SAFe Certification 5.1 Correct Questions & Answers(RATED A+)

values of the agile manifesto - ANSWER Inidivudals and interactions over processes and tools; working software over comprehensive documentation; customer collaboration over contract negotiation; responding to change over following a plan How many principles of the agile manifesto are there? - ANSWER 12 (Agile principle) what is highest priority? - ANSWER Satisfy customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software (Agile principle) what do agile processes harness for the customer's competitive advantage? - ANSWER Change / welcome changing requirements (Agile principle) when should working software be delivered? - ANSWER Frequently- couple weeks to a couple months with preference for shorter timescale (Agile principle) who must work together throughout the project? With what frequency? - ANSWER Business people and developers- daily! (Agile principle) around whom should we build projects? - ANSWER Motivated people- give them environment, support, and trust needed to get the job done (Agile principle) what's the most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team? - ANSWER Face to face conversation (Agile principle) what is the primary measure of progress? - ANSWER Working software (Agile principle) what do agile processes promote? - ANSWER Sustainable development. Sponsors, developers and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely (Agile principle) what enhances agility? - ANSWER Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design (Agile principle) what is essential to maximize in agile processes? - ANSWER Simplicity! The art of work not done (Agile principle) what emerges from self organizing teams? - ANSWER The best architectures, requirements and designs (Agile principle) what must teams do at regular intervals? - ANSWER Reflect on how to become more effective- tune and adjust behavior accordingly What is the House of Lean? - ANSWER Goal (roof): Value, Foundation: Leadership, (pillars): Respect for People and culture, Product Development Flow, Innovation, relentless improvement (House of lean) key principles of flow - ANSWER Understanding full value stream, visualizing and limiting WIP, reducing batch sizes, managing queue lengths, eliminating waste and removing delays What is gemba? - ANSWER A go-see where the products and solutions are created and used (no useful improvement was ever invented at a desk) (House of lean) What are key parts of relentless improvement? - ANSWER Optimize the whole, it parts of an org and dev process; reinforce problem solving mindset of org; apply retrospectives at key milestones; apply lean tools and techniques to determine fact based root cause of problems,; base improvements on facts What is the spanning palette? - ANSWER In SAFe, the various roles and artifacts and roles that may apply to a specific team, ART, large solution or portfolio context. Can be small or large and configurable based on needs of the org. How many elements are in the spanning palette? - ANSWER 8 What elements are in the spanning palette? - ANSWER Vision, roadmap, milestones, shared services, COP (community of practice), system team, lean UX, metrics What are the 10 SAFe lean agile principles? - ANSWER 1-Take an economic view; 2- apply systems thinking; 3- assume variability and preserve options; 4- build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles; 5- base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems; 6- visualize and limit Work in Progress, reduce batch sizes and manage queue lengths; 7- apply cadence- synchronize with cross domain planning; 8- unlock the motivation of knowledge workers; 9- decentralize decision-making; 10- organize around value What is PI planning? - ANSWER Provides opp for biz and technical arms of a solution to be integrated and evaluated in one time (~6 times) on a cadence What are 3 primary purposes of PI planning? - ANSWER 1- milestone to assess current state of a solution; 2- realigns all stakeholders to a shared tech and biz vision; 3- teams plan and commit to next PI. What are SAFe core values? - ANSWER Alignment, quality, transparency, program execution What are the three types of culture in organizations? - ANSWER Pathological, bureaucratic, generative What are the characteristics of a generative culture? - ANSWER Authenticity, emotional intelligence, lifelong learning, growing others, decentralized decision making How big are agile teams? - ANSWER 5-11 people What is an agile team comprised of? - ANSWER Team members, plus a product owner (manages backlog with eye on customer needs); plus a scrum master (team coach removing impediments, keeping flow, strives at relentless improvement) How is a user story framed - ANSWER As a (user role), I want (activity) to, so that (business value) What comprises an agile team backlog? - ANSWER User and enabler stories What do enabler stories do? - ANSWER Describe work needed to build architectural runway for dev and delivery of future business features What is scrum? - ANSWER Lightweight, team-based process fostering fast feedback and quick iterative dev of a solution (teams define, build, test and maybe even deploy in fast sprints) In what time increments do agile teams work? - ANSWER 1-2 weeks