SAFE 5.0 Test: 75 - What are the three primary keys to implementing...

SAFE 5.0 Test:

75 - What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? (Choose three.)

Visualize and limit work in process (WIP)

Address the systemic problems

Increase capacity

Manage queue lengths

Reduce the batch sizes of work

Frequent context switching

76 - Why would an invitation-based implementation approach be used?

The steps are very clear and easy to implement across the Enterprise

This approach supports professional development and career development, concurrently

It engages people by allowing them to choose the implementation

This is 'SAFe out of the box' and requires little planning and setup within the Enterprise

 77 - What is the call to action when promoting SAFe during a meeting with company executives?

 Train leaders and managers and then decide on the next steps

Launch one pilot Agile Release Train (ART) and then learn and adapt

Organize a Value Stream identification workshop to determine the dependencies and to synchronize the Agile Release Train (ART) launch

Propose a large preparation (teams, HR, organization) and then select a date to start the transformation

78 - Relentless improvement, as defined in the Scaled Agile Framework, includes which two activities? (Choose two.)

Applying Lean problem-solving tools and techniques

Building long-term relationships based on trust

Reflecting at key Milestones

Holding people accountable

Holding employee reviews to provide fast feedback

79 - Why is it important to start an Agile Release Train (ART) launch by setting the date for Program Increment (PI) Planning?

To communicate the date to the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE)

To book conference and meeting rooms well in advance

Because otherwise there is no forcing function

Because without the date it is not possible to know the length of Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)

 80 - Ann is invited to help an Agile Release Train (ART) that has struggled through multiple Innovation and Planning (IP) Iterations. They just finished the second Iteration in the Program Increment (PI) and have nothing to demonstrate at the System Demo.

Program stakeholders are really concerned. What should Ann do?

Stop working on any new functionality and fully integrate and test the system; adjust scope based on learnings

Re-plan the current PI: De-scope to leave enough time to integrate what has been built during the IP Iteration

Have every team demonstrate their team increment to the stakeholders separately in the team branch

Re-architect the system so that there are no dependencies between the teams, and integration is not needed

 81 - What are two benefits of 'big room training'? (Choose two.)You have reached the max number of allowed answers

The Program Backlog can be ready for the training

It accelerates launch timelines

Smaller classrooms provide more efficient learning environments

Everyone on the train hears the same message

Leaders do not need to attend multiple times

 82 - At the end of Program Increment (PI) Planning after dependencies are resolved and risks are addressed, a confidence vote is taken. What is the default method used to vote?

Fist of five

Majority voting

Planning estimates

Planning poker

 83 - What occurs during the Agile Release Train (ART) Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event?

Program predictability measure update

Solution Demo

Iteration Review

Iteration Metrics update

84 - What are two reasons to manage an implementation plan as a Roadmap? (Choose two.)

It allows teams to commit, in advance, to no more than nine months of the Implementation Roadmap, making it more Agile

It creates a visible radiator for the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence's (LACE) daily stand-ups

This form of plan supports preserving options as an aspect of look-ahead planning

Organizations, including stakeholders, will more quickly acclimate to, and adopt, an orderly visual plan for transformation

It allows the teams to ensure executives are not over-controlling the implementation process

85 - What should be used to reinforce the basics in the accelerate step of the Implementation Roadmap?

Using advanced Lean-Agile techniques to build mastery

The ten critical Agile Release Train success factors

The Business Agility self-assessment

Applying learning across the Enterprise

 86 - According to John Kotter, what is the importance of creating a powerful guiding coalition?

It enables better exploration of customer needs

It can facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning

It can help guide the transformation

It can solve problems between Product and Solution Management

90 - In a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) an argument began between Lee, the Director of Software, and Clair, the Vice President of Human Resources.

Clair wants to launch an Efficiency Agile Release Train first since that product was crucial and has a long history of missed deliveries. Lee wants to start with the Simulator Agile Release Train since it is a high-performing group that can transition quickly to SAFe and present a short-term win. Who is right?

Lee is right because explicit requirements allow teams to coast and fail to reach their potential

Neither is right because the quality and correctness of requirements is independent of SAFe team maturity and excellence

The LACE does not participate in deciding what and how teams receive guidance and how they improve

Clair is correct because SAFe teams will self-organize and identify areas for improvement throughout their existence

 91 - Time to market is too long and the team is unsure which part of the process is problematic. What should be done first?

Organize a Value Stream mapping workshop and confirm all key participants

Ask leadership for direction

Redo your Metrics and start reporting daily on progress and impediments

Redo your weighted shortest job first (WSJF) calculations and adjust as necessary

 92 - Who facilitates program-level events?

The Release Train Engineer (RTE)

The Solution Train Engineer (STE)

Product Management

The Product Owner

93 - What is this statement defining: "A series of activities that have proven to be effective in successfully implementing SAFe"?

The SAFe Implementation Roadmap

The Scaled Agile Framework

An Agile Release Train (ART)

The SAFe Lean-Agile Principles

 94 - When the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) acts as an Agile Team, which two team practices are they likely to use? (Choose two.)

Build Lean-Agile Budgets

Use test-driven development

Build a Lean portfolio

Run an Iteration Retrospective

Plan a Program Increment (PI)

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

Creating cross-functional teams

Allocating budgets to Agile Release Trains (ARTs)

Conducting a Program Increment (PI) Planning meeting

Using a Portfolio Kanban system

96 - What is defined as the ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business Solutions?

Organizational Agility

Business Agility

Team and Technical Agility

Lean Portfolio Management

 97 - What is one way Lean-Agile leaders lead by example?

By using the SAFe Implementation Roadmap to script the way for change

By modeling SAFe's Lean-Agile Mindset, values, principles, and practices

By mastering the seven core competencies of the Lean Enterprise

By applying empathic design and focusing on Customer Centricity

 98 - Niccolo is invited to help a program where, even though not mandated by the external environment, management requires teams to make big, up-front, and detailed scope commitments for every release.

What three things can Niccolo do to best coach the decision-makers? (Choose three.)

Emphasize the value of 'responding to change' from the Agile Manifesto

Explain the benefits of releasing at the end of the Program Increment (PI)

Explain that too much up-front detail demotivates Product Owners as they have almost nothing to do afterwards

Satisfy the immediate need and improve later

Explain the 'understand and exploit variability' principle of product development flow

Illustrate the power of feedback in content decision-making

 99 - How does SAFe describe Customer Centricity?

As a coaching style

As a relationship

As a behavior

As a mindset

100 - When is the ROAM technique used to categorize program risks?

At the Inspect & Adapt (I&A) event

At the Agile Release Train (ART) sync

At Program Increment (PI) Planning

At the Product Owner (PO) sync

 101 - Juan is the coach of a new Agile Release Train (ART). All members of the train are new to Agile. After two Iterations Juan is hearing that most teams have problems running all of their team events. He does not have time to attend the events for all teams.

What two things can he do? (Choose two.)

Attend the Iteration Retrospectives as this will give him the most opportunity to help

There is nothing to be done mid-PI; problems that are critical enough will be raised in the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event and handled there

Attend as many events as possible in the first Program Increment (PI) and attend more in the following PIs

Coach the Scrum Masters by establishing a community of practice

 Attend the Release Management meeting to understand possible problems

102 - The accelerate step of the Implementation Roadmap is the beginning of another journey that is based on a foundation of what?

Customer Centricity

Relentless improvement

Agile Product Delivery

Continuous delivery

103 - What is one of the responsibilities of the SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) change agent?

Recommend and implement the Agile lifecycle management tool

Facilitate the Inspect & Adapt (I&A) event

Coach Release Train Engineers (RTEs) on their role

Select Iteration duration length for the Agile Release Train (ART)

104 - What is one issue when organizing around hierarchical functions?

It is not how value flows

It creates Agile business teams

It reduces political tensions

It moves the decision to where the information is

105 - What primary reason for change makes it easiest to drive a transformation across the Enterprise?

Following a market trend

A mission-critical application or Solution is jeopardizing the Enterprise's continued success

The competition has made this change

Leadership has mandated this change be completed as of a specific date

106 - Optimizing flow means identifying what?

Delays

Predictability issues of the train

Key performance indicators

Activities that lack innovation

 107 - What is the recommended order of classes and activities when launching an Agile Release Train (ART) using the quickstart approach?

SAFe for Teams, Program Increment (PI) Planning, SAFe workshops

Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, Program Increment (PI) Planning

Introduction to SAFe, SAFe for Teams, Program Increment (PI) Planning

SAFe Implementation Plan, SAFe for Teams, Program Increment (PI) Planning

 108 - Which legacy practice slows the move to Lean Portfolio Management?

Rolling-wave planning

Demand management

Centralized annual planning

Fact-based milestones

109 - An Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event is occurring and a program is trying to address a long-existing problem-unreliable Program Increment (PI) commitments. One of the participants suggests that they are working on too many things at one time.

What aspect of the program causes uncontrollable amounts of work in process (WIP)?

All program teams are cross-functional so every team creates work in multiple areas at the same time

Items in the Program Backlog are large chunks of work at different layers of the system instead of true Features

Teams do not do a good job of task-switching

Stories are too small

110 - Why is it recommended to start with Essential SAFe?

Team- and program-level Agility need to be in place before portfolio practices can be implemented

A smaller number of teams is better when getting started

There are fewer Scrum Masters required

Two-week Iterations are easier to adopt

 111 - Which three actions are needed to launch an Agile Release Train (ART)? (Choose three.)

Decide Iteration and Program Increment cadence

Identify Shared Services

Have a strategy for unit testing and test automation

Identify the System Team

Identify who will set the business context

Identify the Release Train Engineer (RTE)

 112 - What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean?

Value

Leadership

Relentless improvement

Flow

113 - What is the right use for the Introducing SAFe resource?

Train Agile Teams before Program Increment (PI) Planning

Train Agile Release Train (ART) leadership before launching the ART

Introduce stakeholders to SAFe to drive interest in SAFe training

Train leaders and executives who do not have time for Leading SAFe

114 - What are the top two reasons for adopting Agile in an organization? (Choose two.)

To accelerate product delivery

To reduce risk by centralizing decision-making

To enhance the ability to manage changing priorities

To reduce project cost

To increase predictability by reducing changes

 115 - How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility?

By building up large departments and matrixed organizations to support rapid growth

By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth

By creating stability and hierarchy

By achieving economies of scale

116 - SAFe's first Lean-Agile Principle includes 'Deliver early and often' and what else?

Apply systems thinking

Apply cadence

Deliver value incrementally

Decentralize decision-making

117 - There are two Value Streams in SAFe. One is the Operational Value Stream. What is the other?

System Value Stream

Development Value Stream

Customer Centricity Value Stream

Release on Demand Value Stream

118 - Who is part of the development Value Stream?

Everyone in a Lean Enterprise

Everyone needed to build the systems that the operational Value Streams use

Everyone used to build the business Solutions that Customers use

Everyone who is part of the operational Value Stream

119 - why is it important to train Product Owners and Product Management before launching the Agile Release Train (ART)?

In a Lean environment of continuous delivery and flow of value, the focus is on execution so it is better to train before the launch

To help facilitate the first Program Increment (PI) Planning process

To have a better prepared initial Program Backlog for the first Program Increment (PI) Planning

Because training the leaders for the first time should not occur with the teams

120 - Which statement is a value from the Agile Manifesto?

Individuals and interactions over tools and documentation

Individuals and interactions over teams and contracts

Individuals and interactions over contract negotiation

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

121 - What are two significant risks that can be understood from the program board? (Choose two.)

No work is planned for the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration

Team work in process (WIP) limits are being ignored

A Feature has an excess of dependencies and risks associated with it

Features are being delivered at the end of the last Iteration

Teams do not understand their Features and Epics

122 - What do Agile Release Trains (ARTs) realize?

Business Value Streams

Operational Value Streams

Development and operational Value Streams

Development Value Streams

 123 - Who is the content authority for an Agile Team?

The Product Owner

The subject matter expert

The Scrum Master

The Agile coach

 124 - What is the target percentage for the program predictability measure?

90-100%

50-75%

70-80%

80-100%

125 - What are two areas of focus when coaching the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event? (Choose two.)

Make sure all Scrum Masters are working as a single problem-solving team to surface and resolve systemic impediments

Verify that no two teams are working on the same problem during the problem-solving workshop

Prepare, in advance, the data for the quantitative section

If all key people cannot attend, delay the event as complete participation is key to its success

Make sure the event finishes with clear improvement items for the Program Backlog

 126 - What does Dunbar's number provide guidance for in the Scaled Agile Framework?

The maximum number of applications considered for one Value Stream

The minimum number of teams on an Agile Release Train (ART)

The ideal number of people who participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning

The number of members on a self-managing, self-organizing Agile Release Train (ART)

127 - Why launch an ART using the quickstart approach?

It makes it much clearer to stakeholders that waterfall is not a good investment

It reduces the number of Scrum Masters required to support SAFe teams

It increases engagement and focuses everyone all at once and with purpose and intent

It allows the teams to begin with Program Increment (PI) Planning and then reinforcing the knowledge by learning SAFe for Teams the next day

128 - Which two disciplines are necessary for a learning organization? (Choose two.)

Lean Budgets

Personal mastery

Design Thinking

Continuous Exploration

Mental models

129 - When calculating weighted shortest job first (WSJF), job size or duration is used as the denominator. What is the numerator?

Cycle time

Cost of delay

Lead time

Total cost of ownership

130 - Which two areas are part of the SAFe Core Values? (Choose two.)

Responding to change over following a plan

Program execution

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Transparency

Built-in questioning

131 - After launching the first Agile Release Train (ART), what should be the next train to launch?

A train in a different portfolio to spread the Lean-Agile Mindset across the Enterprise

A train that has considerable challenges regardless of where it is in the organization

A train in the same Value Stream to leverage the full flow of value

A train in a different Value Stream to start building the Lean portfolio