Lean-Agile Mindset

  1. Lean Thinking
  2. Embracing Agility

Differentiate Agile from waterfall

  1. Incremental delivery of value
  2. Fast feedback

Duration of an Iteration in SAFe

Two weeks

Three pillars of scrum

  1. Transparency
  2. inspection
  3. adaptation

Frequency for PI Planning in SAFe

Every 8 to 12 weeks

Scrum Master attend (not facilitate)

Scrum of scrums

In SAFe, Activity of Scrum Master’s responsibility?

Coordinating with other teams

What is one responsibility of a SAFe Scrum Master?

Facilitating an effective team breakout session during PI Planning

Three attributes of Scrum Master

Communicate, coordinate, cooperate

Effective Scrum Master helps the team do what?

Embrace relentless improvement through Iteration retrospectives

Effective Scrum Master help the team improve on their journey towards technical excellence?

By focusing on the importance of Built-in Quality

Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle occur in scrum?

Across all scrum events

one example of a servant leader behavior pattern?

Understands and empathizes with others

Good coaches do not give people the answer, but instead they do what?

They guide people to the solution

three examples of old coach behaviors?

  1. Focusing on deadlines
  2. Driving toward specific outcomes
  3. Fixing problems for the team

statement about teams

Teams are more productive than the same number of individuals

Team’s ultimate competitive advantage?

Teamwork

Key constructs to delivering continuous value

  1. Cadence
  2. Synchronization

Features lend themselves to the Lean UX process model, including:

  1. description,
  2. benefit hypothesis
  3. Acceptance criteria

Program board highlights Feature for teams on the Agile Release Train

  1. Delivery dates
  2. Milestones
  3. Dependencies

Each PI Planning meeting evolves over time, and ending PI Planning with a retrospective will help to do what?

Continuously improve the event

Who commits to the Iteration goals at the end of Iteration planning?

The team

What is the name of the event where all team members determine how much of the team’s backlog they can commit to delivering during an upcoming Iteration?

Iteration planning

Why do teams have an Iteration retrospective?

To adjust and identify ways to improve

Who is responsible for prioritizing the Iteration backlog?

The Product Owner

What is this statement describing? “Agile Teams continuously adapt to new circumstances and enhance the methods of value delivery.”

Continuous Improvement

Three attributes summarize DevOps?

  1. A culture;
  2. A mindset;
  3. A set of technical practices;

What are two anti-patterns for the IP Iteration?

  1. To plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning
  2. To wait for the IP Iteration to fix defects;

When is one time a Scrum Master may be a participant rather than a facilitator?

When using ad hoc teams for Inspect and Adapt

How are the 5 Whys used?

To identify a root cause(s) of a problem

During PI Planning, who owns the planning of Stories into Iterations?

Agile Teams

Effective Scrum Masters apply which coaching behavior?

They encourage the team to learn from their mistakes

Which statement is true about scrum?

It is a team-based framework

Basis for most team conflicts?

Assumptions that have not been discussed

During PI Planning, which two tasks are part of the Scrum Master’s role in the first team breakout?

  1. Manage the timebox;
  2. Facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies;

Who can change the backlog during an Iteration?

Agile Team

In SAFe, who owns the decision for releasing changes into production?

Product Management

What is the purpose of the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle as applied to Iterations?

To provide a regular, predictable development cadence to produce an increment of value

Which demo is performed in the IP Iteration?

The PI System Demo

Participating in PI Planning enables teams to gain

  1. alignment
  2. commitment around a clear set of PI objectives

The business must depend on the team for what in order to do any meaningful planning?

Commitment to the plan

Which type of Enabler does a System Architect review during a System Demo?

Enabler Features

Reason why some teams never reach Stage 4 (Performing) in the stages of high performing teams?

Because no one guides them

What are two good Scrum Master facilitation practices? (Choose two.)

  1. Create an environment of safety so that everyone feels comfortable contributing to the discussion
  2. Ensure all voices are heard

What are two common PI Planning anti-patterns? (Choose two.)

  1. Too much time is spent analyzing each Story
  2. Scrum Masters who work with multiple teams do not have time for their teams