SAFE AGILE 5.0 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
SAFe - ANS Scaled Agile Framework - a knowledge base of proven success patterns for
achieving business agility.
Agile Manifesto - ANS While there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on
the left more.
*Individuals & Interactions* over Processes & Tools
*Working software* over Comprehensive
Documentation
*Customer Collaboration* over Contract Negotiation
*Responding to Change* over Following a plan
Business Agility requires what? - ANS EVERYONE involved in delivering solutions use Lean &
Agile practices to continually deliver innovative, high-quality products and services faster than
the competition.
SAFe for Lean Enterprises - ANS A knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices,
and competencies for achieving business agility by implementing Lean, Agile, and DevOps at
scale.
SAFe draws from 4 primary bodies of knowledge - ANS - Agile Development
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,- Systems Thinking
- Lean Product Development
- DevOps
What are the 4 SAFe configurations? - ANS - Essential
- Portfolio
- Large Solution
- Full
Essential SAFe - ANS Contains the minimal set of roles, events, & artifacts required to
continuously deliver business solutions via an Agile Release Train as a Team of Agile Teams.
3 Core Competencies
- Team & Technical Agility
- Agile Product Delivery
- Lean-Agile Leadership
When is the Essential SAFe configuration used? - ANS For Basic SAFe implementations - it
provides the minimal elements to be successful with SAFe.
Portfolio SAFe - ANS Portfolio SAFe aligns enterprise stategy by organizing the Lean-Agile
Enterprise around the flow of value through one or more value streams; delivering the basic
budgeting & necessary governance mechanisms.
Essential SAFe Configuration + (3 addlt competencies)
Lean Portfolio Management +
Continuous Learning Culture +
Organizational Agility
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,When is the Portfolio SAFe configuration used? - ANS Enterprises building solutions that
require a modest number of Agile teams. It supports the development of multiple solutions
which have minimal dependencies on one another.
Large Solution SAFe - ANS Describes additional roles, practices, and guidance to build and
evolve the world's largest applications, networks, and cyber-physical systems.
Essential SAFe Configuration +
Enterprise Solution Delivery competency
This configuration includes a stronger focus on capturing requirements in the Solution Intent,
coordinating multiple ARTs & Suppliers, & ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.
When is the Large Solution SAFe configuration used? - ANS Enterprises that are building large
and complex solutions that require multiple Agile Release Trains and Suppliers to develop and
which do not require the constructs of the portfolio level.
SAFe for Government - ANS A set of success patterns that help public sector organizations
implement Lean-Agile practices in a government context.
Connected to Large Solution SAFe configuration.
Full SAFe Configuration - ANS Full SAFe represents the most comprehensive configuration. It
supports maintaining portfolios of large and complex solutions that typically require hundreds
of people or more to develop and maintain.
Includes all 7 core competencies
Seven Core Competencies of Business Agility - ANS - Enterprise Solution Delivery
- Agile Product Delivery
- Team & Technical Agility
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, - Lean Portfolio Mgmt
- Organizational Agility
- Continuous Learning Culture
- Lean-Agile Leadership
Enterprise Solution Delivery - ANS How to apply Lean-Agile principles & practices to
specification, development, deployment, operation and evolution of the world's largest & most
sophisticated SW apps, networks, and cyber-physical systems.
* Core Competencies of Business Agility.*
Enterprise Solution Delivery 3 dimensions - ANS - Lean System & Solution Engineering
- Coordinating Trains & Suppliers
- Continually Evolve Live Systems
Lean System & Solution Engineering - ANS Applies Lean-Agile practices to align & coordinate
all activities necessary to specify, architect, design, implement, test, deploy, evolve, & ultimately
decommission these systems.
Coordinating Trains & Suppliers - ANS Coordinates & aligns the extended set of value streams
to a shared business & technology mission. It uses the coordinated Vision, Backlogs, &
Roadmaps with common Program Increments (PI) and synchronization points.
Continually Evolve Live Systems - ANS Ensures both the development pipeline & large
systems themselves support continuous delivery of value, both during & after, release into the
field.
Agile Product Delivery - ANS A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing
a continuous flow of valuable products and services to customers and users.
* Core Competencies of Business Agility.*
Agile Product Delivery 3 dimensions - ANS - Customer Centricity & Design Thinking
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND UPDATED)
SAFe - ANS Scaled Agile Framework - a knowledge base of proven success patterns for
achieving business agility.
Agile Manifesto - ANS While there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on
the left more.
*Individuals & Interactions* over Processes & Tools
*Working software* over Comprehensive
Documentation
*Customer Collaboration* over Contract Negotiation
*Responding to Change* over Following a plan
Business Agility requires what? - ANS EVERYONE involved in delivering solutions use Lean &
Agile practices to continually deliver innovative, high-quality products and services faster than
the competition.
SAFe for Lean Enterprises - ANS A knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices,
and competencies for achieving business agility by implementing Lean, Agile, and DevOps at
scale.
SAFe draws from 4 primary bodies of knowledge - ANS - Agile Development
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,- Systems Thinking
- Lean Product Development
- DevOps
What are the 4 SAFe configurations? - ANS - Essential
- Portfolio
- Large Solution
- Full
Essential SAFe - ANS Contains the minimal set of roles, events, & artifacts required to
continuously deliver business solutions via an Agile Release Train as a Team of Agile Teams.
3 Core Competencies
- Team & Technical Agility
- Agile Product Delivery
- Lean-Agile Leadership
When is the Essential SAFe configuration used? - ANS For Basic SAFe implementations - it
provides the minimal elements to be successful with SAFe.
Portfolio SAFe - ANS Portfolio SAFe aligns enterprise stategy by organizing the Lean-Agile
Enterprise around the flow of value through one or more value streams; delivering the basic
budgeting & necessary governance mechanisms.
Essential SAFe Configuration + (3 addlt competencies)
Lean Portfolio Management +
Continuous Learning Culture +
Organizational Agility
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,When is the Portfolio SAFe configuration used? - ANS Enterprises building solutions that
require a modest number of Agile teams. It supports the development of multiple solutions
which have minimal dependencies on one another.
Large Solution SAFe - ANS Describes additional roles, practices, and guidance to build and
evolve the world's largest applications, networks, and cyber-physical systems.
Essential SAFe Configuration +
Enterprise Solution Delivery competency
This configuration includes a stronger focus on capturing requirements in the Solution Intent,
coordinating multiple ARTs & Suppliers, & ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.
When is the Large Solution SAFe configuration used? - ANS Enterprises that are building large
and complex solutions that require multiple Agile Release Trains and Suppliers to develop and
which do not require the constructs of the portfolio level.
SAFe for Government - ANS A set of success patterns that help public sector organizations
implement Lean-Agile practices in a government context.
Connected to Large Solution SAFe configuration.
Full SAFe Configuration - ANS Full SAFe represents the most comprehensive configuration. It
supports maintaining portfolios of large and complex solutions that typically require hundreds
of people or more to develop and maintain.
Includes all 7 core competencies
Seven Core Competencies of Business Agility - ANS - Enterprise Solution Delivery
- Agile Product Delivery
- Team & Technical Agility
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, - Lean Portfolio Mgmt
- Organizational Agility
- Continuous Learning Culture
- Lean-Agile Leadership
Enterprise Solution Delivery - ANS How to apply Lean-Agile principles & practices to
specification, development, deployment, operation and evolution of the world's largest & most
sophisticated SW apps, networks, and cyber-physical systems.
* Core Competencies of Business Agility.*
Enterprise Solution Delivery 3 dimensions - ANS - Lean System & Solution Engineering
- Coordinating Trains & Suppliers
- Continually Evolve Live Systems
Lean System & Solution Engineering - ANS Applies Lean-Agile practices to align & coordinate
all activities necessary to specify, architect, design, implement, test, deploy, evolve, & ultimately
decommission these systems.
Coordinating Trains & Suppliers - ANS Coordinates & aligns the extended set of value streams
to a shared business & technology mission. It uses the coordinated Vision, Backlogs, &
Roadmaps with common Program Increments (PI) and synchronization points.
Continually Evolve Live Systems - ANS Ensures both the development pipeline & large
systems themselves support continuous delivery of value, both during & after, release into the
field.
Agile Product Delivery - ANS A customer-centric approach to defining, building, and releasing
a continuous flow of valuable products and services to customers and users.
* Core Competencies of Business Agility.*
Agile Product Delivery 3 dimensions - ANS - Customer Centricity & Design Thinking
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
