Post SAFe Quiz

Which statements describe an Agile Release Train (2 possible answers)

• It is used to describe large system behaviors that fulfill customer needs

• It shows the deliverables for the committed PI & visibility into the next 2 Pis

• It is a long-lived, self-organizing, virtual organization of 5-12 agile teams that plan, commit & execute together

• It is the primary value delivery construct in the SAFe model

What are Roles on the Agile Release Train? (check all you consider)

• Release Train Engineer

• Scrum Master

• Product Management

• Super QA manager

• Business Owner

Product Management is responsible for “What gets Built” as defined by the Vision, Roadmap & What else

• Key Stakeholders

• Customers

• PI Planning

• Program Backlog

What does a Program Board help teams to identify ?

• Velocity in achieving value

• Bottleneck to the flow of value

• Program predictability

• Dependencies between teams

What is something an Agile team would develop

• Firmware

• Workflow steps

• Program Increment (PI) Objectives

• Work breakdown structures

What is an important outcome of the Inspect & Adapt workshop ?

• Identify improvement items for the next PI

• Analyze & improve Program Epics

• Identify all out-of-scope work

• Agree on what will be committed to in the the next PI

What are the 3 levels of the Scaled Agile Framework?

• Epic, Feature, Story

• Team, Program, Value Stream

• Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio

• Integration, Deployment, Release

What is the role of the Agile Release Train Engineer ?

• To ensure the technical integrity of all development in the Agile release train

• To coach teams to improve their results

• To serve as the Scrum master for the Agile Release Train

• To serve as the content authority at the program level

Which activity is key to successfully implementing the Scaled Agile framework

• Use the innovation iteration instead of the PI planning process

• Use a cadence-based PI planning process

• Replace the PI Planning process with the Inspect & Adapt workshop when possible

• Remove blocks such as Portfolio estimation

What are the SAFe Core Values

• Built-in quality, Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency

• Quality, Feedback, Alignment, Trust

• Commitment, Competency, Collocation, Culture

• People & Culture, Transparency, Collaboration, Respond to change