You Have Reached the End of Ch.3

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

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

Pressuring the team to overcommit

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

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

Which of the following accurately describes the PO & PM roles? (2 Correct Answers)

PO is team-oriented, PM is market-oriented

What is a key benefit of Team Backlog Refinement?

Provides time to resolve dependencies

Without the IP Iteration ___(3 Correct Answers)

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

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

How could a cost estimate for an Epic be obtained?

Using Average ART Cost/PI and Epic Size Estimate

What are two inputs to PI Planning?

Prioritized Features (usually Top 10)

How does Business Value influence a team's plan?

Provides priority for implementation

The goal of metrics is to show evidence of ___

The health of the Working Team (ART, Agile Team, etc)

You Have Reached the End of Ch.5

On to Ch.6!, Yay!, 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

User Stories are created…

After PI Planning, During PI Planning, Before PI Planning

What is one non-economic way to prioritize work? (2 Correct Answers)

Only Consider Return On Investment, Squeaky Wheel (Loudest Person)

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

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

Which of these is part of Inspect and Adapt? (2 Correct Answers)

Quantitative Measurement, Problem-Solving Workshop

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

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