AGILE SAFE FIVE POINT ONE
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ The Agile Release Train passes through four steps in order to
deliver Solutions which includes: defining new functionality,
implementing, acceptance testing, and what else? Answer: Deploying
⩥ In the Program Kanban some steps have Work-in-Process limits.
Why is this necessary? Answer: To help continuous deployment and
increase flow
⩥ Innovation and Planning Iteration Answer: occurs every PI and
serves multiple purposes. Acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI
objectives, provides dedicated time for innovation, continuing
education, PI Planning and Inspect and Adapt events
⩥ Portfolio Kanban Answer: Manages the flow of Epics
⩥ What components are used to base a decision on economics?
Answer: Lead time, product cost, value, development expense and
risk
⩥ What is a Feature? Answer: A service that fulfills a stakeholder
need. Each feature includes a benefit hypothesis and acceptance
,criteria, and is sized or split as necessary to be delivered by a single
Agile Release Train (ART) in a Program Increment (PI)
⩥ What is found on a program board? Answer: This highlights the
new feature delivery dates, feature dependencies among teams and
with other ARTs, and relevant Milestones
⩥ What are the five primary dimensions of Built-in Quality? Answer:
Flow, Architecture & Design Quality, Code Quality, System Quality,
Release Quality
⩥ Who has content authority to make decisions at the user story level
during PI Planning? Answer: Product Owner
⩥ What is SAFe's release strategy? Answer: Release on demand
⩥ What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making?
Answer: Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
⩥ How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? Answer: The
Portfolio Kanban system is used to address the flow of Portfolio Epics
⩥ Which statement describes a Capability? Answer: It must be
structured to fit within a single Program Increment (often takes
multiple ARTs to implement)
, https://www.scaledagileframework.com/features-and-capabilities/
⩥ What is the recommended frequency for updating Lean budget
distribution? Answer: On demand (fund Value Streams, not projects)
⩥ ROAM Answer: Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated
⩥ House of Lean- Respect for People and Culture Answer: People do
the work, customer is whoever consumes your work
-don't overload them
-don't make them wait
Build long-term partnerships based on trust
Cultural change comes LAST, not first
To change the culture, you have to change the organization
⩥ Describe DevOps Answer: - DevOps is an approach to bridge the
gap between development and operations
- DevOps is a mindset, a culture, and a set of technical practices. It
provides communication, integration, automation, and close
cooperation among all the people needed to plan, develop, test,
deploy, release, and maintain a Solution
⩥ Product Management has content authority over the Program
Backlog. What do Product Owners have content authority over?
Answer: Team Backlog
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ The Agile Release Train passes through four steps in order to
deliver Solutions which includes: defining new functionality,
implementing, acceptance testing, and what else? Answer: Deploying
⩥ In the Program Kanban some steps have Work-in-Process limits.
Why is this necessary? Answer: To help continuous deployment and
increase flow
⩥ Innovation and Planning Iteration Answer: occurs every PI and
serves multiple purposes. Acts as an estimating buffer for meeting PI
objectives, provides dedicated time for innovation, continuing
education, PI Planning and Inspect and Adapt events
⩥ Portfolio Kanban Answer: Manages the flow of Epics
⩥ What components are used to base a decision on economics?
Answer: Lead time, product cost, value, development expense and
risk
⩥ What is a Feature? Answer: A service that fulfills a stakeholder
need. Each feature includes a benefit hypothesis and acceptance
,criteria, and is sized or split as necessary to be delivered by a single
Agile Release Train (ART) in a Program Increment (PI)
⩥ What is found on a program board? Answer: This highlights the
new feature delivery dates, feature dependencies among teams and
with other ARTs, and relevant Milestones
⩥ What are the five primary dimensions of Built-in Quality? Answer:
Flow, Architecture & Design Quality, Code Quality, System Quality,
Release Quality
⩥ Who has content authority to make decisions at the user story level
during PI Planning? Answer: Product Owner
⩥ What is SAFe's release strategy? Answer: Release on demand
⩥ What is the biggest benefit of decentralized decision-making?
Answer: Delivering value in the shortest sustainable lead time
⩥ How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? Answer: The
Portfolio Kanban system is used to address the flow of Portfolio Epics
⩥ Which statement describes a Capability? Answer: It must be
structured to fit within a single Program Increment (often takes
multiple ARTs to implement)
, https://www.scaledagileframework.com/features-and-capabilities/
⩥ What is the recommended frequency for updating Lean budget
distribution? Answer: On demand (fund Value Streams, not projects)
⩥ ROAM Answer: Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated
⩥ House of Lean- Respect for People and Culture Answer: People do
the work, customer is whoever consumes your work
-don't overload them
-don't make them wait
Build long-term partnerships based on trust
Cultural change comes LAST, not first
To change the culture, you have to change the organization
⩥ Describe DevOps Answer: - DevOps is an approach to bridge the
gap between development and operations
- DevOps is a mindset, a culture, and a set of technical practices. It
provides communication, integration, automation, and close
cooperation among all the people needed to plan, develop, test,
deploy, release, and maintain a Solution
⩥ Product Management has content authority over the Program
Backlog. What do Product Owners have content authority over?
Answer: Team Backlog
