The Value Stream Troika consist of what roles?

Solution Manager, Value Stream Engineer, Solution Arch/Eng

Suppliers are needed at which Value Stream level events?

Pre, Post, PI Planning, Solution Demos

Solution Intent describes:

The future direction of the Solution

Who is typically involved in deciding when to release a solution to customers?

Release Management, Product Manager, System Team

Phase Gates are damaging because

They assume point based solutions

Coming out of PI Planning, Program Objectives are:

An aggregation of Team Objectives

Suggested formats of a Vision include

Draft Press Release, Rolling Wave, Vision Document

What layers do the SAFe Taxonomy include?

Team, Program, Value Stream, Portfolio

SAFe Foundations is useful for what?

Focuses on the need and how SAFe can help

What does implementing 1,2,3 Strategy include?

Train SPC's as Change Agents, Training leadership with Leading SAFe

Who participates in the Scrum of Scrums?

SMs, RTE and other select team members

Features are best stated

As the feature name and the benefit

Includes a heavy dose of XP Practice, Includes a continue commitment to good technical practices

Enablers exist on what levels of SAFe?

Portfolio, Value Stream, Program, Team

What is demonstrated in a Team Demo?

All stories, spikes, refactors and NFRs

What are the 3 components of an Inspect and Adapt meeting?

System Demo, Problem Solving workshop, Quantitative Measure

Leadership in the House of Lean includes:

Inspire and align with mission; minimize constraints

Epics are located at what levels?

Portfolio, Value Stream, Program

Assume Variability - Preserve Options means to:

Allow time to learn before deciding requirements, flexible

What reasons do NOT support using Kanban at the Portfolio level to manage flow?

Maintain flow of Epics to Program or Value Stream on cadence

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1
The Value Stream Troika consist of what roles?
Solution Manager, Value Stream Engineer, Solution Arch/Eng
Solution Arch/Eng, Solution Manager, RTE
Value Stream Engineer, Product Manager, System Arch/Eng
Value Stream Engineer, Customer, Solution Manager/Arch/Eng
2
Opportunistic Value Streams are found at the intersection of converging factors.
False
True
3
Suppliers are needed at which Value Stream level events?
Pre, Post, PI Planning, System Demos
Pre, Post, PI Planning
Pre and Post PI Planning and Team Demos
Pre, Post, PI Planning, Solution Demos
4
Solution Intent describes:
The intent set forth in the Value Stream Backlog
The vision of the Solution
The future direction of the Solution
The current environment in which we work
5
The Value Stream level enables hierarchy, therefore the RTE's should report to the VSE's
True
False
6
Who is typically involved in deciding when to release a solution to customers?
Development Manager, Release Manager
Release Management, Product Manager, System Team
Release Manager
System Architect, Release Manager
7
What is the goal of Lean thinking?
Agility, speed, quality
Speed, quality, value
Product development, value, speed
Speed, value, product development, flow
8
What is the size of ARTs based on?
Dunbar's Number
Built in Quality
Set-Based Design
Economic Framework
9
What Program role is best suited to enhance communication across the ART?
System Architect
Product Manager
Release Train Engineer
Development Manager
10
What has enough powerful people to drive change?
Business Owners
Guiding Coalition
Troika
PPM
11
Phase Gates are damaging because
Only leadership is involved in the go/no go decision
Not everyone is involved in the go/no go decision
The reporting needed is expensive
They assume point based solutions
12
A balance between emergent design & intentional architecture is required for speed of developmt
False
True
13
Coming out of PI Planning, Program Objectives are:
An aggregation of Team Objectives
Given a Business Value by Business Owners
Determined by the Business Owner
Assigned by the Product Manager
14
Value Stream mapping happens only at the Value Stream level.
True
False
15
Some patterns for "splitting work" are:
All or the above
Use case scenarios and deferring system qualities
Work flow steps, major effort and operations
Breaking out a spike
16
A system demo should only demonstrate the components that actually communicate with each other?
True
False
17
Suggested formats of a Vision include
Portfolio Backlog, Rolling Wave, Draft Press Release
Draft Press Release, Rolling Wave, Vision Document
Rolling Wave, Project Plan, Draft Press Release
Vision Document, SharePoint Site, Hallway Posters
18
What layers do the SAFe Taxonomy include?
Team, Program, Value Stream, Portfolio
Portfolio, Abstraction, Value Stream, Program
Program, Team
Portfolio, Value Stream
19
Feature backlog refinement is completed by:
The PM, PO, SM, RTE, Arch and BO
The PO and Team
The PM, RTE, Arch and BO
The PM and PO
20
What is "ba"?
We win or lose together
The feeling of self-worth
Workers know more than their bosses
Effective leadership
21
SAFe Foundations is useful for what?
Provides guidance for Lean Agile Leaders
Understanding the problem
Leverages the Lean Agile center of excellence
Focuses on the need and how SAFe can help
22
A successful Pre-PI planning will deliver what artifacts?
A VS planning board
All of the Above
SMART objectives for the VS
A vote of confidence/commitment
23
Complexity of large software makes centralized decision-making highly inefficient.
False
True
24
What is the goal of the Pre-Planning meeting?
Helps building an aligned plan for the next PI
Align PMs, Archs and stakeholders to a common vision
All of the above
Match solution demand to ART capacities
25
What does implementing 1,2,3 Strategy include?
Mapping the steps to launch a SAFe instance
Determining cultural changes needed to enact change
Train SPC's as Change Agents
Training leadership with Leading SAFe
26
Who participates in the Scrum of Scrums?
RTE, SMs, Arch/Eng, SMEs
SMs, RTE and other select team members
RTE, PM, SMs and Coaches
SMs, POs, PM and SMEs
27
CoD is defined as:
Cost of Development
Change of Design
Cost of Delay
Department Costs
28
Features are best stated
In bullet point list of requirements
In User Story format
Specific to the implementation needed
As the feature name and the benefit
29
Built in Quality
Requires additional training of all team members
Is ensured by the System Team
Includes a heavy dose of XP Practice
Includes a continue commitment to good technical practices
30
The Value Stream is the set of interconnected steps that you go through to deliver value.
True
False
31
A 2.5 day agenda is never recommended for PI Planning
True
False
32
Value Stream Capabilities modify
Feature prioritization
Program Vision and Roadmap
Solution Context and Intent
Economic Prioritization
33
A system can evolve no faster than it slowest integration point is part of which principle?
Decentralize decision-making
Unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
Take an economic view
Apply systems thinking
34
WIP limits should always match the number of people that work in that state
False
True
35
Enablers exist on what levels of SAFe?
Portfolio, Value Stream
Portfolio, Value Stream, Program, Team
Value Stream, Program, Team
Value Stream, Program
36
The components of Cost of Delay are:
User and business value, Time criticality and Risk Reduction
All of the Above
Opportunity enablement and time criticality
Time Criticality, Risk Reduction & Opportunity Enablement
37
What is demonstrated in a Team Demo?
All stories and spikes
All stories, spikes and NFRs
All stories, spikes, refactors and NFRs
All stories and NFRs
38
What are the 3 components of an Inspect and Adapt meeting?
Quantitative Measurement, Feature review, Solution Demo
Team Demo, Self-Assessment, Problem Solving workshop
System Demo, Problem Solving workshop, PI Planning prep
System Demo, Problem Solving workshop, Quantitative Measure
39
Value Stream mapping maps out the steps, people, systems, etc. to deliver value.
False
True
40
Which of these management styles is a lack of collaboration?
Leader as Developer of People
Leader as Conductor
Leader as Expert
41
PI Objectives are required at what level?
Portfolio, Value Stream, Program, Team
Value Stream, Program, Team
Program, Team
Portfolio, Program, Team
42
Leadership in the House of Lean includes:
Inspire and align with mission; minimize constraints
Consider facts carefully, then act quickly
Provide time and space for creativity
Avoid start-stop-start project delays
43
Reciprocal commitment means Teams commit to delivering specific value.
True
False
44
Epics are located at what levels?
Portfolio, Team
Portfolio, Program
Portfolio, Value Stream, Program
Portfolio, Value Stream
45
Who owns the PI Objectives?
The PM
The RTE
The PO
The BO
46
Which meeting can Architects attend?
Backlog refinement meetings
Sprint planning meetings
All of the above
Demo meetings
47
Who owns the team backlog?
The PO
The PM
The Team
The SM
48
Assume Variability - Preserve Options means to:
Document all plan changes to account for variability
Allow plans to change based on new requirements
Allow time to learn before deciding requirements, flexible
Determine requirements early to account for variability
49
Innovation Accounting is a core Lean Agile Budgeting concept
True
False
50
What reasons do NOT support using Kanban at the Portfolio level to manage flow?
Maintain visibility to opportunities being discussed
To help ensure we are focusing on the right opportunities
Maintain flow of Epics to Program or Value Stream on cadence
To control the number of opportunities being discussed
51
When something is too big to code it out, model it out.
False
True
52
Leadership is tied to which titles?
Mid-level Management
C Suite and VPs
Team Leads
None of the above
53
The timebox for the System Demo should be:
10 minutes per team
2 hours
1-2 hours
1 hour
54
Unplanned work is unpredictable.
False
True
55
Which of the following is NOT true about spikes?
We should reserve time for them during PI Planning
They fill out Architectural Features
They are a hindrance
They create technical stories and refactors
56
What are the three types of Enablers?
Innovation, Research, Exploration
Exploration, Architecture, Infrastructure
Architecture, Infrastructure, Spikes
Innovation, Exploration, Infrastructure
57
Understanding the full Value Stream allows you to focus on the delays.
False
True
58
The best way to improve the cycle time of items in a queue is to
Reduce the size of the items in the queue
Reduce the number of items in the queue
Distribute the queue across teams
Increase processing speed for each item
59
Which of the following enables design simplicity?
All of the above
Follow design principles (open/close single responsibility)
Continuous refactoring
Keep the model close to the domain
60
What is LACE?
Lean Agile Center of Impediments
Large Aligned Center of Execution
Lean Agile Center of Excellence
Lean Agile Center of Execution
61
Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles means to
Incorporate DevOps practices to deploy faster
Apply PDCA cycles wherever possible
Reduce batch sizes
Have developers and testers work together continuously
62
Cadence :
Provides routine dependency management
Facilitates cross-functional tradeoffs
Makes waiting times for new work predictable
Provides multiple feedback perspectives
63
Apply Systems Thinking means to:
Optimize the entire system at the same time
Think like a System Deisgner
Visualize the steps needed to deliver value, then optimize
Map out all the applications used in the system
64
To determine the optimum batch size we find the U Curve of what?
WIP Limits and Capacity
Feature Size and Transaction Costs
Transaction Costs and Holding Costs
Holding Costs and Batch Size
65
Strategic Themes influence:
Portfolio Backlog
ART funding
Program Vision and Roadmap
All of the Above
66
Set Based Design is critical to:
Find the optimum solution in the shortest amount of time
Control Batch sizes
Determine transaction costs
Determine the best design with the fewest touch points
67
Two of the four pillars of the SAFe House of Lean are:
Innovation, WIP limit
Kaizen, Flow
Flow, Innovation
Respect for People/Culture, Value Stream Mapping
68
What is the literal meaning of Gemba?
The way managers align work with teams
The place that teams are located
The economic prioritization used in SAFe
The place of work
69
What is WSJF?
Weighted Size of Job First
Weighted Shortest Job First
Weighted Smallest Job First
70
Pivot without mercy or guilt and GEMBA are part of which pillar in the House of Lean?
Flow
Respect for people and culture
Innovation
Relentless improvement
71
According to Respect for People, you should build partnerships based on trust & mutual respect.
True
False
72
The main purpose of SAFe Principles is to
Help us understand how to deliver value
Steer the Program team with Economic Prioritization
Align with the Agile Manifesto Principles
Guide our decision when no direct guidance exists
73
Feature estimates are aggregated into the Epic estimate as part of a lightweight business case.
False
True
74
Use Component teams when you want fastest velocity & high technical specifications.
False
True
75
How does Lean Agile budgeting suggest to allocate funding?
Fund the Program, allow Program to decide utilization
Allocate money to Business Owners to distribute as needed
Fund Value Streams, allow Value Stream to decide utilization
Fund each team of the year
76
Who facilitates the ART Synch?
Product Manager
ART Coach
RTE
Lead Scrum Master
77
What is the highest level of PI Objectives?
Portfolio
Program
Team
Value Stream
78
A challenge of a Leader as Expert are:
Uses systems and procedures to control work
Narrows the focus of direct reports to their own areas
Focus on technical problems to a detriment of human factors
Conflict tend to push upward for the boss to fix
79
Architecture evolves hand-in-hand with business functionality and is tested only in IP sprint.
True
False
80
Little's Law is:
Batch size=queue length/processing time
Queue length=wait time/process rate
Wait time=queue length/processing rate
Process time=wait time/queue length
81
Strategic Themes connect each SAFe portfolio to the enterprise business strategy.
True
False
82
Capabilities are high-level solution behaviors.
False
True
83
In SAFe, WSJF is used at what levels for economic prioritization?
Portfolio, Value Stream, Program
Portfolio, Value Stream
Program, Value Stream
Value Stream, Program, Team
84
What SAFe core values would you use to "sell" SAFe to executives and leadership?
Built in Quality, Program Alignment, Executive, Transparency
Leadership, Self-Empowerment, Cadence, Synchronization
Built in Quality, Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency
Built in Quality, Intrinsic Motivation, Alignment, Execution
85
The Solution Demo is a synchronized-based event.
True
False
86
Design must be grown incrementally by the Enterprise Architect.
False
True
87
We limit WIP to encourage
Team members being account for User Story completion
Getting more work in progress at one time
Add visibility to what is in progress
Focus on the most important thing to do next
88
What is the core role of the Portfolio Program Management group?
Grooming the Portfolio backlog, Strategy, Vision
Strategy, Vision, Funding, Team allocation
Strategy, Investment funding, program management, governance
Managing the budget and assigning to Epics
89
Value follows cross-functional silos.
True
False
90
What is the acceptable control band in predictability measures?
75% - 90%
60% - 80%
80% - 90%
80% - 100%
91
A story point represents:
Volume, difficulty, knowledge and complexity
Velocity, complexity, knowledge and uncertainty
Knowledge, uncertainty, volume and complexity
Uncertainty, knowledge worker, complexity and volume
92
What does SAFe say about Release and Development cadences?
Development cadence should match Release cadence
Develop on cadence and Release any time
Release and Development happen in the IP iteration
Release must happen at each iteration boundary
93
Unlock Intrinsic Motivation of Knowledge Workers means:
Free up time for developer innovation
Encourage team learning and development
Environment supporting autonomy, mastery, self-direction
Allow local decision making
94
The bigger the system, the bigger the Architectural runway
False
True
95
What is the means to help ensure that the system behaves as intended?
System Architecture
Traceability
Domain-level models
Capabilities
96
SMART Objectives are:
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound
Specific, Measurable, Acceptable, Realistic, Timely
Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound
Simple, Measurable, Acceptable, Real, Timely
97
What are the 3 behavioral components of Intrinsic Motivation?
Self-Direction, Self-Control, Self-Motivation
Knowledge, Mastery, Skills
Autonomy, Mastery, Self-Direction
Autonomy, Mastery, Self-Organization
98
At which Increment level of the Definition of Done does "NFRs met" occur?
Team and System
Solution, System and Team
System, Solution and Release
Release, Solution, System and Team
99
The System Team provides processes and tools to integrate and evaluate assets early and often.
True
False
100
What reflects the role of Strategic Themes in SAFe Portfolio?
Determine who is needed in governance decisions
Influence the Vision guidance on Economics
Control spending of budget and provide governance decisions
Determine the people needed on each ART for the upcoming PI
101
SAFe enterprises help suppliers improve their processes to the economic benefit to both orgs.
True
False
102
Business Value is assigned to Team Objectives by Business Owners using Modified Fibonacci.
False
True
103
If a System demo happens at the end of every iteration we do not need to do Team demos?
False
True
104
Capabilities fit within one Program Increment
False
True
105
Backlogs in SAFe behave just like queues.
False
True
106
Complete the following statement- Nothing beats an Agile Team except...
A team of Agile managers
A team of Agile trains
A team of Agile teams
A team of Lean teams
107
Features state a solution to a problem that need to be implemented.
False
True
108
What is the key to PI Planning?
Understand the risks and dependencies
Plan you work for the next 12 weeks
Uncover dependencies on others
Understand the work and dependencies
109
Features are the required, primary, functional system definition element.
True
False
110
What is a core component of a Guiding Coalition?
Create a Vision and Roadmap to accomplish the Transformation
Provides budget allocation and governance to SAFe
Identify and map all SAFe related Epics and Features
Make the Enterprise Transformation their primary goal
111
What is an output of the Post-Planning meeting?
Retrospective
Consolidated Value Stream PI Objectives
A set of features for every ART
Updates to the ART visions
112
The WSJF calculation is:
(UUBV+TC+RROC)/PI Length
(SP+FP+EP)/Job Size
(UBV+TC+RROC)/Job Size
Estimate Cost/Job Size
113
Best practices for Solution Intent are:
Document items in only one place and keep it high level
All of the Above
Solution Intent is a collaboration and KISS
Favor models over documents and keep options open
114
All Value Stream Epics stem from Portfolio Epics
True
False
115
A System Demo
Allows validation of the feature acceptance criteria
Ensures alignment for the teams iteration planning
Ensures integration across all the teams work
Is held at or shortly after the end of each iteration
116
The PO Sync is facilitated by:
Alternating POs
RTE or PM
RTE
PM
117
The Transformation Team is designated champions of culture, processes and technical practices.
False
True
118
Emergent design is enough to scale software.
True
False
119
What is NOT a function of the Enterprise Architect?
Drive Strategy and key initiatives
Facilitates communication of business drivers and technical
Breakdown architectural Epics into User Stories
120
Agile teams, System team and Enterprise Arch collaborate to design the effective solution
True
False
121
Development Value Streams support Operational Value Streams.
False
True
122
When teaching SAFe prepare, execute, improve and repeat.
False
True
123
The Value Stream level should be used whenever the underlying ART count exceeds 3?
False
True
124
Strategic Themes are an input to the strategy formulation process.
False
True
125
The elements of an economic framework include:
Innovation Accounting, Value Cycle Time, Developer Cost
Cycle Time, Value, User/Business Value, Risk
Value Developer Cost, Risk, Time Criticality
Risk, Value Developer Cost, Product Cost, Cycle Time
126
Under which of the following conditions should the SAFe Value Stream layer be applied?
Significant number of cross-train dependencies exist
Value delivered requires complex conversations around intent
Multiple ARTs need to work towards a common outcome/intent
All of the above
127
What is the optimum path for succeeding in "Assume Variability, preserve options?
Assume variability of scope and preserve options for release
Preserve flexibility in system functionality and design
Preserve flex in sys functions & design fixed solution intnt
Assume variability of scope, have fixed Solution Context
128
The roadmap states commitment for the next PI and a forecast for a few following PI's
False
True
129
Feature teams provide fast velocity, minimize dependencies and develop T-shaped skills.
True
False
130
What is included in the spanning palette?
Automation
Modernization
User Experience
MBSE
131
De-Centralize decision making for:
Infrequent decisions
Long-lasting decisions
Time Critical decisions
Significant economies of scale decisions
132
Value Stream Capabilities are fully managed by:
VS Troika
Solution Architect
VSE
Solution Management
133
Innovation Accounting is measuring and solving the right problems for our customers.
False
True

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