SAFE SPC 5.0 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 4 SAFe Core Values. Answer: 1. Built In Quality
2. Program Execution
3. Alignment
4. Transparency
◉ How is an Agile portfolio organized? Answer: It is organized around
the flow of value
◉ In an Agile Portfolio, what impact does Lean Agile budgeting have?
Answer: It empowers decision makers
◉ In an Agile Portfolio, what benefit do kanban boards have? Answer:
They provide visibility and WIP limits to Portfolio
◉ In an Agile Portfolio, why and How does SAFe use objective metrics?
Answer: To support governance and improvement
◉ In an Agile Portfolio, delivery of value is rolled up to what kind of
organizing structure? Answer: Epics
,◉ What are the 3 steps in the Implementing SAFe training process?
Answer: "1. Train change agents
2. Train executives, managers & leaders
3. Train teams and launch train"
◉ What are the business results of scaled agile? Answer: "1. Happier,
more motivated employees
2. 30-70% faster time to market
3. 20-50% increase in productivity
4. 50%+ defect reduction"
◉ List the 8 big mistakes that cause scaled agile to fail:. Answer:
Complacency
Obstacles block vision
Lack guidance
Lack of Vision
Under-communicating Vision
Missing short term wins
Neglecting corporate culture to anchor changes
Declaring victory too soon
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"1. Allowing too much complacency
2. Failure to create sufficiently powerful guiding coalition
,3. Understanding the power of vision.
4. Under-communicating the power of vision by 10-100x
5.Permitting obstacles to block the new vision
6. Failure to create short term wins
7. Declaring victory too soon
8. Neglecting to anchor changes firmly in the corporate culture"
◉ What are the 4 pillars of the House of Lean. Answer: "1. Respect for
People and Culture
2. Flow
3. Innovation
4. Relentless Improvement"
◉ What is the base of the House of Lean? Answer: Leadership
◉ What is the roof of the House of Lean? Answer: Value
◉ Lean purpose is to achieve the sustainably shortest lead time with:.
Answer: "1. Best Quality and value to people and society
2. High Morale, safety and customer delight"
◉ To change the culture, what do you need to change first? Answer: The
organization
, ◉ What is the last change to take place? Answer: Change culture
◉ On what value do we build long-term partnerships? Answer: Trust
◉ Why do we need to respect people? Answer: People do all the work
◉ Who is your customer? Answer: Whomever consumes your work
◉ In what way do we optimize value throughput? Answer: So it is
continuous and sustainable
◉ To optimize value throughput, what kind of delays do we need to
eliminate? Answer: start, stop, start
(waits, hand-offs)
◉ Why is it critical to build quality in? Answer: Flow depends on
quality
◉ IN order to verify that our product actually works, what do we need to
do as often as possible? Answer: Integrate frequently
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 4 SAFe Core Values. Answer: 1. Built In Quality
2. Program Execution
3. Alignment
4. Transparency
◉ How is an Agile portfolio organized? Answer: It is organized around
the flow of value
◉ In an Agile Portfolio, what impact does Lean Agile budgeting have?
Answer: It empowers decision makers
◉ In an Agile Portfolio, what benefit do kanban boards have? Answer:
They provide visibility and WIP limits to Portfolio
◉ In an Agile Portfolio, why and How does SAFe use objective metrics?
Answer: To support governance and improvement
◉ In an Agile Portfolio, delivery of value is rolled up to what kind of
organizing structure? Answer: Epics
,◉ What are the 3 steps in the Implementing SAFe training process?
Answer: "1. Train change agents
2. Train executives, managers & leaders
3. Train teams and launch train"
◉ What are the business results of scaled agile? Answer: "1. Happier,
more motivated employees
2. 30-70% faster time to market
3. 20-50% increase in productivity
4. 50%+ defect reduction"
◉ List the 8 big mistakes that cause scaled agile to fail:. Answer:
Complacency
Obstacles block vision
Lack guidance
Lack of Vision
Under-communicating Vision
Missing short term wins
Neglecting corporate culture to anchor changes
Declaring victory too soon
***
"1. Allowing too much complacency
2. Failure to create sufficiently powerful guiding coalition
,3. Understanding the power of vision.
4. Under-communicating the power of vision by 10-100x
5.Permitting obstacles to block the new vision
6. Failure to create short term wins
7. Declaring victory too soon
8. Neglecting to anchor changes firmly in the corporate culture"
◉ What are the 4 pillars of the House of Lean. Answer: "1. Respect for
People and Culture
2. Flow
3. Innovation
4. Relentless Improvement"
◉ What is the base of the House of Lean? Answer: Leadership
◉ What is the roof of the House of Lean? Answer: Value
◉ Lean purpose is to achieve the sustainably shortest lead time with:.
Answer: "1. Best Quality and value to people and society
2. High Morale, safety and customer delight"
◉ To change the culture, what do you need to change first? Answer: The
organization
, ◉ What is the last change to take place? Answer: Change culture
◉ On what value do we build long-term partnerships? Answer: Trust
◉ Why do we need to respect people? Answer: People do all the work
◉ Who is your customer? Answer: Whomever consumes your work
◉ In what way do we optimize value throughput? Answer: So it is
continuous and sustainable
◉ To optimize value throughput, what kind of delays do we need to
eliminate? Answer: start, stop, start
(waits, hand-offs)
◉ Why is it critical to build quality in? Answer: Flow depends on
quality
◉ IN order to verify that our product actually works, what do we need to
do as often as possible? Answer: Integrate frequently
