SCALED AGILE FRAMEWORK (SAFE)- LEADING SAFE
CERTIFICATION 2024 NEWEST EXAM 150 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #1 - Take an economic view - ANSWER: highlights the key
role of economics in successful solution development. This article describes the
primary aspects of taking an economic view, delivering early and often, and
understanding other economic trade-off restrictions.
Economic framework decision rules - ANSWER: a set of decision rules aligning
everyone to the mission and its financial constraints. That includes budget
considerations driven by the program portfolio, as well as trade-offs that affect a
particular solution. In this context, portfolio fiduciaries can delegate decision
authority to others, knowing that those decisions will align with the agreed-to
economic guidelines.
Three elements of the primary purpose of the economic framework - ANSWER: The
primary purpose of the economic framework is to support effective, fast decision-
making within the bounds of the larger economic picture. In turn, that requires three
things: •An understanding of the rules for decision-making; •The current local
context; •Relevant decision-making authority
Epic Funding and Governance - ANSWER: Empowered funding requires the parallel
responsibility to communicate any investments that are unexpected. This is the
primary purpose of the Portfolio Kanban System. Each epic requires a Lean business
case and an explicit approval process (see the Epic article and the Lean portfolio
governance section of the Lean Portfolio Management article).
Decentralized Economic Decision-Making - ANSWER: Empowered funding requires
the parallel responsibility to communicate any investments that are unexpected. This
is the primary purpose of the Portfolio Kanban System. Each epic requires a Lean
business case and an explicit approval process (see the Epic article and the Lean
portfolio governance section of the Lean Portfolio Management article).
Job Sequencing Based on Cost of Delay - ANSWER: Every significant program has a
host of new backlog Features and Capabilities, just waiting to be implemented to
increase the effectiveness of the solution. But SAFe is a flow-based system, whose
economics are optimized by job-sequencing rather than theoretical job return on
investment, or worse, first-come, first-served job selection. Picking the right next job
is where the greatest economic benefit lies.
Enabling Job Sequencing - ANSWER: This is enabled by the Program and Solution
Kanban systems and the Program and Solution Backlog holding areas. Jobs are pulled
into implementation based on Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF), using job size as
the proxy for the job duration.
,Practices Provide the Form. People Make the Decisions - ANSWER: Lean-Agile
Leaders continually apply these constructs and educate others in their use. This way,
responsible decision-making happens throughout the development organization,
bringing the full economic benefits of Lean-Agile development to the enterprise.
Agile Architecture - ANSWER: Agile Architecture is a set of values and practices that
support the active evolution of the design and architecture of a system while
implementing new system capabilities
Agile Release Train (ART) - ANSWER: The Agile Release Train (ART) is a long-lived
team of Agile teams, which, along with other stakeholders, develops and delivers
solutions incrementally, using a series of fixed-length Iterations within a Program
Increment (PI) timebox. The ART aligns teams to a common business and technology
mission.
Agile Team - ANSWER: The SAFe Agile Team is a cross-functional group of 5 to 10
people who have the ability and authority to define, build, and test some element of
Solution value—all in a short Iteration timebox. Specifically, the SAFe Agile Team
incorporates the DevTeam, Scrum Master, and Product Owner roles.
Architectural Runway - ANSWER: The Architectural Runway consists of the existing
code, components, and technical infrastructure needed to implement near-term
features without excessive redesign and delay.
Built-In Quality - ANSWER: Built-In Quality practices ensure that each Solution
element, at every increment, meets appropriate quality standards throughout
development.
Business Owners - ANSWER: Business Owners are a small group of stakeholders who
have the primary business and technical responsibility for governance, compliance,
and return on investment (ROI) for a Solution developed by an Agile Release Train
(ART). They are key stakeholders on the ART who must evaluate fitness for use and
actively participate in certain ART events.
CapEx and OpEx - ANSWER: Capital Expenses (CapEx) and Operating Expenses (OpEx)
describe Lean-Agile financial accounting practices in a Value Stream budget. In some
cases, CapEx may include capitalized labor associated with the development of
intangible assets—such as software, intellectual property, and patents.
Capabilities - ANSWER: A Capability is a higher-level solution behavior that typically
spans multiple ARTs. Capabilities are sized and split into multiple features to
facilitate their implementation in a single PI.
Communities of Practice (CoPs) - ANSWER: Communities of Practice (CoPs) are
organized groups of people who have a common interest in a specific technical or
business domain. They collaborate regularly to share information, improve their
skills, and actively work on advancing the general knowledge of the domain.
, Compliance - ANSWER: Compliance refers to a strategy and a set of activities and
artifacts that allow teams to apply Lean-Agile development methods to build
systems that have the highest possible quality, while simultaneously assuring they
meet any regulatory, industry, or other relevant standards.
Continuous Delivery Pipeline - ANSWER: The Continuous Delivery (CD) Pipeline (also
referred to as 'pipeline') represents the workflows, activities, and automation
needed to provide a continuous release of value to the end user.
Continuous Deployment (CD) - ANSWER: Continuous Deployment (CD) is the process
that takes validated Features from Continuous Integration and deploys them into the
production environment, where they are tested and readied for release. It is is the
third element in the four-part Continuous Delivery Pipeline of Continuous
Exploration (CE), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment, and Release
on Demand.
Continuous Exploration (CE) - ANSWER: Continuous Exploration (CE) is the process of
continually exploring the market and user needs, and defining a Vision, Roadmap,
and set of Features that address those needs. It's the first element in the four-part
Continuous Delivery Pipeline, preceding Continuous Integration (CI) Continuous
Deployment (CD), and Release on Demand.
Continuous Integration (CI) - ANSWER: Continuous Integration (CI) is the process of
taking features from the Program Backlog and developing, testing, integrating, and
validating them in a staging environment where they are ready for deployment and
release.
Core Values - ANSWER: The four Core Values of alignment, built-in quality,
transparency, and program execution represent the fundamental beliefs that are key
to SAFe's effectiveness. These guiding principles help dictate behavior and action for
everyone who participates in a SAFe portfolio.
Customers - ANSWER: Customers are the ultimate buyer of every Solution. They are
an integral part of the Lean-Agile development process and Value Stream and have
specific responsibilities in SAFe.
Dev Team - ANSWER: The Dev Team is a subset of the Agile Team. It consists of the
dedicated professionals who can develop and test a Story, Feature, or component.
The Dev Team typically includes software developers and testers, engineers, and
other dedicated specialists required to complete a vertical slice of functionality.
DevOps - ANSWER: 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.
CERTIFICATION 2024 NEWEST EXAM 150 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
SAFe Lean-Agile Principle #1 - Take an economic view - ANSWER: highlights the key
role of economics in successful solution development. This article describes the
primary aspects of taking an economic view, delivering early and often, and
understanding other economic trade-off restrictions.
Economic framework decision rules - ANSWER: a set of decision rules aligning
everyone to the mission and its financial constraints. That includes budget
considerations driven by the program portfolio, as well as trade-offs that affect a
particular solution. In this context, portfolio fiduciaries can delegate decision
authority to others, knowing that those decisions will align with the agreed-to
economic guidelines.
Three elements of the primary purpose of the economic framework - ANSWER: The
primary purpose of the economic framework is to support effective, fast decision-
making within the bounds of the larger economic picture. In turn, that requires three
things: •An understanding of the rules for decision-making; •The current local
context; •Relevant decision-making authority
Epic Funding and Governance - ANSWER: Empowered funding requires the parallel
responsibility to communicate any investments that are unexpected. This is the
primary purpose of the Portfolio Kanban System. Each epic requires a Lean business
case and an explicit approval process (see the Epic article and the Lean portfolio
governance section of the Lean Portfolio Management article).
Decentralized Economic Decision-Making - ANSWER: Empowered funding requires
the parallel responsibility to communicate any investments that are unexpected. This
is the primary purpose of the Portfolio Kanban System. Each epic requires a Lean
business case and an explicit approval process (see the Epic article and the Lean
portfolio governance section of the Lean Portfolio Management article).
Job Sequencing Based on Cost of Delay - ANSWER: Every significant program has a
host of new backlog Features and Capabilities, just waiting to be implemented to
increase the effectiveness of the solution. But SAFe is a flow-based system, whose
economics are optimized by job-sequencing rather than theoretical job return on
investment, or worse, first-come, first-served job selection. Picking the right next job
is where the greatest economic benefit lies.
Enabling Job Sequencing - ANSWER: This is enabled by the Program and Solution
Kanban systems and the Program and Solution Backlog holding areas. Jobs are pulled
into implementation based on Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF), using job size as
the proxy for the job duration.
,Practices Provide the Form. People Make the Decisions - ANSWER: Lean-Agile
Leaders continually apply these constructs and educate others in their use. This way,
responsible decision-making happens throughout the development organization,
bringing the full economic benefits of Lean-Agile development to the enterprise.
Agile Architecture - ANSWER: Agile Architecture is a set of values and practices that
support the active evolution of the design and architecture of a system while
implementing new system capabilities
Agile Release Train (ART) - ANSWER: The Agile Release Train (ART) is a long-lived
team of Agile teams, which, along with other stakeholders, develops and delivers
solutions incrementally, using a series of fixed-length Iterations within a Program
Increment (PI) timebox. The ART aligns teams to a common business and technology
mission.
Agile Team - ANSWER: The SAFe Agile Team is a cross-functional group of 5 to 10
people who have the ability and authority to define, build, and test some element of
Solution value—all in a short Iteration timebox. Specifically, the SAFe Agile Team
incorporates the DevTeam, Scrum Master, and Product Owner roles.
Architectural Runway - ANSWER: The Architectural Runway consists of the existing
code, components, and technical infrastructure needed to implement near-term
features without excessive redesign and delay.
Built-In Quality - ANSWER: Built-In Quality practices ensure that each Solution
element, at every increment, meets appropriate quality standards throughout
development.
Business Owners - ANSWER: Business Owners are a small group of stakeholders who
have the primary business and technical responsibility for governance, compliance,
and return on investment (ROI) for a Solution developed by an Agile Release Train
(ART). They are key stakeholders on the ART who must evaluate fitness for use and
actively participate in certain ART events.
CapEx and OpEx - ANSWER: Capital Expenses (CapEx) and Operating Expenses (OpEx)
describe Lean-Agile financial accounting practices in a Value Stream budget. In some
cases, CapEx may include capitalized labor associated with the development of
intangible assets—such as software, intellectual property, and patents.
Capabilities - ANSWER: A Capability is a higher-level solution behavior that typically
spans multiple ARTs. Capabilities are sized and split into multiple features to
facilitate their implementation in a single PI.
Communities of Practice (CoPs) - ANSWER: Communities of Practice (CoPs) are
organized groups of people who have a common interest in a specific technical or
business domain. They collaborate regularly to share information, improve their
skills, and actively work on advancing the general knowledge of the domain.
, Compliance - ANSWER: Compliance refers to a strategy and a set of activities and
artifacts that allow teams to apply Lean-Agile development methods to build
systems that have the highest possible quality, while simultaneously assuring they
meet any regulatory, industry, or other relevant standards.
Continuous Delivery Pipeline - ANSWER: The Continuous Delivery (CD) Pipeline (also
referred to as 'pipeline') represents the workflows, activities, and automation
needed to provide a continuous release of value to the end user.
Continuous Deployment (CD) - ANSWER: Continuous Deployment (CD) is the process
that takes validated Features from Continuous Integration and deploys them into the
production environment, where they are tested and readied for release. It is is the
third element in the four-part Continuous Delivery Pipeline of Continuous
Exploration (CE), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment, and Release
on Demand.
Continuous Exploration (CE) - ANSWER: Continuous Exploration (CE) is the process of
continually exploring the market and user needs, and defining a Vision, Roadmap,
and set of Features that address those needs. It's the first element in the four-part
Continuous Delivery Pipeline, preceding Continuous Integration (CI) Continuous
Deployment (CD), and Release on Demand.
Continuous Integration (CI) - ANSWER: Continuous Integration (CI) is the process of
taking features from the Program Backlog and developing, testing, integrating, and
validating them in a staging environment where they are ready for deployment and
release.
Core Values - ANSWER: The four Core Values of alignment, built-in quality,
transparency, and program execution represent the fundamental beliefs that are key
to SAFe's effectiveness. These guiding principles help dictate behavior and action for
everyone who participates in a SAFe portfolio.
Customers - ANSWER: Customers are the ultimate buyer of every Solution. They are
an integral part of the Lean-Agile development process and Value Stream and have
specific responsibilities in SAFe.
Dev Team - ANSWER: The Dev Team is a subset of the Agile Team. It consists of the
dedicated professionals who can develop and test a Story, Feature, or component.
The Dev Team typically includes software developers and testers, engineers, and
other dedicated specialists required to complete a vertical slice of functionality.
DevOps - ANSWER: 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.
