can do to support the CDP? (2 Correct Answers)
Write Stories/Features aligned to Architecture layers
Write Acceptance Criteria using BDD format
Develop Automation Infrastructure
Write smaller Stories/Features
73
Stories should be demo'd…
At the iteration review
During the Standup
At the system demo
When they are completed
74
The Problem-Solving Workshop is designed to solution on ___
Emergent design of the system
Measuring the teams on the ART
New Features
Systemic issues impacting delivery of value
75
You Have Reached the End of Ch.3
Can we do it again?!
Yay!
On to Ch.4!
Woo Hoo!
76
What is one output of PI Planning? (2 Correct Answers)
Vision
Project Plan
Program Board
PI Objectives
77
True or False: Iteration Planning occurs only at PI Planning
false
true
78
Which of these is part of Inspect and Adapt? (2 Correct Answers)
Problem-Solving Workshop
Closing out the project
Go/No-Go decision
Quantitative Measurement
79
What is one attribute of a good Product Manager? (2 Correct Answers)
Short-term vision
Strong Technical Background
Solid understanding of current Solution
Continuous exploration of Customer Needs
80
What is a Benefit Hypothesis?
The proposed measurable benefit to the end user or business
Details of the ROI
A tool for guiding WSJF and prioritization
A general description of a product
81
During the Standup, the team calls out a new risk that jeopardizes the plan. The PO should…
Help the team escalate immediately
Encourage the team to problem-solve
Do not bother leadership with a team issue
Take the risk to the Change Control Board
82
Which of the following accurately describes the PO & PM roles? (2 Correct Answers)
PO is team-oriented
PM is market-oriented
PO Authors Features and Drives Program Objectives
PM Authors Stories and drives Iteration Goals
83
What concept transforms unpredictable events into predictable occurrences
Implementing WIP
Synchronize delivery
Full Stack Development
Delivering on Cadence
84
Which one of these is a Team Ceremony?
Feature Refinement
Status Call
PI Planning
Iteration Planning
85
What role collaborates and sets expectations with POs, stakeholders, customers, and architects?
Product Owner
Product Manager
Business Owner
Release Train Engineer
86
A feature should always have a ____ and Acceptance Criteria
Lean Business Case
Project Plan
Work Breakdown Structure
Benefit Hypothesis
87
What is a key benefit of Team Backlog Refinement?
Provides time to resolve dependencies
Ensures Built-In Quality
Forecasts Feature Completion
Creates a contracted scope of work
88
True or False: The PO only comes to the Standup when requested.
true
false
89
What is one type of Enabler Story? (2 Correct Answers)
UI/UX Work
Supplier Work
Exploration
Infrastructure
90
PI Objectives are committed to ____
During PI Planning
After PI Planning
Before PI Planning
91
Market Rhythms are ___ whereas Market Events are ___
Cyclical | Ad-Hoc
Ad-Hoc | Cyclical
92
True or False: Iteration Plans can change after PI Planning
false
true
93
What is one non-economic way to prioritize work? (2 Correct Answers)
Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
Pareto Analysis
Squeaky Wheel (Loudest Person)
Only Consider Return On Investment
94
You Have Reached the End of Ch.5
Can we do it again?!
Woo Hoo!
Yay!
On to Ch.6!
95
True or False: The Value Stream contains the workers, systems, and flow of information.
true
false

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