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What are two main reasons why the program predictability measure is important? (Choose two.)
● It focuses the Agile Release Train on predictable value delivery
● It demonstrates the need to fix the scope at the beginning of the Program Increment (PI)
● It identifies under-performing teams
● It indicates whether the Solution is ready to be released
● It allows the business and other stakeholders to plan effectively
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Which role should the Release Train Engineer play related to a hackathon event?
● Ensure the teams have allocated story points in the Innovation and Planning Iteration
during the Program Increment to account for the effort
● Allow the teams as much flexibility as possible to promote innovation
● Work with development leaders to make sure they give clear and detailed guidance to
the developers on what is expected
● Get approval for work to be done in the hackathon
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Why is it important for the RTE to understand Tuckman's group dynamic stages?
● Tuckman helps to better understand Team and ART topologies
● The Tuckman dynamic nature of the stages requires that we assume variability and
preserve options
● The Tuckman four stages should be reflected in the design of the Program Kanban
● An ART is a team of teams and will likely also progress through the Tuckman stages
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What best describes what stream-aligned teams do?
● Promote better flow of communications between leadership, trains, and teams
● Use process-mapping to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks
● Analyze value streams and transform them using lean-agile principles
● Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
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Several Scrum Masters seem to be deadlocked in a disagreement on what to do about a shared
issue. What is an appropriate coaching technique for the RTE to use?
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Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities
Bringing fresh emphasis to lean-agile's respect for people and culture
Driving an empirical assessment of the problem using metrics
Being the final "decision making authority" once all views have been heard
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What is a key characteristic lean-agile leaders need to have when implementing SAFe?
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Keeping roadmaps to no more than a single PI
Ensuring compliance with process standards
Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles, and practices
Emphasizing the enterprise objectives and KPIs
7 /60
The Agile Release Train (ART) is near the end of the final Iteration of their first Program
Increment. Integration into staging is more challenging than estimated. They add a week to the
Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration for integration and testing. Why is this a bad idea?
● It substantially decreases the predictability of the Solution Intent
● It decreases job satisfaction by removing autonomy and purpose
● Overall train velocity goes up and the time-to- market goes down
● It reduces the overall predictability established through cadence and synchronization
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What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?
● Measuring lead time for all work in progress
● Visualizing the flow of all work and track progress of individual items
● Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and business value realization
● Modeling overall process flow during value stream identification
9 /60
Which SAFe core value creates an environment where facts are always friendly?
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● Innovation
● Respect for People and Culture
● Transparency
● Flow
10 /60
At the end of day two of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event, the team's final plan review
covers what information?
● Team Features, Stories, and team-level enablers
● Changes to capacity and load, final PI objectives, program risks and impediments
● Changes to iteration goals, measured velocity, and dependencies
● Planned Features, uncommitted objectives, and ROAMed risks
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During the management review and problem-solving meeting, one team raises the risk of not
finishing a Feature before the end of the Program Increment (PI) How can the management team
help ensure they complete the Feature within the PI?
● Negotiate a reduction in scope of the Feature
● Use buffer resources as a guard band
● Redefine the definition of done for Features
● ROAM the risk appropriately
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How can a Release Train Engineer be aware of employee satisfaction?
● Gather employee Metrics immediately after the Agile Release Train launches
● Address and resolve any problems areas
● Conduct an employee Net Promoter Score survey
● Survey full-time employees
13 /60
Which core competency describes the ability to deliver continuous value?
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● Agile Product Delivery
● Organizational Agility
● Business Agility
● Lean Portfolio Management
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What are two benefits of having a team definition of done? (Choose two.)
● To measure the team's capacity to load ratio
● To improve quality
● To increase predictability
● To gauge team predictability
● To collect team performance Metrics
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Which statement is true about the retrospective and problem-solving part of the Inspect and
Adapt workshop?
● Encourage teams to sit together during the retrospective portion to ensure an effective
outcome
● The improvement backlog items resulting from the problem-solving workshop should be
items that only leadership can address
● Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including Business Owners, Customers, and
management can participate along with the teams
● The Release Train Engineer gathers the list of problems to be solved during the final scrum
of scrums of the Program Increment (PI)
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At which two stages will the Agile Release Train (ART) act as a one-team culture? (Choose two.)
● Norming - Teams begin to form communities
● Storming - Fostering continuous improvement
● Collaborating - Pairing and sharing across the ART
● Forming - The leaders will start to emerge
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● Performing - Creating a flow of knowledge across the teams and the ART
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Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures that
demotivate employees?
● Product Management
● Business Owners
● Lean-Agile Leaders
● Portfolio Managers
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Which two actions can the Release Train Engineer take to facilitate team growth? (Choose two.)
● Ensure time is allocated for innovation and planning
● Encourage continuous learning
● Encourage skill specialization
● Facilitate conflict
● Provide a team vision
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What should the Release Train Engineer do during the final plan review on Day two of Program
Increment (PI) Planning?
● Verify that each team's uncommitted objectives have lower business value than the
committed PI Objectives in order to reflect proper prioritization
● Encourage discussion of each team's product Vision as part of the final plan review
● Facilitate the ROAMing of each team's risks
● Facilitate all teams when they are presenting their final plans to the entire Agile Release
Train
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What can occur as a result of not having an Innovation and Planning Iteration?
● Bottlenecks can be hard to identify and resolve
● Teams can have no time for fixing bugs
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● Delivery can be stifled incrementally
● Technical debt can grow uncontrollably
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What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program Increment
(PI) Planning event?
● Overprepare for PI Planning
● Skip the Inspect and Adapt event
● Include inexperienced team members
● Start the Agile Release Train without a System Team in place
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In addition to Innovation and Planning, what else does the IP Iteration provide time for?
● Building in quality and compliance
● An opportunity to integrate and perform end-to- end testing
● Additional planned work
● An estimating guard band
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What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program Increment (PI)
Planning meeting?
● Allocate time in the scrum of scrums meeting for Product Management to socialize with
the teams the Features for the upcoming PI
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● Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the Program
Backlog
● Ensure that at least 30% of the Program Backlog is allocated to Enabler Features
● Provide approval and sign-off for draft Team Backlogs
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What is one primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer?
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● Eliminate impediments
● Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
● Manage and optimize the Release on Demand process
● Support the Product Owner
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What are two purposes of the System Demo? (Choose two.)
● To exercise the performance of the staging area
● To conduct the Inspect and Adapt workshop
● To demonstrate the full solution in a productionlike context
● To demonstrate a team's build
● To get feedback from the primary stakeholders
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Which two key skills does a Release Train Engineer bring to economic prioritization? (Choose
two.)
● Coordinate Lean Portfolio Management by providing feedback for cost of delay factors
● Do research and data collection for cost of delay factors
● Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
● Determine job size by surveying Scrum Masters of impacted teams
● Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
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Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two)
● Scrum Masters
● Release Managemen
● Product Owners
● Product Management
● System Architects/Engineers
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29 /60
How does a Release Train Engineer view the role of functional managers on the Agile Release
Train?
● As decision makers
● As problem solvers
● As developers of people
● As a content authority for work
30 /60
Which behavior exemplifies servant leadership?
● Ensuring appropriate justice is served if things go wrong
● Creating an environment of mutual influence
● Protecting the teams and train from negative reviews
● Looking out for the interests of customers and stakeholders
31 /60
An Agile Release Train (ART) is frequently discovering compatibility issues between the
developed Solution and the Enterprise information architecture. What can the Release Train
Engineer do to prevent this from occurring?
● Add data Architects onto the ART
● Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI) Planning
● Conduct the entire data architecture design upfront
● Develop more detailed Feature definitions
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Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role? (Choose two.)
● Coach leaders to increase alignment
● Encourage teams to self-organize
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● Drive teams to specific outcomes
● Provide answers about Features
● Manage dependencies for teams
33 /60
What are three actions to take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture? (Choose three.)
● Purchase a CI tool
● Secure senior leadership support before starting CI
● Follow up with CI ceremonies
● Integrate often
● Make integration results visible
● Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
34 /60
Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility includes aligning strategy with execution?
● Lean-Agile Leadership
● Lean Portfolio Management
● Agile Product Delivery
● Organizational Agility
35 /60
What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a Program board?
● Problem solving
● Dependency review
● Feature delivery
● Program predictability
36 /60
Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment Calendar?
● To ensure that key ceremonies don't conflict with non-SAFe ceremonies
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● To know the cycle time between important team and train events
● To create a BVIR of the important team and ART milestones
● To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
37 /60
Program Increment (PI) Planning is a major event that requires preparation, coordination, and
communication. What are two key areas a Release Train Engineer should focus on to support a
successful PI Planning event? (Choose two.)
● Operational readiness - Facilitating PI events such as scrum of scrums, Iteration Planning,
and System Demo
● Architectural readiness - Defining the Architectural Runway
● Facilities readiness - Space and logistics for the event
● Process readiness - The operational rhythm that enables SAFe governance
● Organizational readiness - Strategic alignment; roles, teams, and train setup
38 /60
Which statement is true about the definition of done (DoD)?
● The DoD should evolve as system capabilities evolve
● The teams share one common DoD
● At the higher levels there is only one DoD for everything that passes through the Agile
Release Train to a Solution increment or a release
● The DoD is not used by the teams because it is used as a method to manage technical
debt across the ART
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What is the most accurate definition of DevOps?
● A mindset, culture, and set of technical practices that emphasizes close cooperation to
provide value to the Customer
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● A set of tools and processes that govern how code is deployed
● A process that provides visibility to impediments between writing code and delivering
value
● A method that ensures Operations works with Development every day to deliver value
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What are the three key items communicated on the Program Board? (Choose three.)
● Feature delivery dates
● Milestones
● Program risks
● Team velocity
● PI Objectives
● Dependencies between teams
41 /60
Which of the following is true of Iteration Goals in SAFe?
● They describe the value of planned Features and Enablers
● They provide quantifiable metrics to be used in retrospectives
● They enable teams to keep aligned with PI objectives
● They provide KPIs for tracking progress and value realization
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Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program Increment (PI)
Planning?
● The Release Train Engineer (RTE) combines all Team PI Objectives into Program PI
Objectives
● All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
● Business Owners assign business value without team discussion so they can normalize
business value across all teams on the Agile Release Train
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● The RTE modifies the PI Iteration schedule, if needed, based on the scope of high priority
Features
43 /60
Which of the following is true about the ART sync event?
● It is a combination of PO-sync and Scrum of Scrums events
● It is run after PO-sync and Scrum of Scrum events
● It occurs during the Innovation and Planning iteration
● Attendance by the entire ART is important
44 /60
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) learns the teams feel the business value does not reflect the
effort and progress. What are two ways the RTE can provide a better understanding of what the
teams have created? (Choose two.)
● Educate teams that business value provides the Enterprise with a Metric of how fast the
team executed work during the PI
● Coach the Business Owner's review of objectives to see that scoring is against the specific
details negotiated with the team during PI Planning
● Work with the team to ensure they are actively involved when the Business Owners score
the business value achieved
● Publish the team business values and coach teams that these values are for tracking each
Agile Release Train deliverable
● Illustrate the linkage between business values and the market communications/release
objectives tied to the three to six month Enterprise strategy
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Some teams are having difficulty identifying where they might make process improvements. How
might a RTE support them?
● Encourage the team to perform regular self assessments and discuss findings
● Observe the team's ceremonies and share observations
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● Run longer I&A meetings to brainstorm improvement items
● Conduct a survey to identify the worst problems the team is having
46 /60
When planning for a distributed Program Increment (PI) Planning event with a large difference in
time zones, what are two key preparation and facilitation focus areas for a Release Train Engineer
(RTE)? (Choose two.)
● Split up the PI Planning event per time zone and then have the final plan review,
confidence vote, and planning retrospective as one centralized meeting
● Adjust the PI agenda to 2.5 - 3 days, allowing for overlapping hours
● Arrange and test presentation audio and video connectivity in all locations
● Have a single RTE and technical support person that acts as a central point of
communication for all locations
Share the outcomes of preparation meetings with local Scrum Masters so they can arrange local
rooms
47 /60
A group of developers, Scrums Masters, and Product Owners are interested in sharing knowledge
and learning more about DevOps concepts. How can the Release Train Engineer help them
collaborate to gain knowledge about DevOps?
● Schedule a DevOps bi-weekly synchronization
● Align them with the System Team
● Help them launch a DevOps community of practice
● Provide Devops training
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Which SAFe Core Competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppliers?
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Lean Portfolio Management
Business Agility
Measure and Grow
Enterprise Solution Delivery
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What might an RTE do to embrace relentless improvement and a growth mindset as an
individual?
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Use personal gemba to find useful improvements
Frequently execute the SAFe individual self-assessment
Identify personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
Establish personal KPIs to be able to quantify progress
50 /60
What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer during Program Increment (PI)
execution? (Choose two.)
● To direct the management of the communities of practice
● To make decisions on resource issues for critical bottlenecks
● To facilitate the System Demo
● To formulate and direct decisions on risks
● To escalate and track impediments
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Which SAFe Core Competency requires exemplifying the principles and values of lean-agile?
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Agile Product Delivery
Lean-Agile Leadership
Continuous Learning Culture
Organizational Agility
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Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams during the
current Program Increment (PI)?
● Teams can help support overall product integrity and facilitate working agreements
during PI Planning
● Teams can establish face-to-face communication across all team members and
stakeholders
● Teams can review the Features and Enablers so they have an understanding of the
Roadmap for the next PI
● Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System
● Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments, and knowledge building
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How can a Release Train Engineer help unlock intrinsic motivation?
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Practice healthy conflict resolution between teams and team members
Give tough feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
Emphasize participation from senior leadership to expedite decisions
Establish good incentives for aligning with the enterprise's goals
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Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the upcoming
Program Increment (PI) meeting. What should Product Management use as the denominator of
the weighted shortest job first calculation?
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The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
The actual business value of each Feature
Job size based on relative estimation
Feature size expressed in story points
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In systems thinking, value of a system passes through its what?
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Interdependencies
Integrations
Interconnections
Interactions
56 /60
The Release Train Engineer ensures that Business Owners assign business value to what during
Program Increment (PI) Planning?
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Stories
Features
Program-level PI Objectives
Team-level PI Objectives
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Which statement is true about using a Program Kanban system?
● WIP limits are used to provide any needed buffers
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● The board tracks features, dependencies, and milestones
● Work is pushed through the Kanban to ensure train capacity is utilized
● All work is visualized, progress is continually tracked
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What are two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration? (Choose
two.)
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Shorter lead times before Feature delivery
Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
Higher flow of program-level business value
Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
Improved dependency management between teams
59 /60
Which tool is typically not used during the problem solving workshop?
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Pareto analysis
Fishbone diagram
Modified Fibonacci
Dot voting
60 /60
Which two activities take place during Team Breakout #1 on the first day of Program Increment
(PI) Planning? (Choose two.)
● Teams use color-coding for their backlog items as a reminder that they are required to
have all backlog item types on their planning boards
● All teams' planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding
● Draft objectives are written but do not include exploration Enablers
● Draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
● Risks on the teams' planning boards are resolved by the Release Train Engineer
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What is one benefit of Program Increment (PI) Planning?
● It provides the opportunity to fully define the system architecture
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● It builds the social network on which the ART depends
● It helps define Program Management Review agenda
● It creates the Vision and Roadmap
What might an RTE do to embrace relentless improvement and a growth mindset as an
individual?
● A. Identify personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
● B. Frequently execute the SAFe individual self-assessment
● C. Use personal gemba to find useful improvements
● D. Establish personal KPIs to be able to quantify progress
In addition to adopting and exhibiting a new mindset, which core competency also supports
teaching the skill set necessary to practice the goal of delivering value?
● Lean-Agile Principles
● SAFe House of Lean
● Lean-Agile Leadership
● Lean Portfolio Management
What occurs when leaders create an environment for risk-taking that supports change without
fear of negative consequences to self-image, status, or career?
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Alignment
Emotional intelligence
Decentralized decision-making
Psychological safety
Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the upcoming
Program Increment (PI) meeting. What should Product Management use as the denominator of
the weighted shortest job first calculation?
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The T-short sizes for each of the Features
The actual business value of each Feature
Job size based on relative estimation
Feature size expressed in story points
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Which SAFe core value creates an environment where facts are always friendly?
● Flow
● Innovation
● Respect for People and Culture
● Transparency
How does a Release Train Engineer view the role of functional managers on the Agile Release
Train?
● As a content authority for work
● As decision makers
● As developers of people
● As problem solvers
Which core competency describes the ability to deliver continuous value?
● Lean Portfolio Management
● Enterprise Solution Delivery
● Agile Product Delivery
● Business Agility
Which SAFe core competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppliers? (5.1)
● Business Agility
● Measure and Grow
● Enterprise Solution Delivery
● Lean Portfolio Management
Which of the core competencies of business agility includes aligning strategy with execution?
● Lean-Agile Leadership
● Agile Product Delivery
● Organizational Agility
● Lean Portfolio Management
Which SAFe core competency requires exemplifying the principles and values of lean-agile?
● Continuous Learning Culture
● Organizational Agility
● Agile Product Delivery
● Lean-Agile Leadership
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Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures that
demotivate employees?
● Business Owners
● Product Management
● Portfolio Managers
● Lean-Agile Leaders
What is one primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer?
● Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
● Support the Product Owner
● Manage and optimize the Release on Demand process
● Eliminate impediments
What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer during Program Increment (PI)
execution? (Choose two.)
● To make decisions on resource issues for critical bottlenecks
● To direct the management of the communities of practice
● To facilitate the System Demo
● To formulate and direct decisions on risks
● To escalate and track impediments
Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role? (Choose two.)
● Manage dependencies for teams
● Provide answers about Features
● Encourage teams to self-organize
● Coach leaders to increase alignment
● Drive teams to specific outcomes
In system thinking, value of a system passes through its what? (5.1)
● Interactions
● Interdependencies
● Interconnections
● Integrations
How can a Release Train Engineer help unlock intrinsic motivation?
● - Give tough feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
● - Establish good incentives for aligning with the enterprise's goals
● - Emphasize participation from senior leadership to expedite decisions
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● - Practice healthy conflict resolutions between teams and team members
Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment Calendar?
● - To create a BVIR of the important teams ART milestones
● - To know the cycle time between important team and train events
● - To ensure the key ceremonies don't conflict with non-SAFe ceremonies
● - To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
What best describes what stream-aligned teams do?
● - Analyze value streams and transform them using lean-agile principles
● - Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
● - Promote better flow of communications between leadership, trains and teams
● - Use process-mapping to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks.
Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two.)
Product owners
● Scrum masters
● Product Management
● Release Management
● System Architects/Engineers
Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the upcoming
planning meeting.
What should Product Management use as the denominator of the weighted shortest job first
calculation?
● Job size based on relative estimation
● The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
● Feature size expressed in story points
● The actual business value of each feature
Which
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two key skills does a Release Train Engineer bring to economic prioritization? (Choose
Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
Coordinate Lean Portfolio Management by providing feedback for cost of delay factors
Determine job size by surveying Scrum Masters of impacted teams
Do research and data collection for cost of delay factors
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What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program Increment (PI)
Planning meeting?
● Provide approval and sign-off for draft Team Backlogs
● Allocate time in the scrum of scrums meeting for Product Management to socialize with
the teams the Features for the upcoming PI
● Ensure that at least 30% of the Program Backlog is allocated to Enabler Features
● Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the Program
Backlog
Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams during the
current Program Increment (PI)?
● - Teams can establish face-to-face communication across all team members and
stakeholders
● - Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments, and
knowledge building
● - Teams can help support overall product integrity and facilitate working agreements
during PI Planning
● - Teams can review the Features and Enablers at the start of PI Planning, so they have an
understanding of the Roadmap for the next PI
What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program Increment
(PI) Planning event?
● Overprepare for PI Planning
● Start the Agile Release Train without a System Team in place
● Include inexperienced team members
● Skip the Inspect and Adapt event
Program Increment (PI) Planning is a major event that requires preparation, coordination, and
communication. What are two key areas a Release Train Engineer should focus on to support a
successful PI Planning event? (Choose two.)
● - Operational readiness - Facilitating PI events such as scrum of scrums, Iteration Planning,
and System Demo
● - Architectural readiness - Defining the Architectural Runway
● Facilities readiness - Space and logistics for the event
● - Organizational readiness - Strategic alignment; roles, teams, and train setup
● - Process readiness - The operational rhythm that enables SAFe governance
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An Agile Release Train (ART) is frequently discovering compatibility issues between the
developed Solution and the Enterprise information architecture. What can the Release Train
Engineer do to prevent this from occurring?
● Conduct the entire data architecture design upfront
● Develop more detailed Feature definitions
● Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI) Planning
● Add data Architects onto the ART
Which two activities take place during Team Breakout #1 on the first day of Program Increment
(PI) Planning? (Choose two.)
● - Draft objectives are written but do not include exploration Enablers
● - All teams' planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding
● - Teams use color-coding for their backlog items as a reminder that they are required to
have all backlog item types on their planning boards
● - Risks on the teams' planning boards are resolved by the Release Train Engineer
● - Draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a program board?
● Problem solving
● Program predictability
● Feature delivery
● Dependency review
What are the three key items communicated on the Program Board? (Choose three.)
● PI Objectives
● Program risks
● Team velocity
● Feature delivery dates
● Dependencies between teams
● Milestones
During the management review and problem-solving meeting, one team raises the risk of not
finishing a Feature before the end of the program increment (PI). how can the management team
help ensure they complete the feature within the PI?
● Negotiate a reduction in scope of the feature
● ROAM the risk appropriately
● Use buffer resources as a guard band
● Redefine the definition of done for feature
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Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program Increment (PI)
Planning?
● - The Release Train Engineer (RTE) modifies the PI Iteration schedule, if needed, based on
the scope of high priority Features
● - The Release Train Engineer (RTE) combines all Team PI Objectives into Program PI
Objectives
● - All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
● - Business Owners assign business value without team discussion so they can normalize
business value across all teams on the Agile Release Train
● All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) learns the teams feel the business value does not reflect the
effort and progress.
What are two ways the RTE can provide a better understanding of what the teams have created?
(Choose two.)
● - Coach the Business Owner's review of objectives to see that scoring is against the specific
details negotiated with the team during PI Planning
● - Work with the team to ensure they are actively involved when the Business Owners
score the business value achieved
● - Educate teams that business value provides the Enterprise with a Metric of how fast the
team executed work during the PI
● - Publish the team business values and coach teams that these values are for tracking
each Agile Release Train deliverable
● - Illustrate the linkage between business values and the market communications/release
objectives tied to the three to six month Enterprise strategy
Work with the team to ensure they are actively involved when the Business Owners score the
business value achieved
The Release Train Engineer ensures that Business Owners assign business value to what during
Program Increment (PI) Planning?
● Team-level PI Objectives
● Features
● Program-level PI Objectives
● Stories
What should the Release Train Engineer do during the final plan review on Day two of Program
Increment (PI) Planning?
● - Facilitate the ROAMing of each team's risks
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● - Verify that each team's uncommitted objectives have lower business value than the
committed PI Objectives in order to reflect proper prioritization
● - Facilitate all teams when they are presenting their final plans to the entire Agile Release
Train
● - Encourage discussion of each team's product Vision as part of the final plan review
At the end of day two of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event, the team's final plan review
covers what information?
● - Changes to capacity and load, Final PI Objectives, Program risks and impediments
● - Changes to iteration goals, measured velocity, and dependencies
● - Planned features, uncommitted objectives, and ROAMed risks
● - Team features, stories and Team-level enablers
When planning for a distributed Program Increment (PI) Planning event with a large difference in
time zones, what are two key preparation and facilitation focus areas for a Release Train Engineer
(RTE)? (Choose two.)
● - Share the outcomes of preparation meetings with local Scrum Masters so they can
arrange local rooms
● - Have a single RTE and technical support person that acts as a central point of
communication for all locations
● - Arrange and test presentation audio and video connectivity in all locations
● - Split up the PI Planning event per time zone and then have the final plan review,
confidence vote, and planning retrospective as one centralized meeting
● - Adjust the PI agenda to 2.5 - 3 days, allowing for overlapping hours
Which of the following is true of iteration goals in SAFe?
● - They enable teams to keep aligned with PI objectives
● - They describe the value of planned Features and Enablers
● - They provide quantifiable metrics to be used in retrospectives
● - They provide KPIs for tracking progress and value realization
Which two roles should facilitate an ART sync? (Choose two.)You have reached the max number
of allowed answers
● Product Management
● Product Owner
● Epic Owner
● Release Train Engineer
Scrum Master
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Which of the following is true about the ART sync event?
● It is a combination of PO-synch and Scrum of scrum events
● It occurs during the innovation and planning iteration
● Attendance by the entire ART is important
● It is run after PO-sync and Scrum of scrum events
What are two purposes of the System Demo? (Choose two.)
● - To demonstrate a team's build
● - To demonstrate the full solution in a production-like context
● - To exercise the performance of the staging area
● - To get feedback from the primary stakeholders
● - To conduct the Inspect and Adapt workshop
Which statement is true about using a Program Kanban system?
● All work are visualized, progress is continually tracked
● The board tracks features, dependencies and milestones
● Work is pushed through the Kanban to ensure train capacity is utilized
● WIP limits are used to provide any needed buffers
What are the two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?
(Choose two.) (5.1)
● - Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
● - Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
● - Shorter lead times before Feature delivery
● - Improved dependency management between teams
● - Higher flow of program-level business value
In addition to Innovation and Planning, what else does the IP iteration provide time for?
Building in quality and compliance
● An estimating guard band
● Additional planned work
● An opportunity to integrate and perform end-to-end testing
Which role should the Release Train Engineer play related to a hackathon event?
● Allow the teams as much flexibility as possible to promote innovation
● Work with development leaders to make sure they give clear and detailed guidance to
the developers on what is expected
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● Ensure the teams have allocated story points in the Innovation and Planning Iteration
during the Program Increment to account for the effort
● Get approval for work to be done in the hackathon
The Agile Release Train (ART) team is near the end of the final Iteration of their first Program
Increment. Integration into the staging environment is more challenging than estimated.
They add a week to the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration for integration and testing. Why is
this a bad idea?
● - It decreases job satisfaction by removing autonomy and purpose
● - Overall train velocity goes up and the time-to-market goes down
● - It reduces the overall predictability established through cadence and synchronization
● - It substantially decreases the predictability of the Solution Intent
What can occur as a result of not having an Innovation and Planning Iteration?
● Technical debt can grow uncontrollably
● Teams can have no time for fixing bugs
● Bottlenecks can be hard to identify and resolve
● Delivery can be stifled incrementally
Which two actions can the Release Train Engineer take to facilitate team growth? (Choose two.)
Encourage continuous learning
● Ensure time is allocated for innovation and planning
● Facilitate conflict
● Encourage skill specialization
● Provide a team vision
What is the most accurate definition of DevOps?
● - A mindset, culture, and set of technical practices that emphasizes close cooperation to
provide value to the Customer
● - A method that ensures Operations works with Development every day to deliver value
● - A set of tools and processes that govern how code is deployed
● - A process that provides visibility to impediments between writing code and delivering
value
A group of developers, Scrums Masters, and Product Owners from an Agile Release Train have
expressed interest in sharing knowledge and learning more about DevOps concepts.
How can the Release Train Engineer help them collaborate to gain knowledge about DevOps?
● Align them with the System Team
● Provide Devops training
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● Help them launch a DevOps community of practice
● Schedule a DevOps bi-weekly synchronization
What are three actions to take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture? (Choose three.)
Secure senior leadership support before starting CI
● Purchase a CI tool
● Follow up with CI ceremonies
● Integrate often
● Make integration results visible
● Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
Which statement is true about the definition of done (DoD)?
● - The DoD should evolve as system capabilities evolve
● - The DoD is not used by the teams because it is used as a method to manage technical
debt across the ART
● - At the higher levels there is only one DoD for everything that passes through the Agile
Release Train to a Solution increment or a release
● - The teams share one common DoD
What are two benefits of having a team definition of done? (Choose two.)
● To improve quality
● To gauge team predictability
● To measure the team's capacity to load ratio
● To collect team performance Metrics
● To increase predictability
Which statement is true about the retrospective and problem-solving part of the Inspect and
Adapt workshop?
● - The Release Train Engineer gathers the list of problems to be solved during the final
scrum of scrums of the Program Increment (PI)
● - Encourage teams to sit together during the retrospective portion to ensure an effective
outcome
● - Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including Business Owners, Customers, and
management can participate along with the teams
● - The improvement backlog items resulting from the problem-solving workshop should be
items that only leadership can address
What are two main reasons why the program predictability measure is important? (Choose two.)
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●
●
●
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- It focuses the Agile Release Train on predictable value delivery
- It allows the business and other stakeholders to plan effectively
- It demonstrates the need to fix the scope at the beginning of the Program Increment (PI)
- It indicates whether the Solution is ready to be released
- It identifies under-performing teams
Which tool is typically not used during the problem solving workshop?
● Modified Fibonacci
● Fishbone diagram
● Dot voting
● Pareto analysis
Some teams are having difficulty identifying where they might make process improvements. How
might the RTE support them?
● - Run longer I&A meetings to brainstorm improvement items
● - Observe the team's ceremonies and share observations
● - Conduct a survey to identify the worst problems the team is having
● - Encourage the team to perform regular self-assessments and discuss findings.
What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?
● - Modelling overall process flow during value stream identification
● - Measuring lead time for all work in progress
● - Visualizing the flow of all work and track progress of individual items
● - Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and business value realization
Which behaviour exemplifies servant leadership? (5.1)
● - Create an environment of mutual influence
● - Looking out for the interests of customers and stakeholders
● - Ensuring appropriate justice is served if things go wrong
● - Protecting the teams and train from negative reviews
At which two stages will the Agile Release Train (ART) act as a one-team culture? (Choose two.)
● Forming - The leaders will start to emerge
● Norming - Teams begin to form communities
● Performing - Creating a flow of knowledge across the teams and the ART
● Storming - Fostering continuous improvement
● Collaborating - Pairing and sharing across the ART
Why is it important for the RTE to understand Tuckman's group dynamic stages?
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● - Tuckman helps to better understand team and ART topologies
● - The Tuckman dynamic nature of the stages requires that we assume variability and
preserve options
● - The Tuckman four stages should be reflected in the design of the program Kanban.
● - An ART is a team of teams and will likely also progress through the Tuckman stages.
Several scrum masters seem to be deadlocked in a disagreement on what to do about a shared
issue. What is an appropriate coaching technique for the RTE to use?
● - Bringing fresh emphasis to lean-agile's respect for people and culture.
● - Driving an empirical assessment of the problem using metrics
● - Being the final "decision making authority" once all views have been heard
● - Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities.
How can a Release Train Engineer be aware of employee satisfaction?
● - Gather employee Metrics immediately after the Agile Release Train launches
● - Address and resolve any problems areas
● - Conduct an employee Net Promoter Score survey
● - Survey full-time employees
What might an RTE do to embrace relentless improvement and a growth mindset as an
individual?
● - Identify personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
● - Use personal gemba to find useful improvements
● - Frequently execute the SAFe individual self assessment
● - Establish personal KPIs to be able to quantify progress
What is a key characteristic lean-agile leaders need to have when implementing SAFe?
● Keeping roadmaps to no more than a single PI
● Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles and practices
● Ensuring compliance with process standards
● Emphasizing the enterprise objectives and KPIs
What encourages lifelong learning behavior?
● Sharing learnings and knowledge
● Applying the SAFe Implementation Roadmap
● Establishing a sense of urgency
● Identifying skill gaps
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During the Agile Release Train (ART) kickoff session, Operations raises a concern that they are
already spread very thin and have no time to collaborate with all the teams on the ART.
What should the Release Train Engineer recommend to discover bottlenecks and provide
governance for Operations' engagement?
● Visualize the deployment pipeline requests through a Kanban system
● Have the Operations staff sit within the team areas
● Ensure all DevOps practitioners attend Leading SAFe training
● Abstract platform/infrastructure requests from build/deploy requests
The servant leadership role of the Release Train Engineer is very important and can be described
by which statement?
● Assurance of value delivery
● Support teams' commitments and fix problems for them
● Facilitates PI Planning
● Coach by asking questions and articulating facts rather than using authority
Why should the Release Train Engineer encourage lifelong learning?
● To motivate team members to form as a team
● To evolve the system
● To increase team velocity
● To decentralize decision making
What is an effective method for finding the root cause of a problem?
● Conduct empathy interviews
● Perform a team retrospective
● Perform a 5 Whys on the problem
● Engage Business Owners
Migrating component teams to feature teams on an Agile Release Train can be enabled by which
action?
● Creating a business case to support the migration
● Encouraging the System Architect and Product Management to share roles
● Combining the testers into one team
● Carefully rotating team members between different component teams to spread the
knowledge
A Scrum Master reports that the team feels like it is doing fine and would rather focus on work
than waste time coming up with and implementing improvement ideas.
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The team has recently had trouble meeting their Iteration commitments, so the Scrum Master
knows the team can do better. The Scrum Master asks the Release Train Engineer (RTE) for help.
What might the RTE suggest as a first step?
● Dedicate additional meeting time to brainstorm improvement items
● Observe the team's daily stand-ups and have a meet-after about the importance of
relentless improvement
● Review team Metrics with the Scrum Master and look for specific improvement areas that
can be shared with the team
● Arrange for an external coach for the team to help them improve
In addition to adopting and exhibiting a new mindset, which core competency also supports
teaching the skill set necessary to practice the goal of delivering value?
● Lean-Agile Principles
● SAFe House of Lean
● Lean Portfolio Management
● Lean-Agile Leadership
What is a Release Train Engineer anti-pattern behavior during the scrum of scrums or PO sync
meetings?
● Ignoring emotion and focusing on content
● Ensuring compliance items are addressed
● Resolving impediments
● Expressing positive feelings and praise
What value do Iteration Goals provide in SAFe?
● Clarity, commitment, and transparency
● Provides a list of planned stories
● Better understanding of the sequencing of the team's backlogs
● Creates the near-term focus and vision
How does the Release Train Engineer help develop the Agile Release Train (ART) over time?
Analyze the velocity trend
● Create an ART improvement Roadmap
● Facilitate post-PI Planning
● Conduct a retrospective
What are the two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?
(Choose two.)
● - Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
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- Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
- Shorter lead times before Feature delivery
- Improved dependency management between teams
- Higher flow of program-level business value
A Release Train Engineer primarily establishes a relationship with...
A Release Train Engineer primarily establishes a relationship with which two roles? (Choose two.)
·
System Architect/Engineer
·
Agile Team
·
Release management
·
Internal stakeholders
·
Product Management
What are two ways to ensure facility readiness when preparing for the Program Increment (PI)
Planning event? (Choose two.)
·
Secure communication channels for remote participants
·
Share business value documents
·
Print PI Objectives
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Print program boards
·
Engage audio-visual technical support
Which two actions can be taken immediately during the management review and problemsolving meeting? (Choose two.)
·
Recognize the team with the highest velocity
·
Change the business priorities
·
Change the scope
·
Combine teams to increase velocity
·
Hire new people
Which core competency describes the mindsets, culture, and practices that make flow possible?
·
Agile Product Delivery
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SAFe for Lean Enterprises
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Team and Technical Agility
·
Enterprise Solution Delivery
What can a Release Train Engineer use to support relentless improvement for the Program
Increment?
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·
·
·
·
Product Owner sync
Inspect and Adapt event
Release management meeting
Iteration retrospective
What would a Release Train Engineer do to support Milestone achievement?
·
Schedule critical reviews with senior management and external stakeholders
·
Assist with tracking and scope management
·
Report on and manage the budget
·
Assign the numbers for the actual business value achievement in the Program Increment
(PI) performance report
What are two highly effective ways Business Owners and stakeholders stay current on work that
is occurring on the Agile Release Trains? (Choose two.)
·
Attend System Demos
·
Meet weekly with the Release Train Engineer to get updates
·
Read team status reports
·
Do Gemba
·
Consult program dashboards
Which core competency helps foster faster lead time, faster recovery, fewer defects, and more
frequent deployments?
·
Team and Technical Agility
·
Lean-Agile Leadership
·
Enterprise Solution Delivery
·
Agile Product Delivery
What action should be taken by the Agile Release Train (ART) when the Release Train Engineer
(RTE) cannot facilitate the Program Increment (PI) Planning session due to unexpected
circumstances?
· Run the PI Planning session without a facilitator and rely on every person and role to perform
his/her responsibilities
·
Conduct the PI Planning session using the ART portfolio manager as the facilitator
·
Leverage the person who worked closest with the RTE during the preparation sessions as
a replacement facilitator
·
Postpone PI Planning to the next Iteration
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What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer as chief Scrum Master for the Agile
Release Train (ART)? (Choose two.)
·
Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning
·
Escalate ART impediments
·
Provide the go/no-go decision for large initiatives
·
Analyze Epics in the Portfolio Kanban
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Break down Features into Stories
During the Storming stage of Agile Release Train development and evolution, in which area
should a Release Train Engineer mentor Scrum Masters?
·
Establishing program events
·
Engineering practice improvements
·
Creating effective flow of knowledge across teams on the train
·
Conflict resolution techniques
A Release Train Engineer (RTE) would like to try a new retrospective technique at the next Inspect
and Adapt event. However, the RTE is unsure how to prepare for it and thinks there may be some
pitfalls. How could an RTE get help?
·
Share and receive feedback from other RTEs in a community of practice
· Ask leadership to decide whether or not this technique should be used with the Agile Release
Train
·
Post it in an internal communications forum and inspire others to try this technique as well
·
Start a discussion with the Architects to see how they would re-design the retrospectives
When is the Inspect and Adapt event held?
·
After the System Demo
·
During the Program Increment (PI)
·
At the end of the Program Increment (PI)
·
At the end of every Iteration
Which primary role should emphasize lifelong learning?
·
Scrum Masters
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Lean-Agile Leaders
·
Business Owners
·
Product Management
Response Summary
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1. What is the best way to foster flow of value, innovation, and apply Lean budgeting in the
Enterprise?
Coordinate all Agile Release Trains to provide feedback for cost of delay factors
Implement the Lean Portfolio core Competency
2. Which core competency best describes the critical skills of Scrum, Kanban, and the Builtin Quality practices that are needed to manage the flow of value?
Team and Technical Agility
3. Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility emphasizes a customer-centric
approach to defining, building, and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and
services? AGILE PRODUCT DELIVERY
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Lean Portfolio Management
4. Which core competency helps foster faster lead time, faster recovery, fewer defects, and
more frequent deployments?
Agile Product Delivery
5. What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer as chief Scrum Master for the
Agile
Release Train (ART)? (Choose two.)
a. Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning;Escalate ART impediments
6. What is the best way for the Release Train Engineer to show progress of work in the current
Program Increment (PI) to management?
a. Conduct a System Demo
7. Which tool can the Release Train Engineer use to visualize the flow of value?
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a. Kanban systems
8. A Release Train Engineer should build a relationship with which SAFe role in order to effectively
assign business value to a team Program Increment (PI) Objective?
a. Business Owners
9. What are two reasons why an environment of mutual influence is desirable? (Choose two.
a. It encourages transparency; It demonstrates respect for people
10. Release Train Engineers have the opportunity to regularly practice and improve which two
skills?
(Choose two.)
a. Facilitation;Servant leadership;
11. How can a Release Train Engineer support decentralized decision making?
a. Empower knowledge workers to manage their dependencies with other teams
12. Why should an RTE ensure that the SAFe principles are applied appropriately?
a. To build an understanding of why the lean-agile practices work
13. While facilitating Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness activities, the Release Train
Engineer (RTE) notices a Feature that is risky to the teams because the technology is new. Which
of the following could reduce the risk?
a. Coach the teams to create exploration Enablers
14. Which SAFe Principle is being applied when a Release Train Engineer treats Suppliers as
partners?
a. Apply systems thinking
15. What promotes alignment between the business owners and product management?
a. Prioritized Program Backlogcentricity
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1.What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?
A. Visualizing the flow of all work and track progress of individual items
B. Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and business value realization
C. Measuring lead time for all work in progress
D. Modeling overall process flow during value stream identification
Answer: D
2.What is one way to secure stakeholder commitment to the Agile Release Train?
A. Provide them a planning schedule outlining a five-year plan for development
B. Have them estimate User Stories for the teams
C. Send them the Program Increment (PI) Objectives after each PI Planning event
D. Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) Planning event
Answer: D
3.Teams are reporting a high level of success through their individual quantitative measurements,but the system results say otherwise. What should the Release Train Engineer do to
help the teams deliver more value?
A. Coach the Scrum Masters on good retrospective techniques and ensure teams are defining
and
taking a systems view approach to improvements
B. Share the quantitative measurement results with Product Management and lead-ership and
ask for
their input
C. Diagnose the differences between the measurements and the results and suggest
improvement
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items to each team
D. Work with the team that is struggling the most to discover patterns that can be ap-plied to the
other
teams
Answer: A
4.A Release Train Engineer should build a relationship with which SAFe role in order to ef-fectively
assign business value to a team Program Increment (PI) Objective?
A. Business Owners
B. Lean-Agile Leaders
C. Objective Owners
D. Solution Managers
Answer: A
5.What is the only true objective measure of an Agile Release Train?
A. System Demo
B. Scrum of scrums
C. Cumulative flow diagram
D. Team status report
Answer: A
6.How does SAFe handle the 'fear of conflict' team dysfunction?
A. Reviews results at the end of every iteration
B. Avoids discussion of disagreements
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C. Has teams engage in retrospectives
D. Uses scrum to create a safe environment for conflict
Answer: D
7.SAFe is based on four primary bodies of knowledge which include Agile development, systems
thinking, DevOps, and what type of product development?
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A. Incremental product development
B. Adaptive product development
C. Lean product development
D. Iterative product development
Answer: C
8.Enabler Epics are used to advance what in order to support upcoming Business Epics?
A. Value Stream(s)
B. The Continuous Delivery Pipeline
C. The Architectural Runway
Answer: C
9.What are three actions to take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture? (Choose three.)
A. Purchase a CI tool
B. Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
C. Secure senior leadership support before starting CI
D. Integrate often
E. Follow up with CI ceremonies
F. Make integration results visible
Answer: B,D,F
10.Why is a confidence vote held at the end of program increment (Pl) planning?
A. To build shared commitment to the plan
B. To remove the risks for the Pl
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C. To ensure the business owners accept the plan
D. To hold the teams accountable if the Agile release train (ART) does not deliver on its
commitment
Answer: A
11.During Program Increment (PI) Planning, a scrum of scrums occurs just before the draft plan
review. The Scrum Master from one team raises an issue that one of the Product Managers just
showed up to the planning area with a priority wish list of items. These items do not align with
the
Feature prioritization.
What is the most likely planning anti-pattern causing this sudden impediment?
A. There is strong alignment between business and marketing
B. Planning decisions have been centralized
C. Prioritization by Product Management was performed autonomously not collaboratively
D. There is no social network that Solution development relies on
Answer: C
12.What are two common PI Planning anti-patterns? (Choose two.)
A. Stories are created for the Iterations
B. The team decides which changes need to happen and when
C. Too much time is spent analyzing each Story
D. Scrum Masters who work with multiple teams do not have time for their teams
E. Too much time is spent prioritizing Features
Answer: C,D
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13. What is this statement describing? "Agile Teams continuously adapt to new circumstanc-es
and
enhance the methods of value delivery."
A. Continuous Improvement
B. Continuous Delivery
C. Continuous Integration
D. Continuous Deployment
Answer: A
14. What are personas?
A. Descriptions of actual target customers or users
B. Key end-users the Product Owner leverages for managing the backlog
C. Fictional representations of target customers or users
Answer: C
15.An Agile Release Train (ART) is frequently discovering compatibility issues between the
developed Solution and the Enterprise information architecture.
What can the Release Train Engineer do to prevent this from occurring?
A. Develop more detailed Feature definitions
B. Add data Architects onto the ART
C. Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI) Planning
D. Conduct the entire data architecture design upfront
Answer: C
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16.The business must depend on the team for what in order to do any meaningful planning?
A. Team capabilities
B. Commitment to the plan
C. Measurements
D. A cross-functional skill set
Answer: B
17.What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program
Increment (PI)
Planning event?
A. Skip the Inspect and Adapt event
B. Include inexperienced team members
C. Start the Agile Release Train without a System Team in place
D. Overprepare for PI Planning
Answer: D
18.When looking at a program board at the end of program increment (Pl) planning, what does
it
mean when a feature is placed in a team's swim lane with no strings?
A. That the feature can be completed by that team independently
B. That the team has not broken the feature into stories yet and has not identified dependencies
C. That it has dependencies on teams in other Agile release trains (ARTs) or Solution Trains
D. That the team has been assigned, but the feature’ uépendencies have not been identified yet
Answer: A
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19.Which SAFe Core Competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppli-ers?
A. Enterprise Solution Delivery
B. Business Agility
C. Measure and Grow
D. Lean Portfolio Management
Answer: A
20.What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a Program board?
A. Problem solving
B. Program predictability
C. Feature delivery
D. Dependency review
Answer: C
21.In SAFe, which activity is a Scrum Master's responsibility?
A. Coordinating with other teams
B. Owning the daily stand-up
C. Facilitating the Scrum of Scrums
D. Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Answer: A
22.What is a strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to mini-mize
dependencies?
A. Change the definition of done
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B. Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team
C. Reprioritize Epics
Answer: B
23.Which type of Enabler does a System Architect review during a System Demo?
A. Enabler Epics
B. Enabler Features
C. Enabler Capabilities
D. Enabler Stories
Answer: A
24.In the SAFe work item hierarchy, Features are decomposed into what?
A. Stories
B. Sub-Tasks
C. Tasks
D. Capabilities
Answer: A
25. What are two benefits of having a team definition of done? (Choose two.)
A. To measure the team's capacity to load ratio
B. To increase predictability
C. To collect team performance metrics
D. To improve quality
E. To gauge team predictability
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Answer: D,E
26.Which of the following is true of Iteration Goals in SAFe?
A. They provide KPIs for tracking progress and value realization
B. They enable teams to keep aligned with PI objectives
C. They describe the value of planned Features and Enablers
D. They provide quantifiable metrics to be used in retrospectives
Answer: B
27.Which tool can the Release Train Engineer use to visualize the flow of value?
A. Weighted shorted job first
B. Team burn-down charts
C. Velocity trend charts
D. Kanban systems
Answer: D
After an Agile Release Train's first Program Increment (PI) Planning event, what action can the
Release Train Engineer take to help optimize the Program Backlog readiness for the next PI?
A Ask Product Management and the System Architect what the new Program Back-log looks like
just before the next Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration, so social-ization can begin
B Compile all the teams' objectives from PI Planning and send out a summary report
C Coach Product Management and the System Architect to include Program Backlog refinement
into their cadence-based approach
D Ask the Lean Portfolio Management function to hold regular Epic review meetings so new Epics
will flow to the Agile Release Train
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Expose Correct Answer
Answer : C
Next Question
Question 2 While facilitating Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness activities, the Release
Train Engineer (RTE) notices a Feature that is risky to the teams because the technology is new.
Which of the following could reduce the risk?
A Ensure engineering managers are directing the development process
B Coach the teams to create exploration Enablers
C Ask for a presentation of a detailed design before the PI Planning meeting
D Make sure all the technical specifications are written before PI execution
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : B
Next Question
Question 3 What is one of the questions the Product Management team must answer in order
to create a Vision?
A Which themes are on the Roadmap
B How many Features have already been released to the Customer
C Which problem will the Solution solve
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : C
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Next Question
Question 4 Several Scrum Masters seem to be deadlocked in a disagreement on what to do
about a shared issue. What is an appropriate coaching technique for the RTE to use?
A Driving an empirical assessment of the problem using metrics
B Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities
C Being the final 'decision making authority' once all views have been heard
D Bringing fresh emphasis to lean-agile's respect for people and culture
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : B
Next Question
Question 5 A Release Train Engineer (RTE) would like to try a new retrospective technique at
the next Inspect and Adapt event. However, the RTE is unsure how to prepare for it and thinks
there may be some pitfalls. How could an RTE get help?
A Share and receive feedback from other RTEs in a community of practice
B Post it in an internal communications forum and inspire others to try this technique as well
C Ask leadership to decide whether or not this technique should be used with the Agile Release
Train
D Start a discussion with the Architects to see how they would re-design the retro-spectives
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : A
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1. Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two)
A. Release Management
B. System Architects/Engineers
C. Product Owners
D. Scrum Masters
E. Product Management
Answer: B,E
2. What are two common PI Planning anti-patterns? (Choose two.)
A. Stories are created for the Iterations
B. The team decides which changes need to happen and when
C. Too much time is spent analyzing each Story
D. Scrum Masters who work with multiple teams do not have time for their teams
E. Too much time is spent prioritizing Features
Answer: C,D
3.Release Train Engineers have the opportunity to regularly practice and improve which two
skills?
(Choose two.)
A. Servant leadership
B. Facilitation
C. Test-driven development
D. Return on investment projections
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E. Continuous Integration
Answer: A,B
4.During the management review and problem-solving meeting, one team raises the risk of not
finishing a Feature before the end of the Program Increment (PI).
How can the man-agement team help ensure they complete the Feature within the PI?
A. Use buffer resources as a guard band
B. Redefine the definition of done for Features
C. ROAM the risk appropriately
D. Negotiate a reduction in scope of the Feature
Answer: D
5. When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals?
A. After PI Planning
B. During PI Planning
C. Prior to iteration planning
D. During backlog refinement
Answer: C
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QUESTION 1
The IP iteration can contain user value stories
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 2
What type of leader is the RTE?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Transformational
Strategic
Command and control
Servant
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 3
Which of the following is not responsibility of the RTE?
A. Managing and optimizing the flow of value through the ART
B. Removing impediments for the ART
C. Fostering collaboration between the ART teams
D. Removing team level impediments
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 4
Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
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A. Measurement
B. Continuous Improvement
C. Automation
D. Lean Flow
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Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 5
Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Measurement
Authentication
Culture
Lean Flow
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 6
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of Product Management?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Facilitating PI Planning
Understanding the customer needs
Owning and managing the Program Backlog
Developing the Vision and Roadmap for the ART
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 7
What is the risk framework recommended to be used for Program Risks?
A. STAR
B. SMART
C. ROAM
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D. WSJF
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 8
Which level of Definition of Done is concerned with stories completed by all teams in the ART are
integrated?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Portfolio Increment DoD
System Increment DoD
Team Increment DoD
Solution Increment DoD
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 9
Which of the following is not part of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Continuous Integration
Continuous Testing
Continuous Deployment
Continuous Exploration
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 10
Which of the below are not part of the CALMR approach to DevOps?
A. Large batches
B. Automation
C. Measurement
D. Culture
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 11
Which artifact shows the sequence of inter-team dependencies for delivering the features?
A. SoS radiator
B. Program Board
C. Team Kanban Board
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D. Release Burndown Chart
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 12
Which program level event is used to discuss problems or opportunities with feature development and to
assess any scope adjustments?
A.
B.
C.
D.
System Demo
ART Sync
PO Sync
Scrum of Scrums
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 13
What is shown on the vertical axis of the Pl burn-down chart?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Story Points
Iterations
Kanban states
Team names
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 14
Who facilitates the management review and problem solving meeting at the end of Day 1 of PI
Planning?
A. System Architect
B. RTE
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C. Chief Product Owne
D. Business Owner
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Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 15
Who accepts the final plan at the end of PI Planning?
A.
B.
C.
D.
senior management
RTE
product management
Business Owners
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 16
What is the best way for a Release Train Engineer to support teams having challenges with problem
identification and decision making?
A.
B.
C.
D.
By providing solution ideas
By changing team composition
By listening to the team
By escalating to senior management
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 17
On which part of the Inspect & Adapt event the teams on the train work together to systematically
address the larger impediments that are limiting program velocity by using root cause analysis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Confidence Voting
PI System Demo
Iteration Retrospective
Problem-solving workshop
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Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 18
On which part of the Inspect & Adapt event the teams on the train work together to systematically
address the larger impediments that are limiting program velocity by using root cause analysis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Confidence Voting
Iteration Retrospective
Problem-solving workshop
PI System Demo
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 19
What is the primary purpose of the daily standup meeting?
A.
B.
C.
D.
To provide a status report
All of the above
To update management
To evaluate progress towards the Iteration Goal
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 20
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of the System Architect?
A. Fostering built-in quality
B. Fostering collaboration
C. Defining subsystems and interfaces
D. Supporting the implementation of Enablers
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 21
Which statement is true about the retrospective and problem-solving part of the Inspect and Adapt
workshop?
A. Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including Business Owners, Customers, and management
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can participate along with the teams
B. The Release Train Engineer gathers the list of problems to be solved during the fi-nal scrum of
scrums of the Program Increment (PI)
C. Encourage teams to sit together during the retrospective portion to ensure an ef-fective outcome
D. The improvement backlog items resulting from the problem-solving workshop should be items that only
leadership can address
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 22
During the management review and problem-solving meeting, one team raises the risk of not finishing a
Feature before the end of the Program Increment (PI). How can the man-agement team help ensure
they complete the Feature within the PI?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Use buffer resources as a guard band
Redefine the definition of done for Features
ROAM the risk appropriately
Negotiate a reduction in scope of the Feature
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 23
The number of items that can be finished per unit of time is called
A. lead time
B. velocity
C. cycle time
D. throughput
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 24
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In order to evolve the role of a leader in SAFe, which practices can the Release Train En-gineer (RTE)
recommend?
A. Provide the RTE with weekly status reports
B. Develop detailed project plans
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C. Manage up and across the Enterprise
D. Encourage personal development
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 25
DevOps is part of which Business Agility core competency?
A. Lean-Agile Leadership
B. Agile Product Delivery
C. Enterprise Solution Delivery
D. Continuous Learning
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 26
Which tool is used for root cause analysis?
A. WSJF Score
B. Pareto chart
C. Fishbone
D. Process Map
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 27
Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the up-coming Program
Increment (PI) meeting. What should Product Management use as the denominator of the weighted
shortest job first calculation?
A. The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
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B. The actual business value of each Feature
C. Feature size expressed in story points
D. Job size based on relative estimation
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Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 28
Which three attributes summarize DevOps? (Choose three.)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A culture
Strong organizational structure
A set of technical practices
A mindset
A high performing DevOps team
F. Combined deployment and release
Correct Answer: A,C,D
QUESTION 29
Why is the innovation pillar of the House of Lean important to SAFe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It avoids the start-stop-start of project delays
It is the foundation of the House of Lean
It provides the shortest sustainable lead time
It ensures delivery of valuable products
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 30
Which of the following are parts of the Inspect & Adapt event?
A. Quantitative Measurement
B. Problem-solving workshop
C. PI System Demo
D. Confidence Voting
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Correct Answer: A,B,C
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QUESTION 31
Which Program Level event is used to create visibility into how well the ART is progressing toward meeting
the program Pl Objectives?
A.
B.
C.
D.
System Demo
PO Sync
ART Sync
Scrum of Scrums
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 32
Product Management is responsible for which activity?
A. Establishing an architectural vision for the Agile Release Release Train
B. Defining Program Backlog content
C. Prioritizing the Portfolio Backlog
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 33
Which of the following roles are involved into the preparation of the Program Backlog for PI Planning?
(Choose two)
A. RTE
B. Product management
C. Enterprise Architect
D. Epic Owners
Correct Answer: A,B
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QUESTION 34
How many teams typically form an ART? A.
25-35
B. 3 to 5
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C. 15-20
D. 5 to 12
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 35
In SAFe, which activity is a Scrum Master's responsibility?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Coordinating with other teams
Owning the daily stand-up
Facilitating the Scrum of Scrums
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 36
Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of the RTE?
A. Understanding the customer needs
B. Facilitating PI Planning
C. Tracking and removing impediments for the ART
D. Managing the flow of value through the ART
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 37
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Which tool is useful in facilitating scrum of scrums meetings?
A. Microsoft project schedule
B. Agile lifecycle management software
C. Program board
D. Team velocity comparison report
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Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 38
What is one way to secure stakeholder commitment to the Agile Release Train?
A. Provide them a planning schedule outlining a five-year plan for development
B. Have them estimate User Stories for the teams
C. Send them the Program Increment (PI) Objectives after each PI Planning event
D. Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) Planning event
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 39
A servant leader is opened and appreciates openness in others
A. FALSE
B. TRUE
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 40
Which of the following areas is the main concern of Product Management?
A. Content Management
B. Human Resource
C. Program Execution
D. Technology
Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 41
Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures that demotivate
employees?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Business Owners
Lean-Agile Leaders
Portfolio Managers
Product Management
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 42
Which two behaviors should a Scrum Master represent as a coach? (Choose two.)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Provide subject matter expertise
Lay out the team's plan for the iteration
Encourage the team to learn from their mistakes
Set long-term goals for the team
Focus on deadlines and technical options
Correct Answer: C,D
QUESTION 43
Which of the below are consequences if there is no Definition of Done?
A. Lack of Consistency
B. Faster implementation
C. Unfinished work which leads to technical debt
D. More difficult integration and lower maintainability
Correct Answer: A,C,D
QUESTION 44
The RTE should move from facilitating team problem-solving towards fixing problems rather than
helping others fix them
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A. TRUE
B. FALSE
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Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 45
When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals?
A.
B.
C.
D.
After PI Planning
During PI Planning
Prior to iteration planning
During backlog refinement
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 46
Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program In-crement (PI) Planning?
A. The RTE modifies the PI Iteration schedule, if needed, based on the scope of high priority Features
B. Business Owners assign business value without team discussion so they can nor-malize business value
across all teams on the Agile Release Train
C. All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
D. The Release Train Engineer (RTE) combines all Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 47
Which two items should be kept under version control? (Choose two.)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Test data
Scrum of scrum results
Weighted shortest job first outcomes
Archived User Stories
Configuration Items
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Correct Answer: A,E
1) What are two benefits of having a team definition of done? (Choose two)
- to improve quality
- to increase predictability
2) An Agile Release Train (ART) is frequently discovering compatibility issues between the
developed solution and the Enterprise information architecture. What can the Agile Release
Train Engineer do to prevent this from occurring?
- Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI) Planning
3) Who can The Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures
that demotivate employees?
- Lean-Agile Leaders
4) Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role? (Choose two)
- Coach leaders to increase alignment
- encourage teams to self-organize
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5) At the end of day two of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event, the team’s final plan
review covers what information?
- changes to capacity and load, final PI objectives, Program risks and Impediments
PLANNED FEATURES, STORIES, and team-level enablers
6) What should the Release Train Engineer do during the final plan review on Day two of
Program Increment (PI) Planning?
- Facilitate all teams when they are presenting their final Plans to the entire Agile Release Train
7) Which behavior exemplifies servant leadership?
- Creating an environment of mutual influence
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8) Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program Increment
(PI) Planning?
- All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
9) What are three action to take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture? (Choose
three)
- Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
- Integrate often
- Make integration results visible
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10) The Agile Release Train (ART) is near the end of the final iteration of their first Program
Increment. Integration into staging is more challenging than estimated. They add a week to the
Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration for integration and testing. Why is it a bad idea?
- it reduces the overall predictability established through cadence and synchronization
11) How can Release Train Engineer be aware of employee satisfaction?
- Conduct an Employee Net Promoter Score survey
12) Which two activities take place during Team Breakout #1 on the first day of Program
Increment (PI) Planning? (Choose two.)
- all teams’ planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding
- draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
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13) What are two main reasons why the program predictability measure is important?
(Choose two.)
- it focuses the Agile Release Train on predictable value delivery
- it identifies under-performing teams
14) Which core competency describes the ability to deliver continuous value?
- Agile Product Delivery
15) What can occur as a result of not having an Innovation and Planning Iteration?
- Technical debt can grow uncontrollably
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16) what are two benefits of having a well-executed innovation and Planning (IP) iteration?
(Choose two.)
- Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
- Time for teams to plan, prepare demo and improve together
17) What are the three key items communicated on the Program Board? (Choose three.)
- Milestones
- Dependencies between teams
- Feature delivery dates
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18) Several Scrum Masters seem to be deadlocked in disagreement on what to do about shared
issues. What is an appropriate coaching technique for the RTE to use?
- Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities
19) Which SAFe core value creates an environment where facts are always friendly?
- Transparency
20) What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program
Increment (PI) Planning event?
- Overprepare for PI Planning
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21) What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program Increment
(PI) Planning meeting?
- Facilitate Product management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the Program
Backlog
22) Which two key skills does Release Train Engineer bring to economic prioritization? (Choose
two.)
- Facilitate stakeholders collaboration
- Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
23) What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer during Program Increment (PI)
execution? (Choose two.)
- To facilitate System Demo
- To escalate and track Impediments
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24) Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility includes aligning strategy with
execution?
- Lean Portfolio Management
25) Some teams are having difficulty identifying where they might make process
improvements.How might a RTE support them?
- Encourage them to perform regular self-assessment and discuss findings
26) What is the most accurate definition of DevOps?
- A mindset, culture, and set of technical practices that emphasizes close cooperation to
provide value to the customers
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27) In System thinking, value of a system passes through its what?
- Interconnections
28) Which two roles should facilitate an ART Sync (Choose two.)
- Product Management
- Release Train Engineer
29) What is one primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer?
- Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
30) In addition to Innovation and Planning, what else does the IP Iteration provide time for?
- An estimation guard band
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31) Which of the following is true about the ART sync Event?
- It is a combination of PO-sync and Scrum of Scrums events
32) What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a Program Board?
- Feature delivery
33) Which statement is true about the retrospective and problem-solving part of the Inspect
and Adapt workshop?
- Encourage teams to sit together during the retrospective portion to ensure an effective
outcome
34) Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the
upcoming Program Increment (PI) meeting. What should Product Management use as the
denominator of the weighted shortest job first calculation?
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- Job Size based on relative estimation
35) The Release Train Engineer (RTE) learns the teams feel the business value does not reflect
the effort and progress. What are two ways the RTE can provide a better understanding of
what the teams have created? (Choose two)
- Coach the Business Owner’s review of objectives to see that scoring is against the specific
details negotiated with the team during PI Planning
- Work with the teams to ensure they actively involved when the Business Owners score the
business value achieved
36) Which two actions can the Release Train Engineer take to facilitate team growth? (Choose
two)
- Encourage continuous learning
- Ensure time is allocated for innovation and planning
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37) Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment Calendar?
- To visualize the Agile Release Train’s cadence and synchronization
38) The Release Train engineer ensures that Business Owners assign business value to what
during Program Increment (PI) Planning?
- Team-level PI Objectives
39) What is a key characteristic lean-agile leaders need to have when implementing SAFe?
- Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles, and practices
40) What are two purposes of the System demo? (Choose two.)
- To Demonstrate the full solution in a production-like context
- To get feedback from the primary stakeholders
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41) Which tool is typically not used during the problem solving workshop?
- Modified Fibonacci
42) Which of the following is true of Iteration Goals in SAFe?
- They enable teams to keep aligned with PI Objectives
43) What best describes what stream-aligned teams do?
- Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
44) When planning for a distributed Program Increment (PI) Planning event with a large
difference in time zones, what are two key preparation and facilitation focus areas for a Release
Train Engineer (RTE)? (Choose two.)
- Adjust the PI agenda for 2.5-3 days, allowing for overlapping hours
- Arrange and test presentation audio and video connectivity in all locations
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45) Which statement is true about the Definition of Done (DOD)?
- The DoD should evolve as system capabilities evolve
46) A group of developers, Scrum Master, and Product Owners are interested in sharing
knowledge and learning more about DevOps concepts. How can the Release Train Engineer
help them to Collaborate to gain knowledge about DevOps?
-Help them launch a DevOps community of practice
47) Which SAFe Core Competency requires exemplifying the principles and values of lean-agile?
- Lean-agile Leadership
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48) Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams during
the current Program Increment (PI)?
- Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments, and
knowledge building
49) What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?
- Modeling overall process flow during value stream identification
50) Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two.)
- Product Managers
- System Architects/Engineers
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51) How does a Release Train Engineer view the Role of Functional managers on the Agile
Release Train?
- As a developers of people
52) Which Safe Core Competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppliers?
- Enterprise Solution Delivery
53) Which role should the Release Train Engineer play related to a hackathon event?
- Allow the teams as much flexibility as possible to promote innovation
54) What might an RTE do to embrace relentless improvements and a growth mindset as an
individual?
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- Identity personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
55) Which statement is true about using a Program Kanban system?
- all work is visualized, progress is continually tracked
56) How can Release Train Engineer help unlock intrinsic motivation?
- Give tough feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
57) Why is it important for the RTE to understand Tuckman’s group dynamic stages?
- An ART is a team of teams and will likely also progress through the Tuckman stages
58) Program Increment (PI) Planning is a major event that requires preparation, coordination,
and communication. What are two key areas a Release Train Engineer should focus on to
support a successful I Planning event? (Choose two.)
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- Organizational readiness - Strategic alignment; roles/ teams/ and train setup
- Facilities readiness - Space and logistics for the event
59) At which two stages will the Agile release train (ART) act as a one-team culture? (Choose
two.)
- Performing - Creating a flow of knowledge across the teams and the ART
- Norming - Teams begin to form communities
60) During the management review and problem-solving meeting, one team raises the risk of
not finishing feature before the end of the Program Increment (PI). How can the management
team help ensure they complete the Feature within the PI?
- Negotiate a reduction in scope of the feature
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During which part of an Inspect and ADapt Event would differences between planned business
value and actual value be presented?
Score - PI Demo
Compare - Qualitative and quantitative measurement, 2 часть Inspect & Adapt
What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?
●
●
●
●
- Measuring lead time for all work in progress
- Visualizing the flow of all work and track progress of individual items
- Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and business value realization
- Modeling overall process flow during value stream identification
What is a key characteristic lean-agile leaders need to have when implementing SAFe?
●
●
●
●
- Keeping roadmaps to no more than a single PI
- Ensuring compliance with process standards
- Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles, and practices
- Emphasizing the enterprise objectives and KPIs
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Ответ: 3
Ответ 1
Which SAFe core competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppliers? (5.1)
Business Agility
Measure and Grow
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Lean Portfolio Management
TERM
IMAGE
Enterprise Solution Delivery
DEFINITION
Which SAFe core value creates an environment where facts are always friendly?
Flow
Innovation
Respect for People and Culture
Transparency
TERM
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IMAGE
Transparency
DEFINITION
Which core competency describes the ability to deliver continuous value?
Lean Portfolio Management
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Agile Product Delivery
Business Agility
TERM
IMAGE
Agile Product Delivery
DEFINITION
How does a Release Train Engineer view the role of functional managers on the Agile Release
Train?
As a content authority for work
As decision makers
As developers of people
As problem solvers
TERM
IMAGE
As developers of people
DEFINITION
Which of the core competencies of business agility includes aligning strategy with execution?
Lean-Agile Leadership
Agile Product Delivery
Organizational Agility
Lean Portfolio Management
TERM
IMAGE
Lean Portfolio Management
DEFINITION
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Which SAFe core competency requires exemplifying the principles and values of lean-agile?
Continuous Learning Culture
Organizational Agility
Agile Product Delivery
Lean-Agile Leadership
TERM
IMAGE
Lean-Agile Leadership
DEFINITION
Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and procedures that
demotivate employees?
Business Owners
Product Management
Portfolio Managers
Lean-Agile Leaders
TERM
IMAGE
Lean-Agile Leaders
DEFINITION
What is one primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer?
Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
Support the Product Owner
Manage and optimize the Release on Demand process
Eliminate impediments
TERM
IMAGE
Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
DEFINITION
What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer during Program Increment (PI)
execution? (Choose two.)
To make decisions on resource issues for critical bottlenecks
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To direct the management of the communities of practice
To facilitate the System Demo
To formulate and direct decisions on risks
To escalate and track impediments
TERM
IMAGE
To facilitate the System Demo
To escalate and track impediments
DEFINITION
Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role? (Choose two.)
Manage dependencies for teams
Provide answers about Features
Encourage teams to self-organize
Coach leaders to increase alignment
Drive teams to specific outcomes
TERM
IMAGE
Encourage teams to self-organize
Coach leaders to increase alignment
DEFINITION
In system thinking, value of a system passes through its what? (5.1)
Interactions
Interdependencies
Interconnections
Integrations
TERM
IMAGE
Interconnections
DEFINITION
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How can a Release Train Engineer help unlock intrinsic motivation?
- Give tough feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
- Establish good incentives for aligning with the enterprise's goals
- Emphasize participation from senior leadership to expedite decisions
- Practice healthy conflict resolutions between teams and team members
TERM
IMAGE
Give tough feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
DEFINITION
Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment Calendar?
- To create a BVIR of the important teams ART milestones
- To know the cycle time between important team and train events
- To ensure the key ceremonies don't conflict with non-SAFe ceremonies
- To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
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To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
DEFINITION
What best describes what stream-aligned teams do?
- Analyze value streams and transform them using lean-agile principles
- Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
- Promote better flow of communications between leadership, trains and teams
- Use process-mapping to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks.
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Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
DEFINITION
Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two.)
Product owners
Scrum masters
Product Management
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Release Management
System Architects/Engineers
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Product Management
System Architects/Engineers
DEFINITION
Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in the upcoming
planning meeting.
What should Product Management use as the denominator of the weighted shortest job first
calculation?
Job size based on relative estimation
The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
Feature size expressed in story points
The actual business value of each feature
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Job size based on relative estimation
DEFINITION
Which two key skills does a Release Train Engineer bring to economic prioritization? (Choose
two.)
Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
Coordinate Lean Portfolio Management by providing feedback for cost of delay factors
Determine job size by surveying Scrum Masters of impacted teams
Do research and data collection for cost of delay factors
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Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
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Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
DEFINITION
What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program Increment (PI)
Planning meeting?
Provide approval and sign-off for draft Team Backlogs
Allocate time in the scrum of scrums meeting for Product Management to socialize with the
teams the Features for the upcoming PI
Ensure that at least 30% of the Program Backlog is allocated to Enabler Features
Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the Program Backlog
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Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the Program Backlog
DEFINITION
Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams during the
current Program Increment (PI)?
- Teams can establish face-to-face communication across all team members and stakeholders
- Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments, and
knowledge building
- Teams can help support overall product integrity and facilitate working agreements during PI
Planning
- Teams can review the Features and Enablers at the start of PI Planning, so they have an
understanding of the Roadmap for the next PI
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Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments, and
knowledge building
DEFINITION
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What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program Increment
(PI) Planning event?
Overprepare for PI Planning
Start the Agile Release Train without a System Team in place
Include inexperienced team members
Skip the Inspect and Adapt event
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Overprepare for PI Planning
DEFINITION
Program Increment (PI) Planning is a major event that requires preparation, coordination, and
communication. What are two key areas a Release Train Engineer should focus on to support a
successful PI Planning event? (Choose two.)
- Operational readiness - Facilitating PI events such as scrum of scrums, Iteration Planning, and
System Demo
- Architectural readiness - Defining the Architectural Runway
Facilities readiness - Space and logistics for the event
- Organizational readiness - Strategic alignment; roles, teams, and train setup
- Process readiness - The operational rhythm that enables SAFe governance
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Facilities readiness - Space and logistics for the event
Organizational readiness - Strategic alignment; roles, teams, and train setup
DEFINITION
An Agile Release Train (ART) is frequently discovering compatibility issues between the
developed Solution and the Enterprise information architecture. What can the Release Train
Engineer do to prevent this from occurring?
Conduct the entire data architecture design upfront
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Develop more detailed Feature definitions
Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI) Planning
Add data Architects onto the ART
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Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI) Planning
DEFINITION
Which two activities take place during Team Breakout #1 on the first day of Program Increment
(PI) Planning? (Choose two.)
- Draft objectives are written but do not include exploration Enablers
- All teams' planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding
- Teams use color-coding for their backlog items as a reminder that they are required to have all
backlog item types on their planning boards
- Risks on the teams' planning boards are resolved by the Release Train Engineer
- Draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
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All teams' planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding
Draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
DEFINITION
What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a program board?
Problem solving
Program predictability
Feature delivery
Dependency review
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Feature delivery
DEFINITION
What are the three key items communicated on the Program Board? (Choose three.)
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PI Objectives
Program risks
Team velocity
Feature delivery dates
Dependencies between teams
Milestones
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Feature delivery dates
Dependencies between teams
Milestones
DEFINITION
During the management review and problem-solving meeting, one team raises the risk of not
finishing a Feature before the end of the program increment (PI). how can the management
team help ensure they complete the feature within the PI?
Negotiate a reduction in scope of the feature
ROAM the risk appropriately
Use buffer resources as a guard band
Redefine the definition of done for feature
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Negotiate a reduction in scope of the feature
DEFINITION
Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program Increment
(PI) Planning?
- The Release Train Engineer (RTE) modifies the PI Iteration schedule, if needed, based on the
scope of high priority Features
- The Release Train Engineer (RTE) combines all Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives
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- All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
- Business Owners assign business value without team discussion so they can normalize
business value across all teams on the Agile Release Train
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All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
DEFINITION
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) learns the teams feel the business value does not reflect the
effort and progress.
What are two ways the RTE can provide a better understanding of what the teams have
created? (Choose two.)
- Coach the Business Owner's review of objectives to see that scoring is against the specific
details negotiated with the team during PI Planning
- Work with the team to ensure they are actively involved when the Business Owners score the
business value achieved
- Educate teams that business value provides the Enterprise with a Metric of how fast the team
executed work during the PI
- Publish the team business values and coach teams that these values are for tracking each Agile
Release Train deliverable
- Illustrate the linkage between business values and the market communications/release
objectives tied to the three to six month Enterprise strategy
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Coach the Business Owner's review of objectives to see that scoring is against the specific
details negotiated with the team during PI Planning
Work with the team to ensure they are actively involved when the Business Owners score the
business value achieved
DEFINITION
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The Release Train Engineer ensures that Business Owners assign business value to what during
Program Increment (PI) Planning?
Team-level PI Objectives
Features
Program-level PI Objectives
Stories
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Team-level PI Objectives
DEFINITION
What should the Release Train Engineer do during the final plan review on Day two of Program
Increment (PI) Planning?
- Facilitate the ROAMing of each team's risks
- Verify that each team's uncommitted objectives have lower business value than the
committed PI Objectives in order to reflect proper prioritization
- Facilitate all teams when they are presenting their final plans to the entire Agile Release Train
- Encourage discussion of each team's product Vision as part of the final plan review
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Facilitate all teams when they are presenting their final plans to the entire Agile Release Train
DEFINITION
At the end of day two of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event, the team's final plan
review covers what information?
- Changes to capacity and load, Final PI Objectives, Program risks and impediments
- Changes to iteration goals, measured velocity, and dependencies
- Planned features, uncommitted objectives, and ROAMed risks
- Team features, stories and Team-level enablers
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Changes to capacity and load, Final PI Objectives, Program risks and impediments
DEFINITION
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When planning for a distributed Program Increment (PI) Planning event with a large difference
in time zones, what are two key preparation and facilitation focus areas for a Release Train
Engineer (RTE)? (Choose two.)
- Share the outcomes of preparation meetings with local Scrum Masters so they can arrange
local rooms
- Have a single RTE and technical support person that acts as a central point of communication
for all locations
- Arrange and test presentation audio and video connectivity in all locations
- Split up the PI Planning event per time zone and then have the final plan review, confidence
vote, and planning retrospective as one centralized meeting
- Adjust the PI agenda to 2.5 - 3 days, allowing for overlapping hours
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Arrange and test presentation audio and video connectivity in all locations
Adjust the PI agenda to 2.5 - 3 days, allowing for overlapping hours
DEFINITION
Which of the following is true of iteration goals in SAFe?
- They enable teams to keep aligned with PI objectives
- They describe the value of planned Features and Enablers
- They provide quantifiable metrics to be used in retrospectives
- They provide KPIs for tracking progress and value realization
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They enable teams to keep aligned with PI objectives
DEFINITION
Which two roles should facilitate an ART sync? (Choose two.)You have reached the max number
of allowed answers
Product Management
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Product Owner
Epic Owner
Release Train Engineer
Scrum Master
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Product Management
Release Train Engineer
DEFINITION
Which of the following is true about the ART sync event?
It is a combination of PO-synch and Scrum of scrum events
It occurs during the innovation and planning iteration
Attendance by the entire ART is important
It is run after PO-sync and Scrum of scrum events
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It is a combination of PO-sync and Scrum of scrum events
DEFINITION
What are two purposes of the System Demo? (Choose two.)
- To demonstrate a team's build
- To demonstrate the full solution in a production-like context
- To exercise the performance of the staging area
- To get feedback from the primary stakeholders
- To conduct the Inspect and Adapt workshop
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To demonstrate the full solution in a production-like context
To get feedback from the primary stakeholders
DEFINITION
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Which statement is true about using a Program Kanban system?
All work are visualized, progress is continually tracked
The board tracks features, dependencies and milestones
Work is pushed through the Kanban to ensure train capacity is utilized
WIP limits are used to provide any needed buffers
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All work are visualized, progress is continually tracked
DEFINITION
What are the two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?
(Choose two.) (5.1)
- Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
- Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
- Shorter lead times before Feature delivery
- Improved dependency management between teams
- Higher flow of program-level business value
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Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
DEFINITION
In addition to Innovation and Planning, what else does the IP iteration provide time for?
Building in quality and compliance
An estimating guard band
Additional planned work
An opportunity to integrate and perform end-to-end testing
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An estimating guard band
DEFINITION
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Which role should the Release Train Engineer play related to a hackathon event?
Allow the teams as much flexibility as possible to promote innovation
Work with development leaders to make sure they give clear and detailed guidance to the
developers on what is expected
Ensure the teams have allocated story points in the Innovation and Planning Iteration during
the Program Increment to account for the effort
Get approval for work to be done in the hackathon
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Allow the teams as much flexibility as possible to promote innovation
DEFINITION
The Agile Release Train (ART) team is near the end of the final Iteration of their first Program
Increment. Integration into the staging environment is more challenging than estimated.
They add a week to the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration for integration and testing. Why
is this a bad idea?
- It decreases job satisfaction by removing autonomy and purpose
- Overall train velocity goes up and the time-to-market goes down
- It reduces the overall predictability established through cadence and synchronization
- It substantially decreases the predictability of the Solution Intent
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It reduces the overall predictability established through cadence and synchronization
DEFINITION
What can occur as a result of not having an Innovation and Planning Iteration?
Technical debt can grow uncontrollably
Teams can have no time for fixing bugs
Bottlenecks can be hard to identify and resolve
Delivery can be stifled incrementally
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Technical debt can grow uncontrollably
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DEFINITION
Which two actions can the Release Train Engineer take to facilitate team growth? (Choose two.)
Encourage continuous learning
Ensure time is allocated for innovation and planning
Facilitate conflict
Encourage skill specialization
Provide a team vision
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Encourage continuous learning
Ensure time is allocated for innovation and planning
DEFINITION
What is the most accurate definition of DevOps?
- A mindset, culture, and set of technical practices that emphasizes close cooperation to
provide value to the Customer
- A method that ensures Operations works with Development every day to deliver value
- A set of tools and processes that govern how code is deployed
- A process that provides visibility to impediments between writing code and delivering value
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A mindset, culture, and set of technical practices that emphasizes close cooperation to provide
value to the Customer
DEFINITION
A group of developers, Scrums Masters, and Product Owners from an Agile Release Train have
expressed interest in sharing knowledge and learning more about DevOps concepts.
How can the Release Train Engineer help them collaborate to gain knowledge about DevOps?
Align them with the System Team
Provide Devops training
Help them launch a DevOps community of practice
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Schedule a DevOps bi-weekly synchronization
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Help them launch a DevOps community of practice
DEFINITION
What are three actions to take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture? (Choose three.)
Secure senior leadership support before starting CI
Purchase a CI tool
Follow up with CI ceremonies
Integrate often
Make integration results visible
Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
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Integrate often
Make integration results visible
Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
DEFINITION
Which statement is true about the definition of done (DoD)?
- The DoD should evolve as system capabilities evolve
- The DoD is not used by the teams because it is used as a method to manage technical debt
across the ART
- At the higher levels there is only one DoD for everything that passes through the Agile Release
Train to a Solution increment or a release
- The teams share one common DoD
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The DoD should evolve as system capabilities evolve
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What are two benefits of having a team definition of done? (Choose two.)
To improve quality
To gauge team predictability
To measure the team's capacity to load ratio
To collect team performance Metrics
To increase predictability
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To improve quality
To gauge team predictability
DEFINITION
Which statement is true about the retrospective and problem-solving part of the Inspect and
Adapt workshop?
- The Release Train Engineer gathers the list of problems to be solved during the final scrum of
scrums of the Program Increment (PI)
- Encourage teams to sit together during the retrospective portion to ensure an effective
outcome
- Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including Business Owners, Customers, and
management can participate along with the teams
- The improvement backlog items resulting from the problem-solving workshop should be items
that only leadership can address
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Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including Business Owners, Customers, and management
can participate along with the teams
DEFINITION
What are two main reasons why the program predictability measure is important? (Choose
two.)
- It focuses the Agile Release Train on predictable value delivery
- It allows the business and other stakeholders to plan effectively
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- It demonstrates the need to fix the scope at the beginning of the Program Increment (PI)
- It indicates whether the Solution is ready to be released
- It identifies under-performing teams
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It focuses the Agile Release Train on predictable value delivery
It identifies under-performing teams
DEFINITION
Which tool is typically not used during the problem solving workshop?
Modified Fibonacci
Fishbone diagram
Dot voting
Pareto analysis
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Modified Fibonacci
DEFINITION
Some teams are having difficulty identifying where they might make process improvements.
How might the RTE support them?
- Run longer I&A meetings to brainstorm improvement items
- Observe the team's ceremonies and share observations
- Conduct a survey to identify the worst problems the team is having
- Encourage the team to perform regular self-assessments and discuss findings.
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Encourage the team to perform regular self-assessments and discuss findings.
DEFINITION
What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?
- Modelling overall process flow during value stream identification
- Measuring lead time for all work in progress
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- Visualizing the flow of all work and track progress of individual items
- Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and business value realization
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Modelling overall process flow during value stream identification
DEFINITION
Which behaviour exemplifies servant leadership? (5.1)
- Create an environment of mutual influence
- Looking out for the interests of customers and stakeholders
- Ensuring appropriate justice is served if things go wrong
- Protecting the teams and train from negative reviews
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Create an environment of mutual influence
DEFINITION
At which two stages will the Agile Release Train (ART) act as a one-team culture? (Choose two.)
Forming - The leaders will start to emerge
Norming - Teams begin to form communities
Performing - Creating a flow of knowledge across the teams and the ART
Storming - Fostering continuous improvement
Collaborating - Pairing and sharing across the ART
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Norming - Teams begin to form communities
Performing - Creating a flow of knowledge across the teams and the ART
DEFINITION
Why is it important for the RTE to understand Tuckman's group dynamic stages?
- Tuckman helps to better understand team and ART topologies
- The Tuckman dynamic nature of the stages requires that we assume variability and preserve
options
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- The Tuckman four stages should be reflected in the design of the program Kanban.
- An ART is a team of teams and will likely also progress through the Tuckman stages.
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An ART is a team of teams and will likely also progress through the Tuckman stages.
DEFINITION
Several scrum masters seem to be deadlocked in a disagreement on what to do about a shared
issue. What is an appropriate coaching technique for the RTE to use?
- Bringing fresh emphasis to lean-agile's respect for people and culture.
- Driving an empirical assessment of the problem using metrics
- Being the final "decision making authority" once all views have been heard
- Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities.
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Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities.
DEFINITION
How can a Release Train Engineer be aware of employee satisfaction?
- Gather employee Metrics immediately after the Agile Release Train launches
- Address and resolve any problems areas
- Conduct an employee Net Promoter Score survey
- Survey full-time employees
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Conduct an employee Net Promoter Score survey
DEFINITION
What might an RTE do to embrace relentless improvement and a growth mindset as an
individual?
- Identify personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
- Use personal gemba to find useful improvements
- Frequently execute the SAFe individual self assessment
- Establish personal KPIs to be able to quantify progress
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Identify personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
DEFINITION
What is a key characteristic lean-agile leaders need to have when implementing SAFe?
Keeping roadmaps to no more than a single PI
Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles and practices
Ensuring compliance with process standards
Emphasizing the enterprise objectives and KPIs
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Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles and practices
DEFINITION
What encourages lifelong learning behavior?
Sharing learnings and knowledge
Applying the SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Establishing a sense of urgency
Identifying skill gaps
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Establishing a sense of urgency
DEFINITION
During the Agile Release Train (ART) kickoff session, Operations raises a concern that they are
already spread very thin and have no time to collaborate with all the teams on the ART.
What should the Release Train Engineer recommend to discover bottlenecks and provide
governance for Operations' engagement?
Visualize the deployment pipeline requests through a Kanban system
Have the Operations staff sit within the team areas
Ensure all DevOps practitioners attend Leading SAFe training
Abstract platform/infrastructure requests from build/deploy requests
TERM
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Have the Operations staff sit within the team areas
DEFINITION
The servant leadership role of the Release Train Engineer is very important and can be
described by which statement?
Assurance of value delivery
Support teams' commitments and fix problems for them
Facilitates PI Planning
Coach by asking questions and articulating facts rather than using authority
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Coach by asking questions and articulating facts rather than using authority
DEFINITION
Why should the Release Train Engineer encourage lifelong learning?
To motivate team members to form as a team
To evolve the system
To increase team velocity
To decentralize decision making
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To evolve the system
DEFINITION
What is an effective method for finding the root cause of a problem?
Conduct empathy interviews
Perform a team retrospective
Perform a 5 Whys on the problem
Engage Business Owners
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Perform a 5 Whys on the problem
DEFINITION
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Migrating component teams to feature teams on an Agile Release Train can be enabled by
which action?
Creating a business case to support the migration
Encouraging the System Architect and Product Management to share roles
Combining the testers into one team
Carefully rotating team members between different component teams to spread the
knowledge
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Carefully rotating team members between different component teams to spread the
knowledge
DEFINITION
A Scrum Master reports that the team feels like it is doing fine and would rather focus on work
than waste time coming up with and implementing improvement ideas.
The team has recently had trouble meeting their Iteration commitments, so the Scrum Master
knows the team can do better. The Scrum Master asks the Release Train Engineer (RTE) for
help. What might the RTE suggest as a first step?
Dedicate additional meeting time to brainstorm improvement items
Observe the team's daily stand-ups and have a meet-after about the importance of relentless
improvement
Review team Metrics with the Scrum Master and look for specific improvement areas that can
be shared with the team
Arrange for an external coach for the team to help them improve
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Review team Metrics with the Scrum Master and look for specific improvement areas that can
be shared with the team
DEFINITION
In addition to adopting and exhibiting a new mindset, which core competency also supports
teaching the skill set necessary to practice the goal of delivering value?
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Lean-Agile Principles
SAFe House of Lean
Lean Portfolio Management
Lean-Agile Leadership
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Lean-Agile Leadership
DEFINITION
What is a Release Train Engineer anti-pattern behavior during the scrum of scrums or PO sync
meetings?
Ignoring emotion and focusing on content
Ensuring compliance items are addressed
Resolving impediments
Expressing positive feelings and praise
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Ignoring emotion and focusing on content
DEFINITION
What value do Iteration Goals provide in SAFe?
Clarity, commitment, and transparency
Provides a list of planned stories
Better understanding of the sequencing of the team's backlogs
Creates the near-term focus and vision
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Clarity, commitment, and transparency
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How does the Release Train Engineer help develop the Agile Release Train (ART) over time?
Analyze the velocity trend
Create an ART improvement Roadmap
Facilitate post-PI Planning
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Conduct a retrospective
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Create an ART improvement Roadmap
DEFINITION
What are the two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?
(Choose two.)
- Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
- Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
- Shorter lead times before Feature delivery
- Improved dependency management between teams
- Higher flow of program-level business value
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Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
DEFINITION
QUESTION 1
The IP iteration can contain user value stories
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FALSE
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TRUE
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Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 2
What type of leader is the RTE?
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Transformational
⦁
Strategic
⦁
Command and control
⦁
Servant
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 3
Which of the following is not responsibility of
the RTE?
⦁
Managing and optimizing the flow of value
through the ART
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Removing impediments for the ART
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Fostering collaboration between the ART teams
⦁
Removing team level impediments
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Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 4
Which of the below are not part of the
CALMR approach to DevOps?
⦁
Measurement
⦁
Continuous Improvement
⦁
Automation
⦁
Lean Flow
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 5
Which of the below are not part of the
CALMR approach to DevOps?
⦁
Measurement
⦁
Authentication
⦁
Culture
⦁
Lean Flow
Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 6
Which of the following is not a primary
responsibility of Product Management?
⦁
Facilitating PI Planning
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Understanding the customer needs
⦁
Owning and managing the Program Backlog
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Developing the Vision and Roadmap for the ART
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 7
What is the risk framework recommended to
be used for Program Risks?
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STAR
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SMART
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ROAM
⦁
WSJF
Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 8
Which level of Definition of Done is
concerned with stories completed by all
teams in the ART are integrated?
⦁
Portfolio Increment DoD
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System Increment DoD
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Team Increment DoD
⦁
Solution Increment DoD
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 9
Which of the following is not part of the
Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
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Continuous Integration
⦁
Continuous Testing
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Continuous Deployment
⦁
Continuous Exploration
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Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 10
Which of the below are not part of the
CALMR approach to DevOps?
⦁
Large batches
⦁
Automation
⦁
Measurement
⦁
Culture
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 11
Which artifact shows the sequence of interteam dependencies for delivering the
features?
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SoS radiator
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Program Board
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Team Kanban Board
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Release Burndown Chart
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 12
Which program level event is used to discuss
problems or opportunities with feature
development and to assess any scope
adjustments?
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System Demo
⦁
ART Sync
⦁
PO Sync
⦁
Scrum of Scrums
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 13
What is shown on the vertical axis of the Pl
burn-down chart?
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Story Points
⦁
Iterations
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Kanban states
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Team names
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 14
Who facilitates the management review and
problem solving meeting at the end of Day 1
of PI Planning?
⦁
System Architect
⦁
RTE
⦁
Chief Product Owne
⦁
Business Owner
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 15
Who accepts the final plan at the end of PI
Planning?
⦁
senior management
⦁
RTE
⦁
product management
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Business Owners
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 16
What is the best way for a Release Train
Engineer to support teams having challenges
with problem identification and decision
making?
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By providing solution ideas
⦁
By changing team composition
⦁
By listening to the team
⦁
By escalating to senior management
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 17
On which part of the Inspect & Adapt event
the teams on the train work together to
systematically address the larger
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impediments that are limiting program
velocity by using root cause analysis?
⦁
Confidence Voting
⦁
PI System Demo
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Iteration Retrospective
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Problem-solving workshop
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 18
On which part of the Inspect & Adapt event
the teams on the train work together to
systematically address the larger
impediments that are limiting program
velocity by using root cause analysis?
⦁
Confidence Voting
⦁
Iteration Retrospective
⦁
Problem-solving workshop
⦁
PI System Demo
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 19
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What is the primary purpose of the daily
standup meeting?
⦁
To provide a status report
⦁
All of the above
⦁
To update management
⦁
To evaluate progress towards the Iteration Goal
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 20
Which of the following is not a primary
responsibility of the System Architect?
⦁
Fostering built-in quality
⦁
Fostering collaboration
⦁
Defining subsystems and interfaces
⦁
Supporting the implementation of Enablers
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 21
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Which statement is true about the
retrospective and problem-solving part of the
Inspect and Adapt workshop?
⦁
Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including
Business Owners, Customers, and management
can participate along with the teams
⦁
The Release Train Engineer gathers the list of
problems to be solved during the fi-nal scrum of
scrums of the Program Increment (PI)
⦁
Encourage teams to sit together during the
retrospective portion to ensure an ef-fective
outcome
⦁
The improvement backlog items resulting from
the problem-solving workshop should be items
that only leadership can address
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 22
During the management review and
problem-solving meeting, one team raises
the risk of not finishing a Feature before the
end of the Program Increment (PI). How can
the man-agement team help ensure they
complete the Feature within the PI?
⦁
Use buffer resources as a guard band
⦁
Redefine the definition of done for Features
⦁
ROAM the risk appropriately
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⦁
Negotiate a reduction in scope of the Feature
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 23
The number of items that can be finished per
unit of time is called
⦁
lead time
⦁
velocity
⦁
cycle time
⦁
throughput
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 24
In order to evolve the role of a leader in
SAFe, which practices can the Release Train
En-gineer (RTE) recommend?
⦁
Provide the RTE with weekly status reports
⦁
Develop detailed project plans
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⦁
Manage up and across the Enterprise
⦁
Encourage personal development
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 25
DevOps is part of which Business Agility core
competency?
⦁
Lean-Agile Leadership
⦁
Agile Product Delivery
⦁
Enterprise Solution Delivery
⦁
Continuous Learning
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 26
Which tool is used for root cause analysis?
⦁
WSJF Score
⦁
Pareto chart
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⦁
Fishbone
⦁
Process Map
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 27
Product Management wants to prioritize a
list of Features likely to be planned in the upcoming Program Increment (PI) meeting.
What should Product Management use as
the denominator of the weighted shortest
job first calculation?
⦁
The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
⦁
The actual business value of each Feature
⦁
Feature size expressed in story points
⦁
Job size based on relative estimation
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 28
Which three attributes summarize DevOps?
(Choose three.)
⦁
A culture
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⦁
Strong organizational structure
⦁
A set of technical practices
⦁
A mindset
⦁
A high performing DevOps team
⦁
Combined deployment and release
Correct Answer: A,C,D
QUESTION 29
Why is the innovation pillar of the House of
Lean important to SAFe?
⦁
It avoids the start-stop-start of project delays
⦁
It is the foundation of the House of Lean
⦁
It provides the shortest sustainable lead time
⦁
It ensures delivery of valuable products
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 30
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Which of the following are parts of the
Inspect & Adapt event?
⦁
Quantitative Measurement
⦁
Problem-solving workshop
⦁
PI System Demo
⦁
Confidence Voting
Correct Answer: A,B,C
QUESTION 31
Which Program Level event is used to create
visibility into how well the ART is progressing
toward meeting the program Pl Objectives?
⦁
System Demo
⦁
PO Sync
⦁
ART Sync
⦁
Scrum of Scrums
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 32
Product Management is responsible for
which activity?
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⦁
Establishing an architectural vision for the Agile
Release Release Train
⦁
Defining Program Backlog content
⦁
Prioritizing the Portfolio Backlog
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 33
Which of the following roles are involved into
the preparation of the Program Backlog for PI
Planning? (Choose two)
⦁
RTE
⦁
Product management
⦁
Enterprise Architect
⦁
Epic Owners
Correct Answer: A,B
QUESTION 34
How many teams typically form an ART? A.
25-35
B. 3 to 5
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C. 15-20
D. 5 to 12
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 35
In SAFe, which activity is a Scrum Master's
responsibility?
⦁
Coordinating with other teams
⦁
Owning the daily stand-up
⦁
Facilitating the Scrum of Scrums
⦁
Prioritizing the Team Backlog
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 36
Which of the following is not a primary
responsibility of the RTE?
⦁
Understanding the customer needs
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⦁
Facilitating PI Planning
⦁
Tracking and removing impediments for the ART
⦁
Managing the flow of value through the ART
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 37
Which tool is useful in facilitating scrum of
scrums meetings?
⦁
Microsoft project schedule
⦁
Agile lifecycle management software
⦁
Program board
⦁
Team velocity comparison report
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 38
What is one way to secure stakeholder
commitment to the Agile Release Train?
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⦁
Provide them a planning schedule outlining a fiveyear plan for development
⦁
Have them estimate User Stories for the teams
⦁
Send them the Program Increment (PI) Objectives
after each PI Planning event
⦁
Have them attend the Program Increment (PI)
Planning event
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 39
A servant leader is opened and appreciates
openness in others
⦁
FALSE
⦁
TRUE
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 40
Which of the following areas is the main
concern of Product Management?
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⦁
Content Management
⦁
Human Resource
⦁
Program Execution
⦁
Technology
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 41
Who can the Release Train Engineer work
with to help eliminate policies and
procedures that demotivate employees?
⦁
Business Owners
⦁
Lean-Agile Leaders
⦁
Portfolio Managers
⦁
Product Management
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 42
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Which two behaviors should a Scrum Master
represent as a coach? (Choose two.)
⦁
Provide subject matter expertise
⦁
Lay out the team's plan for the iteration
⦁
Encourage the team to learn from their mistakes
⦁
Set long-term goals for the team
⦁
Focus on deadlines and technical options
Correct Answer: C,D
QUESTION 43
Which of the below are consequences if
there is no Definition of Done?
⦁
Lack of Consistency
⦁
Faster implementation
⦁
Unfinished work which leads to technical debt
⦁
More difficult integration and lower
maintainability
Correct Answer: A,C,D
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QUESTION 44
The RTE should move from facilitating team
problem-solving towards fixing problems
rather than helping others fix them
⦁
TRUE
⦁
FALSE
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 45
When should a Product Owner (PO) develop
preliminary Iteration Goals?
⦁
After PI Planning
⦁
During PI Planning
⦁
Prior to iteration planning
⦁
During backlog refinement
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 46
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Which activity takes place during Team
Breakout #2 on the second day of Program
In-crement (PI) Planning?
⦁
The RTE modifies the PI Iteration schedule, if
needed, based on the scope of high priority
Features
⦁
Business Owners assign business value without
team discussion so they can nor-malize business
value across all teams on the Agile Release Train
⦁
All Feature delivery and dependencies are
visualized on the program board
⦁
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) combines all
Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 47
Which two items should be kept under
version control? (Choose two.)
⦁
Test data
⦁
Scrum of scrum results
⦁
Weighted shortest job first outcomes
⦁
Archived User Stories
⦁
Configuration Items
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Correct Answer: A,E
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1.What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?A. Visualizing the flow of all
work and track progress of individual itemsB. Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and
business value realizationC. Measuring lead time for all work in progressD. Modeling overall
process flow during value stream identification
Answer: D
2.What is one way to secure stakeholder commitment to the Agile Release Train?A. Provide them
a planning schedule outlining a five-year plan for developmentB. Have them estimate User
Stories for the teamsC. Send them the Program Increment (PI) Objectives after each PI Planning
eventD. Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) Planning eventAnswer: D3.Teams are
reporting a high level of success through their individual quantitative meas-urements,but the
system results say otherwise.What should the Release Train Engineer do to help the teams
deliver more value?A. Coach the Scrum Masters on good retrospective techniques and ensure
teams are defining andtaking a systems view approach to improvementsB. Share the quantitative
measurement results with Product Management and lead-ership and ask fortheir inputC.
Diagnose the differences between the measurements and the results and suggest
improvementitems to each teamD. Work with the team that is struggling the most to discover
patterns that can be ap-plied to the otherteamsAnswer: A4.A Release Train Engineer should build
a relationship with which SAFe role in order to ef-fectivelyassign business value to a team
Program Increment (PI) Objective?A. Business OwnersB. Lean-Agile LeadersC. Objective
OwnersD. Solution ManagersAnswer: A5.What is the only true objective measure of an Agile
Release Train?A. System DemoB. Scrum of scrumsC. Cumulative flow diagramD. Team status
reportAnswer: A6.How does SAFe handle the 'fear of conflict' team dysfunction?A. Reviews
results at the end of every iterationB. Avoids discussion of disagreementsC. Has teams engage in
retrospectivesD. Uses scrum to create a safe environment for conflictAnswer: D7.SAFe is based
on four primary bodies of knowledge which include Agile development, systemsthinking,
DevOps, and what type of product development?
A. Incremental product developmentB. Adaptive product developmentC. Lean product
developmentD. Iterative product developmentAnswer: C8.Enabler Epics are used to advance
what in order to support upcoming Business Epics?A. Value Stream(s)B. The Continuous Delivery
PipelineC. The Architectural RunwayAnswer: C9.What are three actions to take to support a
Continuous Integration (CI) culture? (Choose three.)A. Purchase a CI toolB. Ensure fixing a failed
integration attempt is always the top priorityC. Secure senior leadership support before starting
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CID. Integrate oftenE. Follow up with CI ceremoniesF. Make integration results visibleAnswer:
B,D,F10.Why is a confidence vote held at the end of program increment (Pl) planning?A. To build
shared commitment to the planB. To remove the risks for the PlC. To ensure the business owners
accept the planD. To hold the teams accountable if the Agile release train (ART) does not deliver
on its commitmentAnswer: A11.During Program Increment (PI) Planning, a scrum of scrums
occurs just before the draft planreview. The Scrum Master from one team raises an issue that
one of the Product Managers justshowed up to the planning area with a priority wish list of items.
These items do not align with theFeature prioritization.What is the most likely planning antipattern causing this sudden impediment?A. There is strong alignment between business and
marketingB. Planning decisions have been centralizedC. Prioritization by Product Management
was performed autonomously not collaborativelyD. There is no social network that Solution
development relies onAnswer: C12.What are two common PI Planning anti-patterns? (Choose
two.)A. Stories are created for the IterationsB. The team decides which changes need to happen
and whenC. Too much time is spent analyzing each StoryD. Scrum Masters who work with
multiple teams do not have time for their teamsE. Too much time is spent prioritizing
FeaturesAnswer: C,D
13.What is this statement describing? "Agile Teams continuously adapt to new circumstanc-es
andenhance the methods of value delivery."A. Continuous ImprovementB. Continuous DeliveryC.
Continuous IntegrationD. Continuous DeploymentAnswer: A14.What are personas?A.
Descriptions of actual target customers or usersB. Key end-users the Product Owner leverages
for managing the backlogC. Fictional representations of target customers or usersAnswer: C15.An
Agile Release Train (ART) is frequently discovering compatibility issues between thedeveloped
Solution and the Enterprise information architecture.What can the Release Train Engineer do to
prevent this from occurring?A. Develop more detailed Feature definitionsB. Add data Architects
onto the ARTC. Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI)
PlanningD. Conduct the entire data architecture design upfrontAnswer: C16.The business must
depend on the team for what in order to do any meaningful planning?A. Team capabilitiesB.
Commitment to the planC. MeasurementsD. A cross-functional skill setAnswer: B17.What action
can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program Increment (PI)Planning
event?A. Skip the Inspect and Adapt eventB. Include inexperienced team membersC. Start the
Agile Release Train without a System Team in placeD. Overprepare for PI PlanningAnswer:
D18.When looking at a program board at the end of program increment (Pl) planning, what does
itmean when a feature is placed in a team's swim lane with no strings?A. That the feature can be
completed by that team independentlyB. That the team has not broken the feature into stories
yet and has not identified dependenciesC. That it has dependencies on teams in other Agile
release trains (ARTs) or Solution TrainsD. That the team has been assigned, but the feature’
uépendencies have not been identified yetAnswer: A
19.Which SAFe Core Competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and suppli-ers?A.
Enterprise Solution DeliveryB. Business AgilityC. Measure and GrowD. Lean Portfolio
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ManagementAnswer: A20.What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a Program
board?A. Problem solvingB. Program predictabilityC. Feature deliveryD. Dependency
reviewAnswer: C21.In SAFe, which activity is a Scrum Master's responsibility?A. Coordinating
with other teamsB. Owning the daily stand-upC. Facilitating the Scrum of ScrumsD. Prioritizing
the Team BacklogAnswer: A22.What is a strategy a Product Owner can use during Program
Increment Planning to mini-mizedependencies?A. Change the definition of doneB. Move Stories
on their team's backlog to another teamC. Reprioritize EpicsAnswer: B23.Which type of Enabler
does a System Architect review during a System Demo?A. Enabler EpicsB. Enabler FeaturesC.
Enabler CapabilitiesD. Enabler StoriesAnswer: A24.In the SAFe work item hierarchy, Features are
decomposed into what?A. StoriesB. Sub-TasksC. TasksD. CapabilitiesAnswer: A25.What are two
benefits of having a team definition of done? (Choose two.)A. To measure the team's capacity to
load ratioB. To increase predictability
C. To collect team performance metricsD. To improve qualityE. To gauge team
predictabilityAnswer: D,E26.Which of the following is true of Iteration Goals in SAFe?A. They
provide KPIs for tracking progress and value realizationB. They enable teams to keep aligned with
PI objectivesC. They describe the value of planned Features and EnablersD. They provide
quantifiable metrics to be used in retrospectivesAnswer: B27.Which tool can the Release Train
Engineer use to visualize the flow of value?A. Weighted shorted job firstB. Team burn-down
chartsC. Velocity trend chartsD. Kanban systemsAnswer: D
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Key ART stakeholders—including Business Owners, customers, and management—join the
teams in the retrospective and problem-solving workshop. Often it is the Business Owners
alone who can unblock the impediments that exist outside the team’s control.
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in what way is a value stream map different from a process flow rte
the team's draft plan review consists of which three items at the end of the first day of the
program increment planning event
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what are two ways program risks can be categorized (choose two.)
program increment (pi) objectives should be written in the smart format R
REALISTIC
during program increment (PI) execution, the system team is unclear about how to test some of
the larger features. what should a release train engineer do?
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which safe principle is being applied when a release train engineer treats suppliers as partners?
a) Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning
which event facilitated by the Release TRain Engineer is designed to keep the Agile Release
Train on tracks? - SCRUM OF SCRUM
which tool or activity helps the agile Release train evaluate the current health of Customer
Centricity and DEsign Thinking? AGILE PRODUCT DELIVERY SELF ASSESSMENT
what is the function of capacity allocation in safe?
To facilitate working agreements on the
after the agile release train first program (PI) Planning event, what action can the release train
engineer take to help optimize the program backlog readiness for the next PI?
After an Agile Release Train's first Program Increment (PI) Planning event, what action can the
Release Train Engineer take to help optimize the Program Backlog readiness for the next PI?
A
Ask Product Management and the System Architect what the new Program Back-log looks like
just before the next Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration, so social-ization can begin
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B
Compile all the teams' objectives from PI Planning and send out a summary report
C
Coach Product Management and the System Architect to include Program Backlog refinement
into their cadence-based approach
D
Ask the Lean Portfolio Management function to hold regular Epic review meetings so new Epics
will flow to the Agile Release Train
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : C
What is an anti-pattern for a Release Train Engineer facilitating a scrum of scrums
meeting?a.Facilitate the meeting using a focused and visible agenda and
At which Tuckman stage would an ART be if it is improving engineering practices and fostering
more effective communication? Storming.
what are two purposes of a community of practice (choose two.)
To Network ; Share Knowledge and Skills.
which two practices are most important for the agile Release train to best supprot release on
demand? choose two Aligning around organizational value streams. - Continuous integration
Which three topics are covered on the first day of the PI Planning event? Product/Solution
Vision; Business Context; Architecture Vision and development
which of the core competencies of business agility emphasizes a customer centric approach to
defining, building and releasing a continuous flow of valuable products and services? AGILE
PRODUCT DELIVERY
what are three ways to foster accountability or an agile release train (ART)? Choose three)
Stakeholders' presence in the System Demo; Report fact-based Metrics; Peer Pressure
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When is the best time to conduct the pre- Program Increment (PI) Planning event during the
Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration? As early as possible
the release train engineer (rte) is to attend multiply reviews and status meetings to discuss the
agile release train's (ART) progress at the end of each iteration. What action could the RTE take
to manage expectations? Delegate some program reporting and meeting attendance to Scrum
What steps can a Release Train Engineer (RTE) take to promote facilitation support for
adistributed Program Increment (PI) Planning event?a. ... Align and arrange
what is one way to develop sufficient architectural runway for the agile release train? Work
with Product Management and System ...
when organizing an agile release train to optimize the flow of work and increase the delivery
of value, which three DevOPS practices are encouraged? Choose three
which statement describes the three elements that the innovation and planning iteration
provides? RTE
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during program increment (PI), the release train engineer sees the excitement of teams
declines as product management males changes to priorities including to the top ten features
in the program backlog. In addition, Product Management is asking for new estimates,
timelines, and scope changes. What is most likely the reason for this behavior?
Lack of training and preparation for PI Planning
which two actions must the release train engineer tale when facilitating the program increment
planning event
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Business Owners are frequently unhappy with solutions presented in the System Demos. What
action can an RTE take to help resolve this ...
1 answer · Top answer: 4 Develop a more detailed Product Roadmap
Which SAFe tool might the RTE use to identify areas for an ART to improve how its
ContinuousDelivery Pipeline (CDP) functions?a.Agile Product Delivery core
What's the Best way to foster flow of value, innovation and apply Lean Budgeting in the
enterprise?
TERM
IMAGE
Implement the Lean Portfolio core Competency
DEFINITION
What are my personal Observations on being a RTE?
TERM
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For me, an RTE is a Scrum master at Program level; a Principle Scrum master if you ask me.
Someone who can look at all the different Scrum teams that compose an ART and is able to
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track and coordinate all dependencies, risks, goals and features that compose it. But more than
that - The RTE should champion the Agile culture and promote it through the Scrum masters
while enforces a second layer of communication and relationships between team members,
Scrum masters, Product owners and Stakeholders.
DEFINITION
Release Train Engineer (RTE)?
TERM
IMAGE
The RTE facilitates Agile Release Train processes and execution. The RTE escalate impediments,
helps manage risk, helps ensure value delivery, and drives continuous improvement.
DEFINITION
Which tool can the RTE use to visualize the flow of value?
TERM
IMAGE
Kanban systems
DEFINITION
How can the RTE support Decentralized Decision-making?
TERM
IMAGE
Empower knowledge workers to manage the dependencies with other teams
DEFINITION
What's the best way for the RTE to show progress in the current PI to Management?
TERM
IMAGE
Use a System Demo
DEFINITION
What SAFe principle is being applied when a RTE treats suppiers as Partners?
TERM
IMAGE
Apply Systems Thinking
DEFINITION
What is the term Alignment in SAFe?
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TERM
IMAGE
Alignment must rely on the Enterprise business objectives. It starts with the strategy and
investment decisions at the Portfolio level and is reflected in Strategic Themes, Portfolio Vision,
and the Portfolio Backlog. In turn, this informs the Vision, Roadmap, and the backlogs at all
levels of SAFe.
DEFINITION
In order to evolve as a Leader in SAFe, what practices can the RTE recommend?
TERM
IMAGE
Encourage personal development
DEFINITION
What's one way to secure Stakeholder commitment to the ART?
TERM
IMAGE
Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) event
DEFINITION
Situation Question: During PI planning, the RTE sees the excitement of the team quickly decline
as Product Management starts making sudden changes to Priorities - including the Top 10
Features - in the Program Backlog! What do you think is the cause?
TERM
IMAGE
1. Lack of Training, and;
2. Preparation for PI Planing
DEFINITION
Which two actions must the RTE take when facilitating the PI planning event? (choose two)
TERM
IMAGE
1. Distribute the PI planning Agenda to Agile teams
2. Ensure all Audio/Visuals are setup correctly
DEFINITION
How many iterations does one Program Increment (PI) have in SAFe
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TERM
IMAGE
PIs are typically 8 - 12 weeks long. The most common pattern for a PI is four development
Iterations, followed by one Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration
DEFINITION
If a team's vote on the confidence level is high enough the aggregate set of objectives becomes
TERM
IMAGE
ART Plan
DEFINITION
What are two ways Program Risk can be Categorized? (choose two)
a. Reliable
b. Owned
c. Leaning out
d. Resolved
TERM
IMAGE
Owned, Resolved
DEFINITION
The Teams DRAFT plan review consists of which three items at the end of the 1st DAY of the PI
planning event, (choose 3)
a. Risks and Impediments
b. Capacity and Load Estimates
c. Agile team assessment
d. Draft PI Objectives
TERM
IMAGE
Risks and Impediments; Capacity and Load Estimates and Draft PI Objectives
DEFINITION
Which Tool is useful in facilitating Scrum of Scrum meetings?
TERM
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IMAGE
Program Board
DEFINITION
What's the only true OBJECTIVE measure of an ART?
TERM
IMAGE
System Demo (hint: make sure you know difference between a Solution demo and System
demo)
DEFINITION
What's an ANTI-PATTERN, for an RTE, facilitating a Scrum of Scrum?
TERM
IMAGE
Reviewing Individual team Performance
DEFINITION
What two items should be kept under VERSION control? (choose two)
a. SAFe tool
b. Test data
c. PI objectives
d. Configuration items
TERM
IMAGE
Test data; Configuration Items
DEFINITION
In what way is a Value stream map different than a Process flow?
TERM
IMAGE
A value stream map measures the FLOW OF VALUE....and identifies bottlenecks for
improvement
DEFINITION
What's the best way for the RTE to support teams having challenges with problem
identification and decision making?
TERM
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IMAGE
By listening to the Team
DEFINITION
Situation Question: The RTE has recently facilitated a session to bring people from different
teams together on the ART to discuss updating Engineering practices. What stage is the team
likely in?
a. Teaming
b. Storming
c. Forming
d. Norming
e. Virtual
TERM
IMAGE
d. Norming (why: the team has likely already establish internal agreement about their roles
and responsibilities, individuals are adapting to it)
DEFINITION
Which primary role should emphasize LIFELONG-LEARNING?
TERM
IMAGE
Lean Agile Leaders
DEFINITION
What are two purposes of a Community of Practice (CoP)?
TERM
IMAGE
To Network ; Share Knowledge and Skills
DEFINITION
What does the IP iterations provide to an ART?
TERM
IMAGE
A guard band (buffer) for estimating and a dedicated time for PI planning, innovation,
continuing education, and infrastructure work
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DEFINITION
What is the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshop?
TERM
IMAGE
A larger, cadence-based opportunity for the ART to come together to address the systemic
impediments they're facing
DEFINITION
List 3 types of meetings held, in which ART representatives, come together regularly to assess
the progress of PI Objectives
TERM
IMAGE
SoS, PO Synch, ART Synch
DEFINITION
As RTE- what does the PI Burn-down Chart show?
TERM
IMAGE
The progress being made toward the program increment timebox. Shows aggregated amount
of work (story points) to Iterations within the PI
DEFINITION
What are the common principles that ARTs operate on?
TERM
IMAGE
The schedule is fixed, new system increments every two weeks, the PI timebox is fixed, the
train has a known velocity, there are Agile Team, Dedicated people, Face-to-face PI Planning,
Innovation and Planning (IP) iteration in the PI, Inspect and Adapt (I&A) is held, and they
Develop on Cadence. Release on Demand
DEFINITION
What does the Program Predictability Measure provide as an indicator?
TERM
IMAGE
Program Performance & Reliability
DEFINITION
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At the end of each Iteration, the RTE collects and aggregates the agreed upon ART metrics to....
TERM
IMAGE
Better understand PI progress and ART health; Continuous Integration; Lean Flow accelerates
delivery
DEFINITION
Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program Increment
(PI) Planning?
TERM
IMAGE
Feature deliveries dependencies visualized; / SMART PI objectives developed
DEFINITION
What does the RTE coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in?
TERM
IMAGE
Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
DEFINITION
What are the three key items communicated on the Program Board?
TERM
IMAGE
Dependencies, Features delivery dates, Milestones
DEFINITION
What periodic synchronization meetings does the RTE facilitate?
TERM
IMAGE
ART sync at the Program Level and the value stream sync for Solution Trains
DEFINITION
Situational Question: What could you typically expect after being in an RTE role, say after say
1 month?
TERM
IMAGE
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It's a personal journey, when I joined, the focus was within the Scrum level, the team level,
while jumping into the SAFe framework and getting ready for the PI planning event, getting up
on stage in front of many people and building the program boards & objectives. It did not take
long until we had a team of excellent Scrum masters and a community of practice, on top of
our Agile Comm of Practice. And now after many PI events later, our challenges are still there
in many forms, but everyone can now feel the change as we drive value down the ART and
what we now call the new normal
DEFINITION
What types of potential bottlenecks does the RTE help manage, track and escalate?
TERM
IMAGE
Risks and dependencies; escalate and track impediments
DEFINITION
Which two statements describe the responsibilities of the Product Owner?
TERM
IMAGE
Single voice for customer and stakeholders, and to own and manage team backlog
DEFINITION
The RTE is a servant leader who displays which two actions or behaviors?
TERM
IMAGE
1. Creates an environment of mutual influence
2. Listens and supports teams in problem identification and decision-making
DEFINITION
RTEs collaborate to ensure strategy alignment with?
TERM
IMAGE
System Architect/Engineering and Product and Solution Management
DEFINITION
What's the size of an Agile team?
TERM
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IMAGE
5-11 people (all cross functional, they build, design test, deploy)
DEFINITION
What's the size of an ART?
TERM
IMAGE
50-125+ people (virtual organization)
DEFINITION
What's the duration of an ART?
TERM
IMAGE
8-12 weeks
DEFINITION
Whats the duration of an ART Synch? (Think carefully)
TERM
IMAGE
1 hour
DEFINITION
What do we call multiple ARTs all serving a common vision?
TERM
IMAGE
Solution Train
DEFINITION
What's the duration of a Iteration?
TERM
IMAGE
2 weeks
DEFINITION
How long is the Scrum of Scrum session?
TERM
IMAGE
30 min
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DEFINITION
How long is the System Demo?
TERM
IMAGE
2 hours
DEFINITION
How long is the Inspect & Adapt (I &A) session?
TERM
IMAGE
0.5 day
DEFINITION
How long is the PO Synch session?
TERM
IMAGE
30-60min
DEFINITION
How long is the Daily session?
TERM
IMAGE
15 min
DEFINITION
How long is the main PI Event?
TERM
IMAGE
2 days
DEFINITION
How long is the PI event for Distributed Teams (different Time zones)
TERM
IMAGE
2.5-3 days
DEFINITION
Who's responsible for the PI event logistics and cascading the Agenda?
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TERM
IMAGE
RTE
DEFINITION
on (DAY 1) PI event , what outcomes can we expect the Agile team breakout sessions to
produce?
TERM
IMAGE
Create PI plan for ALL their iterations; write DRAFT PI objectives and identify risks and
impediments
DEFINITION
The Program Board will focus on what?
TERM
IMAGE
Feature delivery; Team dependencies & Milestones (note: Program Board is also then used
during PI planning and after it as well - its the visual board)
DEFINITION
During PI Planning the teams produce a PI Plan. What is the aim of that deliverable?
TERM
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1. Current capacity and load for each iteration
2. Draft PI objectives
3. Identified Risks and Impediments
DEFINITION
What is the format of the PI Objectives developed by Teams?
TERM
IMAGE
S.M.A.R.T.
DEFINITION
How is scoring assigned to Business Value chart for Agile teams, when they show the PI
Objectives?
TERM
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IMAGE
ART Business Owners assign a value between 1-10 in the various Team breakout rooms. Note
the BO's are walking the rooms
DEFINITION
How is scoring assigned by teams once Risks and Dependencies are resolved?
TERM
IMAGE
Confidence vote (hint 1-5 fingers) done initially on their own team PI plan......then again in the
wider PI audience
"Given what you now know, how confident are you that we as a team can deliver on this plan
together?"
DEFINITION
How do you prepare & facilitate for large DISTRIBUTED team in PI Planning where large time
zone difference occur?
TERM
IMAGE
Hold the PI event over 2.5-3 days, allowing for overlapping hours. You must honour team
culture and people.
DEFINITION
What's an ART Synch?
TERM
IMAGE
Sometimes the Scrum of Scrum meeting and PO Synch meeting can be combined and handled
together. Remember now that both SoS and PO Synch truly keep things at a program-level
conversation. So now that said, as denominator... we can actually combine SOS and POPM
Synch ... SAFe calls this the ART Synch
DEFINITION
Which role facilitates the PO Synch?
TERM
IMAGE
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The RTE or PO can facilitate this event for Product Owners or Product Management. (hint:
occurs weekly or as needed)
DEFINITION
Which role facilitates the Scum of Scrum meeting?
TERM
IMAGE
RTE (done weekly) - hint: The SoS helps coordinate the dependencies of the ARTs and provides
visibility into progress and impediments
DEFINITION
What are Kanban WIP Limits? (hint: think of the visual board and sticky notes)
TERM
IMAGE
The Work in Progress (WIP) limits are displayed above each column. there are limits how many
cards are in each column. They adjust demand to capacity and hep the flow through the board.
The implementation of WIP limits allows you to complete single work items faster, by helping
your team to focus only on current tasks.
DEFINITION
Why are Kanban Boards useful?
TERM
IMAGE
Helps visualize the flow of work of Features & Enablers through the ART. Helps with PI planning
and of course, with ongoing PI progress. Its really great for SoS, PO Synch and ART Synch
sessions...and visually great for problem solving. The entire ART can see whats going on
DEFINITION
Metrics: What does the PI Burn-Down chart provide?
TERM
IMAGE
Shows the amount of work completed and total work remaining in that PI timebox. think of a
visual Glide-slope moving down. There is an X and Y axis (story points vs Iterations) - Nice for
showing any scope creep.
DEFINITION
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Metrics: What does the Cumulative Flow Diagram provide?
TERM
IMAGE
It shows the amount of work in the various Kanban states (columns such as Funnel, Analyzing
etc). One quickly can view any bottlenecks in througput, Lead times and WIP in the system
DEFINITION
Metrics: What does the Program Predictability Measure do?
TERM
IMAGE
It captures actual business objectives achieved vs planned business value in a visual tabular
manner. - It measures all PIs at one axis and progress to objectives on the other axis. It reflects
ALL teams variances to meeting program objectives.
DEFINITION
DevOps and Release on Demand is the responsibility of Who?
TERM
IMAGE
All, shared responsibility
DEFINITION
What is a a Scaled definition of Done? (DoD)
TERM
IMAGE
The continuous development of incremental system functionality requires a scaled DoD. (note:
read section 5.5 of Scaled Agile training notes)
my observation is that there is always confusion about what Done is Done means - please read
more on this!
DEFINITION
What are the 3 parts of Inspect & Adapt?
TERM
IMAGE
PI System Demo; Quantitative Measurement ; Problem Solving workshop
DEFINITION
Why is a Fishbone diagram so important to an ART?
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TERM
IMAGE
(Also known as Cause and Effect Diagram, Fishbone Diagram, Ishikawa Diagram) it allows Agile
teams to conduct problem solving simulation , you agree on the problem to solve, apply root
causes to that problem, then identify root causes - restate the problem again and out of this
allows team to then brainstorm solutions - the result is fantastic as that output goes into
improving the Backlog list (long winded answer, I recommend some study on how to use it)
DEFINITION
Who was Charles Kettering and why's he brought up in SAFe?
TERM
IMAGE
Well, he stated that "A problem well defined is a problem half solved" -
He was interestingly enough, an American inventor, held 186 patents, and headed up General
Motors back in the day. He knew alot about problems and ways to solve them. Given the SAFe
mindset, we can learn from people that know how to solve problems. As an RTE you will be
crucial to facilitate problem solving sessions.
DEFINITION
What is the "5 Why's" approach?
TERM
IMAGE
It's a proven problem-solving method, used to explore cause-and-effect relationships
underlying a specific problem. You start off by asking a simple why (example)
"We can't seem to implement SSO for our SaaS app" to which you ask Why? "We need specific
code from our internal IT team to embed into our SaaS software" and again Why? "Well, we
haven't really had much response back from our IT department? They said it s easy enough to
do it ourselves" Why? "Well, we believed them and now t seems we need more time to get the
teams together!" Why....."I haven't setup enough time between our supplier and IT Security
SSO department to test it out" and finally "John, can you please stop ask me all these Whys." I
now know what the problem is I need to solve
DEFINITION
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As RTE, why would I care about a Pareto Analysis?
TERM
IMAGE
The Pareto Chart is an output of the Fishbone effort, where Agile team(s) list all root causes
statistically on a chart (X axis) and vote for the highest causes (y-axis). This is what is meant by
the 80/20 rule or Pareto (meaning that 20% of the root causes will likely cause 80% of the
problems). (hint: check it out some more and really understand how you as RTE can facilitate
this)
DEFINITION
What are NFR's?
TERM
IMAGE
Non-Functional Requirements define system attributes such as security, reliability,
performance, maintainability, scalability, and usability. They serve as constraints or restrictions
on the design of the system across the different backlogs.
Proper definition and implementation of NFRs is critical
DEFINITION
Do NFR's occur in every Backlog? True or False
TERM
IMAGE
True. NFR's are associated with all backlogs in SAFe. From the Team Backlog, up to the Program
Backlog and then to the Solution backlog and even up to the Portfolio backlog (keep this in
mind). As RTE this is important as it impacts the flow of the ART, or Solution Train if multiple
ARTs
DEFINITION
Name 3 tools to use in Problem Solving?
TERM
IMAGE
Ishikawa diagrams
The 5 Why's
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Pareto Analysis
DEFINITION
Name 3 assessment used in PI Execution? (hint think what's in the toolkit)
TERM
IMAGE
1. Agile Product Delivery Self assessment
2. Team and Technical Agility Self-Assessment
3. SAFe DevOps Health Radar
DEFINITION
What do the 3 self assessments accomplish in SAFe (PI Execution)?
TERM
IMAGE
Help quantify overall Lean-Agile journey of the ART using the collective intelligence on the train
DEFINITION
Why do RTE's love shopping?
TERM
IMAGE
As RTE you need to plan events very carefully. You cant say, Oh my, we dont have any "Post-It
stickies". So plan:
a. Post-Its, (multi-colors)
b. Audio visual equipment - all rooms
c. Red thread for dependencies in PI Planning
d. Markers
e. Paper roll, Boards
f. Masking tape, Scissors
g. Digital tool for capturing data
h. Cell numbers of all ScrumMasters (text them for SoS meetings)
DEFINITION
Funny comparison: If you're a great RTE, what other 2 jobs could you do that will be in high
demand?
TERM
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ENGLISH
IMAGE
Wedding planner!! and a Football performance coach, edging the team ever forward.
DEFINITION
ENGLISH
What's the Best way to foster flow of value, innovation and apply Lean Budgeting
in the enterprise?
TERM
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Implement the Lean Portfolio core Competency
DEFINITION
What are my personal Observations on being a RTE?
TERM
IMAGE
For me, an RTE is a Scrum master at Program level; a Principle Scrum master if
you ask me. Someone who can look at all the different Scrum teams that compose
an ART and is able to track and coordinate all dependencies, risks, goals and
features that compose it. But more than that - The RTE should champion the Agile
culture and promote it through the Scrum masters while enforces a second layer
of communication and relationships between team members, Scrum masters,
Product owners and Stakeholders.
DEFINITION
Release Train Engineer (RTE)?
TERM
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The RTE facilitates Agile Release Train processes and execution. The RTE escalate
impediments, helps manage risk, helps ensure value delivery, and drives
continuous improvement.
DEFINITION
Which tool can the RTE use to visualize the flow of value?
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TERM
IMAGE
Kanban systems
DEFINITION
How can the RTE support Decentralized Decision-making?
TERM
IMAGE
Empower knowledge workers to manage the dependencies with other teams
DEFINITION
What's the best way for the RTE to show progress in the current PI to Management?
TERM
IMAGE
Use a System Demo
DEFINITION
What SAFe principle is being applied when a RTE treats suppiers as Partners?
TERM
IMAGE
Apply Systems Thinking
DEFINITION
What is the term Alignment in SAFe?
TERM
IMAGE
Alignment must rely on the Enterprise business objectives. It starts with the
strategy and investment decisions at the Portfolio level and is reflected in Strategic
Themes, Portfolio Vision, and the Portfolio Backlog. In turn, this informs the Vision,
Roadmap, and the backlogs at all levels of SAFe.
DEFINITION
In order to evolve as a Leader in SAFe, what practices can the RTE recommend?
TERM
IMAGE
Encourage personal development
DEFINITION
What's one way to secure Stakeholder commitment to the ART?
TERM
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IMAGE
Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) event
DEFINITION
Situation Question: During PI planning, the RTE sees the excitement of the team
quickly decline as Product Management starts making sudden changes to
Priorities - including the Top 10 Features - in the Program Backlog! What do you
think is the cause?
TERM
IMAGE
1. Lack of Training, and;
2. Preparation for PI Planing
DEFINITION
Which two actions must the RTE take when facilitating the PI planning event?
(choose two)
TERM
IMAGE
1. Distribute the PI planning Agenda to Agile teams
2. Ensure all Audio/Visuals are setup correctly
DEFINITION
How many iterations does one Program Increment (PI) have in SAFe
TERM
IMAGE
PIs are typically 8 - 12 weeks long. The most common pattern for a PI is four
development Iterations, followed by one Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration
DEFINITION
If a team's vote on the confidence level is high enough the aggregate set of
objectives becomes
TERM
IMAGE
ART Plan
DEFINITION
What are two ways Program Risk can be Categorized? (choose two)
a. Reliable
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b. Owned
c. Leaning out
d. Resolved
TERM
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Owned, Resolved
DEFINITION
The Teams DRAFT plan review consists of which three items at the end of the 1st
DAY of the PI planning event, (choose 3)
a. Risks and Impediments
b. Capacity and Load Estimates
c. Agile team assessment
d. Draft PI Objectives
TERM
IMAGE
Risks and Impediments; Capacity and Load Estimates and Draft PI Objectives
DEFINITION
Which Tool is useful in facilitating Scrum of Scrum meetings?
TERM
IMAGE
Program Board
DEFINITION
What's the only true OBJECTIVE measure of an ART?
TERM
IMAGE
System Demo (hint: make sure you know difference between a Solution demo and
System demo)
DEFINITION
What's an ANTI-PATTERN, for an RTE, facilitating a Scrum of Scrum?
TERM
IMAGE
Reviewing Individual team Performance
DEFINITION
What two items should be kept under VERSION control? (choose two)
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a. SAFe tool
b. Test data
c. PI objectives
d. Configuration items
TERM
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Test data; Configuration Items
DEFINITION
In what way is a Value stream map different than a Process flow?
TERM
IMAGE
A value stream map measures the FLOW OF VALUE....and identifies bottlenecks
for improvement
DEFINITION
What's the best way for the RTE to support teams having challenges with problem
identification and decision making?
TERM
IMAGE
By listening to the Team
DEFINITION
Situation Question: The RTE has recently facilitated a session to bring people from
different teams together on the ART to discuss updating Engineering practices.
What stage is the team likely in?
a. Teaming
b. Storming
c. Forming
d. Norming
e. Virtual
TERM
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d. Norming (why: the team has likely already establish internal agreement about
their roles and responsibilities, individuals are adapting to it)
DEFINITION
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Which primary role should emphasize LIFELONG-LEARNING?
TERM
IMAGE
Lean Agile Leaders
DEFINITION
What are two purposes of a Community of Practice (CoP)?
TERM
IMAGE
To Network ; Share Knowledge and Skills
DEFINITION
What does the IP iterations provide to an ART?
TERM
IMAGE
A guard band (buffer) for estimating and a dedicated time for PI planning,
innovation, continuing education, and infrastructure work
DEFINITION
What is the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshop?
TERM
IMAGE
A larger, cadence-based opportunity for the ART to come together to address the
systemic impediments they're facing
DEFINITION
List 3 types of meetings held, in which ART representatives, come together
regularly to assess the progress of PI Objectives
TERM
IMAGE
SoS, PO Synch, ART Synch
DEFINITION
As RTE- what does the PI Burn-down Chart show?
TERM
IMAGE
The progress being made toward the program increment timebox. Shows
aggregated amount of work (story points) to Iterations within the PI
DEFINITION
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What are the common principles that ARTs operate on?
TERM
IMAGE
The schedule is fixed, new system increments every two weeks, the PI timebox is
fixed, the train has a known velocity, there are Agile Team, Dedicated people, Faceto-face PI Planning, Innovation and Planning (IP) iteration in the PI, Inspect and
Adapt (I&A) is held, and they Develop on Cadence. Release on Demand
DEFINITION
What does the Program Predictability Measure provide as an indicator?
TERM
IMAGE
Program Performance & Reliability
DEFINITION
At the end of each Iteration, the RTE collects and aggregates the agreed upon ART
metrics to....
TERM
IMAGE
Better understand PI progress and ART health; Continuous Integration; Lean Flow
accelerates delivery
DEFINITION
Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program
Increment (PI) Planning?
TERM
IMAGE
Feature deliveries dependencies visualized; / SMART PI objectives developed
DEFINITION
What does the RTE coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in?
TERM
IMAGE
Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
DEFINITION
What are the three key items communicated on the Program Board?
TERM
IMAGE
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Dependencies, Features delivery dates, Milestones
DEFINITION
What periodic synchronization meetings does the RTE facilitate?
TERM
IMAGE
ART sync at the Program Level and the value stream sync for Solution Trains
DEFINITION
Situational Question: What could you typically expect after being in an RTE role,
say after say 1 month?
TERM
IMAGE
It's a personal journey, when I joined, the focus was within the Scrum level, the
team level, while jumping into the SAFe framework and getting ready for the PI
planning event, getting up on stage in front of many people and building the
program boards & objectives. It did not take long until we had a team of excellent
Scrum masters and a community of practice, on top of our Agile Comm of Practice.
And now after many PI events later, our challenges are still there in many forms,
but everyone can now feel the change as we drive value down the ART and what
we now call the new normal
DEFINITION
What types of potential bottlenecks does the RTE help manage, track and escalate?
TERM
IMAGE
Risks and dependencies; escalate and track impediments
DEFINITION
Which two statements describe the responsibilities of the Product Owner?
TERM
IMAGE
Single voice for customer and stakeholders, and to own and manage team backlog
DEFINITION
The RTE is a servant leader who displays which two actions or behaviors?
TERM
IMAGE
1. Creates an environment of mutual influence
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2. Listens and supports teams in problem identification and decision-making
DEFINITION
RTEs collaborate to ensure strategy alignment with?
TERM
IMAGE
System Architect/Engineering and Product and Solution Management
DEFINITION
What's the size of an Agile team?
TERM
IMAGE
5-11 people (all cross functional, they build, design test, deploy)
DEFINITION
What's the size of an ART?
TERM
IMAGE
50-125+ people (virtual organization)
DEFINITION
What's the duration of an ART?
TERM
IMAGE
8-12 weeks
DEFINITION
Whats the duration of an ART Synch? (Think carefully)
TERM
IMAGE
1 hour
DEFINITION
What do we call multiple ARTs all serving a common vision?
TERM
IMAGE
Solution Train
DEFINITION
What's the duration of a Iteration?
TERM
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IMAGE
2 weeks
DEFINITION
How long is the Scrum of Scrum session?
TERM
IMAGE
30 min
DEFINITION
How long is the System Demo?
TERM
IMAGE
2 hours
DEFINITION
How long is the Inspect & Adapt (I &A) session?
TERM
IMAGE
0.5 day
DEFINITION
How long is the PO Synch session?
TERM
IMAGE
30-60min
DEFINITION
How long is the Daily session?
TERM
IMAGE
15 min
DEFINITION
How long is the main PI Event?
TERM
IMAGE
2 days
DEFINITION
How long is the PI event for Distributed Teams (different Time zones)
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TERM
IMAGE
2.5-3 days
DEFINITION
Who's responsible for the PI event logistics and cascading the Agenda?
TERM
IMAGE
RTE
DEFINITION
on (DAY 1) PI event , what outcomes can we expect the Agile team breakout
sessions to produce?
TERM
IMAGE
Create PI plan for ALL their iterations; write DRAFT PI objectives and identify risks
and impediments
DEFINITION
The Program Board will focus on what?
TERM
IMAGE
Feature delivery; Team dependencies & Milestones (note: Program Board is also
then used during PI planning and after it as well - its the visual board)
DEFINITION
During PI Planning the teams produce a PI Plan. What is the aim of that deliverable?
TERM
IMAGE
1. Current capacity and load for each iteration
2. Draft PI objectives
3. Identified Risks and Impediments
DEFINITION
What is the format of the PI Objectives developed by Teams?
TERM
IMAGE
S.M.A.R.T.
DEFINITION
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How is scoring assigned to Business Value chart for Agile teams, when they show
the PI Objectives?
TERM
IMAGE
ART Business Owners assign a value between 1-10 in the various Team breakout
rooms. Note the BO's are walking the rooms
DEFINITION
How is scoring assigned by teams once Risks and Dependencies are resolved?
TERM
IMAGE
Confidence vote (hint 1-5 fingers) done initially on their own team PI plan......then
again in the wider PI audience
"Given what you now know, how confident are you that we as a team can deliver
on this plan together?"
DEFINITION
How do you prepare & facilitate for large DISTRIBUTED team in PI Planning where
large time zone difference occur?
TERM
IMAGE
Hold the PI event over 2.5-3 days, allowing for overlapping hours. You must honour
team culture and people.
DEFINITION
What's an ART Synch?
TERM
IMAGE
Sometimes the Scrum of Scrum meeting and PO Synch meeting can be combined
and handled together. Remember now that both SoS and PO Synch truly keep
things at a program-level conversation. So now that said, as denominator... we can
actually combine SOS and POPM Synch ... SAFe calls this the ART Synch
DEFINITION
Which role facilitates the PO Synch?
TERM
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IMAGE
The RTE or PO can facilitate this event for Product Owners or Product
Management. (hint: occurs weekly or as needed)
DEFINITION
Which role facilitates the Scum of Scrum meeting?
TERM
IMAGE
RTE (done weekly) - hint: The SoS helps coordinate the dependencies of the ARTs
and provides visibility into progress and impediments
DEFINITION
What are Kanban WIP Limits? (hint: think of the visual board and sticky notes)
TERM
IMAGE
The Work in Progress (WIP) limits are displayed above each column. there are
limits how many cards are in each column. They adjust demand to capacity and
hep the flow through the board. The implementation of WIP limits allows you to
complete single work items faster, by helping your team to focus only on current
tasks.
DEFINITION
Why are Kanban Boards useful?
TERM
IMAGE
Helps visualize the flow of work of Features & Enablers through the ART. Helps
with PI planning and of course, with ongoing PI progress. Its really great for SoS,
PO Synch and ART Synch sessions...and visually great for problem solving. The
entire ART can see whats going on
DEFINITION
Metrics: What does the PI Burn-Down chart provide?
TERM
IMAGE
Shows the amount of work completed and total work remaining in that PI timebox.
think of a visual Glide-slope moving down. There is an X and Y axis (story points
vs Iterations) - Nice for showing any scope creep.
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DEFINITION
Metrics: What does the Cumulative Flow Diagram provide?
TERM
IMAGE
It shows the amount of work in the various Kanban states (columns such as Funnel,
Analyzing etc). One quickly can view any bottlenecks in througput, Lead times and
WIP in the system
DEFINITION
Metrics: What does the Program Predictability Measure do?
TERM
IMAGE
It captures actual business objectives achieved vs planned business value in a
visual tabular manner. - It measures all PIs at one axis and progress to objectives
on the other axis. It reflects ALL teams variances to meeting program objectives.
DEFINITION
DevOps and Release on Demand is the responsibility of Who?
TERM
IMAGE
All, shared responsibility
DEFINITION
What is a a Scaled definition of Done? (DoD)
TERM
IMAGE
The continuous development of incremental system functionality requires a scaled
DoD. (note: read section 5.5 of Scaled Agile training notes)
my observation is that there is always confusion about what Done is Done means
- please read more on this!
DEFINITION
What are the 3 parts of Inspect & Adapt?
TERM
IMAGE
PI System Demo; Quantitative Measurement ; Problem Solving workshop
DEFINITION
Why is a Fishbone diagram so important to an ART?
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TERM
IMAGE
(Also known as Cause and Effect Diagram, Fishbone Diagram, Ishikawa Diagram)
it allows Agile teams to conduct problem solving simulation , you agree on the
problem to solve, apply root causes to that problem, then identify root causes restate the problem again and out of this allows team to then brainstorm solutions
- the result is fantastic as that output goes into improving the Backlog list (long
winded answer, I recommend some study on how to use it)
DEFINITION
Who was Charles Kettering and why's he brought up in SAFe?
TERM
IMAGE
Well, he stated that "A problem well defined is a problem half solved" -
He was interestingly enough, an American inventor, held 186 patents, and headed
up General Motors back in the day. He knew alot about problems and ways to solve
them. Given the SAFe mindset, we can learn from people that know how to solve
problems. As an RTE you will be crucial to facilitate problem solving sessions.
DEFINITION
What is the "5 Why's" approach?
TERM
IMAGE
It's a proven problem-solving method, used to explore cause-and-effect
relationships underlying a specific problem. You start off by asking a simple why
(example)
"We can't seem to implement SSO for our SaaS app" to which you ask Why? "We
need specific code from our internal IT team to embed into our SaaS software" and
again Why? "Well, we haven't really had much response back from our IT
department? They said it s easy enough to do it ourselves" Why? "Well, we
believed them and now t seems we need more time to get the teams together!"
Why....."I haven't setup enough time between our supplier and IT Security SSO
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department to test it out" and finally "John, can you please stop ask me all these
Whys." I now know what the problem is I need to solve
DEFINITION
As RTE, why would I care about a Pareto Analysis?
TERM
IMAGE
The Pareto Chart is an output of the Fishbone effort, where Agile team(s) list all
root causes statistically on a chart (X axis) and vote for the highest causes (y-axis).
This is what is meant by the 80/20 rule or Pareto (meaning that 20% of the root
causes will likely cause 80% of the problems). (hint: check it out some more and
really understand how you as RTE can facilitate this)
DEFINITION
What are NFR's?
TERM
IMAGE
Non-Functional Requirements define system attributes such as security, reliability,
performance, maintainability, scalability, and usability. They serve as constraints
or restrictions on the design of the system across the different backlogs.
Proper definition and implementation of NFRs is critical
DEFINITION
Do NFR's occur in every Backlog? True or False
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True. NFR's are associated with all backlogs in SAFe. From the Team Backlog, up
to the Program Backlog and then to the Solution backlog and even up to the
Portfolio backlog (keep this in mind). As RTE this is important as it impacts the
flow of the ART, or Solution Train if multiple ARTs
DEFINITION
Name 3 tools to use in Problem Solving?
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Ishikawa diagrams
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The 5 Why's
Pareto Analysis
DEFINITION
Name 3 assessment used in PI Execution? (hint think what's in the toolkit)
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1. Agile Product Delivery Self assessment
2. Team and Technical Agility Self-Assessment
3. SAFe DevOps Health Radar
DEFINITION
What do the 3 self assessments accomplish in SAFe (PI Execution)?
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Help quantify overall Lean-Agile journey of the ART using the collective
intelligence on the train
DEFINITION
Why do RTE's love shopping?
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As RTE you need to plan events very carefully. You cant say, Oh my, we dont have
any "Post-It stickies". So plan:
a. Post-Its, (multi-colors)
b. Audio visual equipment - all rooms
c. Red thread for dependencies in PI Planning
d. Markers
e. Paper roll, Boards
f. Masking tape, Scissors
g. Digital tool for capturing data
h. Cell numbers of all ScrumMasters (text them for SoS meetings)
DEFINITION
Funny comparison: If you're a great RTE, what other 2 jobs could you do that will
be in high demand?
TERM
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Wedding planner!! and a Football performance coach, edging the team ever
forward.
DEFINITION
Question 1
After an Agile Release Train's first Program Increment (PI) Planning event, what
action can the Release Train Engineer take to help optimize the Program Backlog
readiness for the next PI?
A
Ask Product Management and the System Architect what the new Program Backlog looks like just before the next Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration, so socialization can begin
B
Compile all the teams' objectives from PI Planning and send out a summary report
C
Coach Product Management and the System Architect to include Program Backlog
refinement into their cadence-based approach
D
Ask the Lean Portfolio Management function to hold regular Epic review meetings
so new Epics will flow to the Agile Release Train
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : C
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Next Question
Question 2
While facilitating Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness activities, the Release
Train Engineer (RTE) notices a Feature that is risky to the teams because the
technology is new. Which of the following could reduce the risk?
A
Ensure engineering managers are directing the development process
B
Coach the teams to create exploration Enablers
C
Ask for a presentation of a detailed design before the PI Planning meeting
D
Make sure all the technical specifications are written before PI execution
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : B
Next Question
Question 3
What is one of the questions the Product Management team must answer in order
to create a Vision?
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A
Which themes are on the Roadmap
B
How many Features have already been released to the Customer
C
Which problem will the Solution solve
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : C
Next Question
Question 4
Several Scrum Masters seem to be deadlocked in a disagreement on what to do
about a shared issue. What is an appropriate coaching technique for the RTE to
use?
A
Driving an empirical assessment of the problem using metrics
B
Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities
C
Being the final 'decision making authority' once all views have been heard
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D
Bringing fresh emphasis to lean-agile's respect for people and culture
Expose Correct Answer
Answer : B
Next Question
Question 5
A Release Train Engineer (RTE) would like to try a new retrospective technique at
the next Inspect and Adapt event. However, the RTE is unsure how to prepare for
it and thinks there may be some pitfalls. How could an RTE get help?
A
Share and receive feedback from other RTEs in a community of practice
B
Post it in an internal communications forum and inspire others to try this technique
as well
C
Ask leadership to decide whether or not this technique should be used with the
Agile Release Train
D
Start a discussion with the Architects to see how they would re-design the retrospectives
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Expose Correct Answer
Answer : A
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Question: 2 Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role?
(Choose two.) A. Drive teams to specific outcomes B. Provide answers about Features C. Coach
leaders to increase alignment D. Encourage teams to self-organize E. Manage dependencies for
teams Answer: C, D Question: 3 Which statement is true about teams? A. Products are more
robust when individuals on teams have specific skill sets B. Agile Teams can manage daily
interruptions C. Teams are more productive than the same number of individuals D. Changes
in team composition do not impact productivity Answer: C Question: 4 Which one SAFe core
value creates an environment where facts are always friendly? A. Transparency B. Respect for
People and Culture C. Flow Questions & Answers PDF Page 3 https://www.Pass4Future.com D.
Innovation Answer: A Question: 5 The business must depend on the team for what in order to
do any meaningful planning? A. Team capabilities B. Commitment to the plan C. Measurements
D. A cross-functional skill set Answer: B
What are three ways to foster accountability on an ART?
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Stakeholders' presence in the System Demo; Report fact-based Metrics; Peer
Pressure
DEFINITION
What two practices are most important for the ART to best support Release on
Demand?
TERM
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Decouple deployment from release; Continuous Integration
DEFINITION
Why is the innovation pillar of the House of Lean important to SAFe?
TERM
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It validates Solutions with Customers
DEFINITION
Which core competency best describes the critical skills of Scrum, Kanban, and
the Built-In Quality practices that are needed to manage the flow of value?
TERM
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Team and Technical Agility
DEFINITION
Which core competency helps foster faster lead time, faster recovery, fewer
defects, and more frequent deployments?
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Agile Product Delivery
DEFINITION
When is the best time to conduct the pre- PI Planning event during the Innovation
and Planning (IP) Iteration?
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As early as possible
DEFINITION
An ART has significant external dependencies on long-lead hardware items. What
two actions should an RTE take to meet this constraint?
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Treat the Supplier like an ART; Invite the hardware manufacturers to the PI Planning
event
DEFINITION
During PI Planning, an SoS is occuring just before the draft plan review. The SM of
one team states that one of the Product Managers just showed up to their planning
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area with a priority wish list of items. The items do not align with the Feature
prioritization. What is the most likely planning anti-pattern causing this sudden
impediment?
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Prioritization by Product Management was performed autonomously not
collaboratively.
DEFINITION
Which three topics are covered on the first day of the PI Planning event?
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Product/Solution Vision; Business Context; Architecture Vision and development
practices
DEFINITION
Teams are reporting a high level of success through their individual quantitative
measurements, but the system results say otherwise. What should the RTE do to
help the teams deliver more value?
TERM
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Coach the SMs on good retrospective techniques and ensure teams are defining
and taking a systems view approach to improvements
DEFINITION
During PI execution, the System Team is unclear about how to test some of the
larger Features. What should an RTE do?
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Encourage the System Team and Product Management to meet and collaborate on
a solution
DEFINITION
Which core competency describes the mindsets, culture, and practices that make
flow possible?
TERM
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Agile Product Delivery
DEFINITION
What is the best way for the RTE to show progress of work in the current PI to
management?
TERM
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Conduct a System Demo
DEFINITION
What are two reasons why an environment of mutal influence is desirable?
TERM
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It provides guardrais for decision making; It encourages transparency <- This is
wrong, find right answer
DEFINITION
TERM
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DEFINITION
When facilitating an IA problem-solving workshop, which three brainstorming rules
help guide the working group to explore potential corrective actions?
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Discourage silence; Explore and combine ideas; Be positive and open to new ideas
<- This is wrong, find the right answer
DEFINITION
Which SAFe core competency incorporates guidance on coordinating trains and
suppliers? (5.1)
Business Agility
Measure and Grow
Enterprise Solution Delivery
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Lean Portfolio Management
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Enterprise Solution Delivery
DEFINITION
Which SAFe core value creates an environment where facts are always friendly?
Flow
Innovation
Respect for People and Culture
Transparency
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Transparency
DEFINITION
Which core competency describes the ability to deliver continuous value?
Lean Portfolio Management
Enterprise Solution Delivery
Agile Product Delivery
Business Agility
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Agile Product Delivery
DEFINITION
How does a Release Train Engineer view the role of functional managers on the
Agile Release Train?
As a content authority for work
As decision makers
As developers of people
As problem solvers
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As developers of people
DEFINITION
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Which of the core competencies of business agility includes aligning strategy with
execution?
Lean-Agile Leadership
Agile Product Delivery
Organizational Agility
Lean Portfolio Management
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Lean Portfolio Management
DEFINITION
Which SAFe core competency requires exemplifying the principles and values of
lean-agile?
Continuous Learning Culture
Organizational Agility
Agile Product Delivery
Lean-Agile Leadership
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Lean-Agile Leadership
DEFINITION
Who can the Release Train Engineer work with to help eliminate policies and
procedures that demotivate employees?
Business Owners
Product Management
Portfolio Managers
Lean-Agile Leaders
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Lean-Agile Leaders
DEFINITION
What is one primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer?
Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
Support the Product Owner
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Manage and optimize the Release on Demand process
Eliminate impediments
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Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
DEFINITION
What are two responsibilities of the Release Train Engineer during Program
Increment (PI) execution? (Choose two.)
To make decisions on resource issues for critical bottlenecks
To direct the management of the communities of practice
To facilitate the System Demo
To formulate and direct decisions on risks
To escalate and track impediments
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To facilitate the System Demo
To escalate and track impediments
DEFINITION
Which two behaviors are an important part of the Release Train Engineer role?
(Choose two.)
Manage dependencies for teams
Provide answers about Features
Encourage teams to self-organize
Coach leaders to increase alignment
Drive teams to specific outcomes
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Encourage teams to self-organize
Coach leaders to increase alignment
DEFINITION
In system thinking, value of a system passes through its what? (5.1)
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Interactions
Interdependencies
Interconnections
Integrations
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Interconnections
DEFINITION
How can a Release Train Engineer help unlock intrinsic motivation?
- Give tough feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
- Establish good incentives for aligning with the enterprise's goals
- Emphasize participation from senior leadership to expedite decisions
- Practice healthy conflict resolutions between teams and team members
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Give tough feedback supportively and be willing to be more vulnerable
DEFINITION
Why would a Release Train Engineer use an Iteration and Program Increment
Calendar?
- To create a BVIR of the important teams ART milestones
- To know the cycle time between important team and train events
- To ensure the key ceremonies don't conflict with non-SAFe ceremonies
- To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
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To visualize the Agile Release Train's cadence and synchronization
DEFINITION
What best describes what stream-aligned teams do?
- Analyze value streams and transform them using lean-agile principles
- Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
- Promote better flow of communications between leadership, trains and teams
- Use process-mapping to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks.
TERM
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Build and deliver customer value with minimal dependencies on other teams
DEFINITION
Who are two key collaborators with the RTE to support the ART? (Choose two.)
Product owners
Scrum masters
Product Management
Release Management
System Architects/Engineers
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Product Management
System Architects/Engineers
DEFINITION
Product Management wants to prioritize a list of Features likely to be planned in
the upcoming planning meeting.
What should Product Management use as the denominator of the weighted
shortest job first calculation?
Job size based on relative estimation
The T-shirt sizes for each of the Features
Feature size expressed in story points
The actual business value of each feature
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Job size based on relative estimation
DEFINITION
Which two key skills does a Release Train Engineer bring to economic
prioritization? (Choose two.)
Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
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Coordinate Lean Portfolio Management by providing feedback for cost of delay
factors
Determine job size by surveying Scrum Masters of impacted teams
Do research and data collection for cost of delay factors
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Facilitate stakeholder collaboration
Understand and facilitate weighted shorted job first
DEFINITION
What action does a Release Train Engineer take prior to an upcoming Program
Increment (PI) Planning meeting?
Provide approval and sign-off for draft Team Backlogs
Allocate time in the scrum of scrums meeting for Product Management to socialize
with the teams the Features for the upcoming PI
Ensure that at least 30% of the Program Backlog is allocated to Enabler Features
Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the
Program Backlog
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Facilitate Product Management and other stakeholders in prioritization of the
Program Backlog
DEFINITION
Why is it helpful to communicate newly refined Features and Enablers to the teams
during the current Program Increment (PI)?
- Teams can establish face-to-face communication across all team members and
stakeholders
- Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments,
and knowledge building
- Teams can help support overall product integrity and facilitate working
agreements during PI Planning
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- Teams can review the Features and Enablers at the start of PI Planning, so they
have an understanding of the Roadmap for the next PI
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Teams can prepare backlogs, give feedback to the Product Owner/Product
Management/System Architect, and begin looking at dependencies, impediments,
and knowledge building
DEFINITION
What action can result in reduced collaboration between teams during the Program
Increment (PI) Planning event?
Overprepare for PI Planning
Start the Agile Release Train without a System Team in place
Include inexperienced team members
Skip the Inspect and Adapt event
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Overprepare for PI Planning
DEFINITION
Program Increment (PI) Planning is a major event that requires preparation,
coordination, and communication. What are two key areas a Release Train
Engineer should focus on to support a successful PI Planning event? (Choose
two.)
- Operational readiness - Facilitating PI events such as scrum of scrums, Iteration
Planning, and System Demo
- Architectural readiness - Defining the Architectural Runway
Facilities readiness - Space and logistics for the event
- Organizational readiness - Strategic alignment; roles, teams, and train setup
- Process readiness - The operational rhythm that enables SAFe governance
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Facilities readiness - Space and logistics for the event
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Organizational readiness - Strategic alignment; roles, teams, and train setup
DEFINITION
An Agile Release Train (ART) is frequently discovering compatibility issues
between the developed Solution and the Enterprise information architecture. What
can the Release Train Engineer do to prevent this from occurring?
Conduct the entire data architecture design upfront
Develop more detailed Feature definitions
Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI)
Planning
Add data Architects onto the ART
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Confirm attendance of architectural representatives at Program Increment (PI)
Planning
DEFINITION
Which two activities take place during Team Breakout #1 on the first day of
Program Increment (PI) Planning? (Choose two.)
- Draft objectives are written but do not include exploration Enablers
- All teams' planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding
- Teams use color-coding for their backlog items as a reminder that they are
required to have all backlog item types on their planning boards
- Risks on the teams' planning boards are resolved by the Release Train Engineer
- Draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
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All teams' planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding
Draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
DEFINITION
What is ultimately intended to be supported by the use of a program board?
Problem solving
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Program predictability
Feature delivery
Dependency review
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Feature delivery
DEFINITION
What are the three key items communicated on the Program Board? (Choose
three.)
PI Objectives
Program risks
Team velocity
Feature delivery dates
Dependencies between teams
Milestones
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Feature delivery dates
Dependencies between teams
Milestones
DEFINITION
During the management review and problem-solving meeting, one team raises the
risk of not finishing a Feature before the end of the program increment (PI). how
can the management team help ensure they complete the feature within the PI?
Negotiate a reduction in scope of the feature
ROAM the risk appropriately
Use buffer resources as a guard band
Redefine the definition of done for feature
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Negotiate a reduction in scope of the feature
DEFINITION
Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of Program
Increment (PI) Planning?
- The Release Train Engineer (RTE) modifies the PI Iteration schedule, if needed,
based on the scope of high priority Features
- The Release Train Engineer (RTE) combines all Team PI Objectives into Program
PI Objectives
- All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
- Business Owners assign business value without team discussion so they can
normalize business value across all teams on the Agile Release Train
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All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program board
DEFINITION
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) learns the teams feel the business value does
not reflect the effort and progress.
What are two ways the RTE can provide a better understanding of what the teams
have created? (Choose two.)
- Coach the Business Owner's review of objectives to see that scoring is against
the specific details negotiated with the team during PI Planning
- Work with the team to ensure they are actively involved when the Business
Owners score the business value achieved
- Educate teams that business value provides the Enterprise with a Metric of how
fast the team executed work during the PI
- Publish the team business values and coach teams that these values are for
tracking each Agile Release Train deliverable
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Illustrate
the
linkage
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business
values
and
the
market
communications/release objectives tied to the three to six month Enterprise
strategy
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Coach the Business Owner's review of objectives to see that scoring is against the
specific details negotiated with the team during PI Planning
Work with the team to ensure they are actively involved when the Business Owners
score the business value achieved
DEFINITION
The Release Train Engineer ensures that Business Owners assign business value
to what during Program Increment (PI) Planning?
Team-level PI Objectives
Features
Program-level PI Objectives
Stories
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Team-level PI Objectives
DEFINITION
What should the Release Train Engineer do during the final plan review on Day two
of Program Increment (PI) Planning?
- Facilitate the ROAMing of each team's risks
- Verify that each team's uncommitted objectives have lower business value than
the committed PI Objectives in order to reflect proper prioritization
- Facilitate all teams when they are presenting their final plans to the entire Agile
Release Train
- Encourage discussion of each team's product Vision as part of the final plan
review
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Facilitate all teams when they are presenting their final plans to the entire Agile
Release Train
DEFINITION
At the end of day two of the Program Increment (PI) Planning event, the team's final
plan review covers what information?
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- Changes to capacity and load, Final PI Objectives, Program risks and
impediments
- Changes to iteration goals, measured velocity, and dependencies
- Planned features, uncommitted objectives, and ROAMed risks
- Team features, stories and Team-level enablers
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Changes to capacity and load, Final PI Objectives, Program risks and impediments
DEFINITION
When planning for a distributed Program Increment (PI) Planning event with a large
difference in time zones, what are two key preparation and facilitation focus areas
for a Release Train Engineer (RTE)? (Choose two.)
- Share the outcomes of preparation meetings with local Scrum Masters so they
can arrange local rooms
- Have a single RTE and technical support person that acts as a central point of
communication for all locations
- Arrange and test presentation audio and video connectivity in all locations
- Split up the PI Planning event per time zone and then have the final plan review,
confidence vote, and planning retrospective as one centralized meeting
- Adjust the PI agenda to 2.5 - 3 days, allowing for overlapping hours
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Arrange and test presentation audio and video connectivity in all locations
Adjust the PI agenda to 2.5 - 3 days, allowing for overlapping hours
DEFINITION
Which of the following is true of iteration goals in SAFe?
- They enable teams to keep aligned with PI objectives
- They describe the value of planned Features and Enablers
- They provide quantifiable metrics to be used in retrospectives
- They provide KPIs for tracking progress and value realization
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They enable teams to keep aligned with PI objectives
DEFINITION
Which two roles should facilitate an ART sync? (Choose two.)You have reached
the max number of allowed answers
Product Management
Product Owner
Epic Owner
Release Train Engineer
Scrum Master
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Product Management
Release Train Engineer
DEFINITION
Which of the following is true about the ART sync event?
It is a combination of PO-synch and Scrum of scrum events
It occurs during the innovation and planning iteration
Attendance by the entire ART is important
It is run after PO-sync and Scrum of scrum events
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It is a combination of PO-sync and Scrum of scrum events
DEFINITION
What are two purposes of the System Demo? (Choose two.)
- To demonstrate a team's build
- To demonstrate the full solution in a production-like context
- To exercise the performance of the staging area
- To get feedback from the primary stakeholders
- To conduct the Inspect and Adapt workshop
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To demonstrate the full solution in a production-like context
To get feedback from the primary stakeholders
DEFINITION
Which statement is true about using a Program Kanban system?
All work are visualized, progress is continually tracked
The board tracks features, dependencies and milestones
Work is pushed through the Kanban to ensure train capacity is utilized
WIP limits are used to provide any needed buffers
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All work are visualized, progress is continually tracked
DEFINITION
What are the two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP)
Iteration? (Choose two.) (5.1)
- Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
- Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
- Shorter lead times before Feature delivery
- Improved dependency management between teams
- Higher flow of program-level business value
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Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
DEFINITION
In addition to Innovation and Planning, what else does the IP iteration provide time
for?
Building in quality and compliance
An estimating guard band
Additional planned work
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An opportunity to integrate and perform end-to-end testing
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An estimating guard band
DEFINITION
Which role should the Release Train Engineer play related to a hackathon event?
Allow the teams as much flexibility as possible to promote innovation
Work with development leaders to make sure they give clear and detailed guidance
to the developers on what is expected
Ensure the teams have allocated story points in the Innovation and Planning
Iteration during the Program Increment to account for the effort
Get approval for work to be done in the hackathon
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Allow the teams as much flexibility as possible to promote innovation
DEFINITION
The Agile Release Train (ART) team is near the end of the final Iteration of their first
Program Increment. Integration into the staging environment is more challenging
than estimated.
They add a week to the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration for integration and
testing. Why is this a bad idea?
- It decreases job satisfaction by removing autonomy and purpose
- Overall train velocity goes up and the time-to-market goes down
- It reduces the overall predictability established through cadence and
synchronization
- It substantially decreases the predictability of the Solution Intent
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predictability established
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DEFINITION
What can occur as a result of not having an Innovation and Planning Iteration?
Technical debt can grow uncontrollably
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Teams can have no time for fixing bugs
Bottlenecks can be hard to identify and resolve
Delivery can be stifled incrementally
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Technical debt can grow uncontrollably
DEFINITION
Which two actions can the Release Train Engineer take to facilitate team growth?
(Choose two.)
Encourage continuous learning
Ensure time is allocated for innovation and planning
Facilitate conflict
Encourage skill specialization
Provide a team vision
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Encourage continuous learning
Ensure time is allocated for innovation and planning
DEFINITION
What is the most accurate definition of DevOps?
- A mindset, culture, and set of technical practices that emphasizes close
cooperation to provide value to the Customer
- A method that ensures Operations works with Development every day to deliver
value
- A set of tools and processes that govern how code is deployed
- A process that provides visibility to impediments between writing code and
delivering value
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A mindset, culture, and set of technical practices that emphasizes close
cooperation to provide value to the Customer
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DEFINITION
A group of developers, Scrums Masters, and Product Owners from an Agile
Release Train have expressed interest in sharing knowledge and learning more
about DevOps concepts.
How can the Release Train Engineer help them collaborate to gain knowledge
about DevOps?
Align them with the System Team
Provide Devops training
Help them launch a DevOps community of practice
Schedule a DevOps bi-weekly synchronization
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Help them launch a DevOps community of practice
DEFINITION
What are three actions to take to support a Continuous Integration (CI) culture?
(Choose three.)
Secure senior leadership support before starting CI
Purchase a CI tool
Follow up with CI ceremonies
Integrate often
Make integration results visible
Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
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Integrate often
Make integration results visible
Ensure fixing a failed integration attempt is always the top priority
DEFINITION
Which statement is true about the definition of done (DoD)?
- The DoD should evolve as system capabilities evolve
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- The DoD is not used by the teams because it is used as a method to manage
technical debt across the ART
- At the higher levels there is only one DoD for everything that passes through the
Agile Release Train to a Solution increment or a release
- The teams share one common DoD
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The DoD should evolve as system capabilities evolve
DEFINITION
What are two benefits of having a team definition of done? (Choose two.)
To improve quality
To gauge team predictability
To measure the team's capacity to load ratio
To collect team performance Metrics
To increase predictability
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To improve quality
To gauge team predictability
DEFINITION
Which statement is true about the retrospective and problem-solving part of the
Inspect and Adapt workshop?
- The Release Train Engineer gathers the list of problems to be solved during the
final scrum of scrums of the Program Increment (PI)
- Encourage teams to sit together during the retrospective portion to ensure an
effective outcome
- Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including Business Owners, Customers,
and management can participate along with the teams
- The improvement backlog items resulting from the problem-solving workshop
should be items that only leadership can address
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Key Agile Release Train stakeholders, including Business Owners, Customers, and
management can participate along with the teams
DEFINITION
What are two main reasons why the program predictability measure is important?
(Choose two.)
- It focuses the Agile Release Train on predictable value delivery
- It allows the business and other stakeholders to plan effectively
- It demonstrates the need to fix the scope at the beginning of the Program
Increment (PI)
- It indicates whether the Solution is ready to be released
- It identifies under-performing teams
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It focuses the Agile Release Train on predictable value delivery
It identifies under-performing teams
DEFINITION
Which tool is typically not used during the problem solving workshop?
Modified Fibonacci
Fishbone diagram
Dot voting
Pareto analysis
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Modified Fibonacci
DEFINITION
Some teams are having difficulty identifying where they might make process
improvements. How might the RTE support them?
- Run longer I&A meetings to brainstorm improvement items
- Observe the team's ceremonies and share observations
- Conduct a survey to identify the worst problems the team is having
- Encourage the team to perform regular self-assessments and discuss findings.
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Encourage the team to perform regular self-assessments and discuss findings.
DEFINITION
What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?
- Modelling overall process flow during value stream identification
- Measuring lead time for all work in progress
- Visualizing the flow of all work and track progress of individual items
- Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and business value realization
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Modelling overall process flow during value stream identification
DEFINITION
Which behaviour exemplifies servant leadership? (5.1)
- Create an environment of mutual influence
- Looking out for the interests of customers and stakeholders
- Ensuring appropriate justice is served if things go wrong
- Protecting the teams and train from negative reviews
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Create an environment of mutual influence
DEFINITION
At which two stages will the Agile Release Train (ART) act as a one-team culture?
(Choose two.)
Forming - The leaders will start to emerge
Norming - Teams begin to form communities
Performing - Creating a flow of knowledge across the teams and the ART
Storming - Fostering continuous improvement
Collaborating - Pairing and sharing across the ART
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Norming - Teams begin to form communities
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Performing - Creating a flow of knowledge across the teams and the ART
DEFINITION
Why is it important for the RTE to understand Tuckman's group dynamic stages?
- Tuckman helps to better understand team and ART topologies
- The Tuckman dynamic nature of the stages requires that we assume variability
and preserve options
- The Tuckman four stages should be reflected in the design of the program
Kanban.
- An ART is a team of teams and will likely also progress through the Tuckman
stages.
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An ART is a team of teams and will likely also progress through the Tuckman
stages.
DEFINITION
Several scrum masters seem to be deadlocked in a disagreement on what to do
about a shared issue. What is an appropriate coaching technique for the RTE to
use?
- Bringing fresh emphasis to lean-agile's respect for people and culture.
- Driving an empirical assessment of the problem using metrics
- Being the final "decision making authority" once all views have been heard
- Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities.
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Asking powerful questions to invite creativity and new possibilities.
DEFINITION
How can a Release Train Engineer be aware of employee satisfaction?
- Gather employee Metrics immediately after the Agile Release Train launches
- Address and resolve any problems areas
- Conduct an employee Net Promoter Score survey
- Survey full-time employees
TERM
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Conduct an employee Net Promoter Score survey
DEFINITION
What might an RTE do to embrace relentless improvement and a growth mindset
as an individual?
- Identify personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
- Use personal gemba to find useful improvements
- Frequently execute the SAFe individual self assessment
- Establish personal KPIs to be able to quantify progress
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Identify personal challenges and create personal actions to be taken
DEFINITION
What is a key characteristic lean-agile leaders need to have when implementing
SAFe?
Keeping roadmaps to no more than a single PI
Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles and practices
Ensuring compliance with process standards
Emphasizing the enterprise objectives and KPIs
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Understanding and exhibiting the values, principles and practices
DEFINITION
What encourages lifelong learning behavior?
Sharing learnings and knowledge
Applying the SAFe Implementation Roadmap
Establishing a sense of urgency
Identifying skill gaps
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Establishing a sense of urgency
DEFINITION
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During the Agile Release Train (ART) kickoff session, Operations raises a concern
that they are already spread very thin and have no time to collaborate with all the
teams on the ART.
What should the Release Train Engineer recommend to discover bottlenecks and
provide governance for Operations' engagement?
Visualize the deployment pipeline requests through a Kanban system
Have the Operations staff sit within the team areas
Ensure all DevOps practitioners attend Leading SAFe training
Abstract platform/infrastructure requests from build/deploy requests
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Have the Operations staff sit within the team areas
DEFINITION
The servant leadership role of the Release Train Engineer is very important and
can be described by which statement?
Assurance of value delivery
Support teams' commitments and fix problems for them
Facilitates PI Planning
Coach by asking questions and articulating facts rather than using authority
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Coach by asking questions and articulating facts rather than using authority
DEFINITION
Why should the Release Train Engineer encourage lifelong learning?
To motivate team members to form as a team
To evolve the system
To increase team velocity
To decentralize decision making
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To evolve the system
DEFINITION
What is an effective method for finding the root cause of a problem?
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Conduct empathy interviews
Perform a team retrospective
Perform a 5 Whys on the problem
Engage Business Owners
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Perform a 5 Whys on the problem
DEFINITION
Migrating component teams to feature teams on an Agile Release Train can be
enabled by which action?
Creating a business case to support the migration
Encouraging the System Architect and Product Management to share roles
Combining the testers into one team
Carefully rotating team members between different component teams to spread the
knowledge
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Carefully rotating team members between different component teams to spread the
knowledge
DEFINITION
A Scrum Master reports that the team feels like it is doing fine and would rather
focus on work than waste time coming up with and implementing improvement
ideas.
The team has recently had trouble meeting their Iteration commitments, so the
Scrum Master knows the team can do better. The Scrum Master asks the Release
Train Engineer (RTE) for help. What might the RTE suggest as a first step?
Dedicate additional meeting time to brainstorm improvement items
Observe the team's daily stand-ups and have a meet-after about the importance of
relentless improvement
Review team Metrics with the Scrum Master and look for specific improvement
areas that can be shared with the team
Arrange for an external coach for the team to help them improve
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Review team Metrics with the Scrum Master and look for specific improvement
areas that can be shared with the team
DEFINITION
In addition to adopting and exhibiting a new mindset, which core competency also
supports teaching the skill set necessary to practice the goal of delivering value?
Lean-Agile Principles
SAFe House of Lean
Lean Portfolio Management
Lean-Agile Leadership
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Lean-Agile Leadership
DEFINITION
What is a Release Train Engineer anti-pattern behavior during the scrum of scrums
or PO sync meetings?
Ignoring emotion and focusing on content
Ensuring compliance items are addressed
Resolving impediments
Expressing positive feelings and praise
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Ignoring emotion and focusing on content
DEFINITION
What value do Iteration Goals provide in SAFe?
Clarity, commitment, and transparency
Provides a list of planned stories
Better understanding of the sequencing of the team's backlogs
Creates the near-term focus and vision
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Clarity, commitment, and transparency
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DEFINITION
How does the Release Train Engineer help develop the Agile Release Train (ART)
over time?
Analyze the velocity trend
Create an ART improvement Roadmap
Facilitate post-PI Planning
Conduct a retrospective
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Create an ART improvement Roadmap
DEFINITION
What are the two benefits of having a well-executed Innovation and Planning (IP)
Iteration? (Choose two.)
- Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
- Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
- Shorter lead times before Feature delivery
- Improved dependency management between teams
- Higher flow of program-level business value
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Occasional buffer time to deliver more predictably
Time for teams to plan, demo and improve together
DEFINITION
The RTE can delegate some program reporting and meeting attendance to Scrum Masters on
the train. This will help manage expectations by ensuring that interested ...
1 answer · Top answer: 1.Delegate some program reporting and meeting attendance to Scrum
During Program Increment (PI) Planning, a scrum of scrums occurs just
before the draft plan review. The Scrum Master from one team raises an
issue that one of the Product Managers just showed up to the planning
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area with a priority wish list of items. These items do not align with the
Feature prioritization. What is the most likely planning anti-pattern
causing this sudden impediment?
A
There is strong alignment between business and marketing
B
Planning decisions have been centralized
C
Prioritization by Product Management was performed autonomously not
collaboratively
D
There is no social network that Solution development relies on
Reveal Answer
Answer : C
During Program Increment (PI) Planning, a scrum of scrums occurs just
before the draft plan review. The Scrum Master from one team raises an
issue that one of the Product Managers just showed up to the planning
area with a priority wish list of items. These items do not align with the
Feature prioritization. What is the most likely planning anti-pattern
causing this sudden impediment?
A
There is strong alignment between business and marketing
B
Planning decisions have been centralized
C
Prioritization by Product Management was performed autonomously not
collaboratively
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D
There is no social network that Solution development relies on
Reveal Answer
Answer : C
Next Question
Question 2
Which activity takes place during Team Breakout #2 on the second day of
Program In-crement (PI) Planning?
A
The RTE modifies the PI Iteration schedule, if needed, based on the scope
of high priority Features
B
Business Owners assign business value without team discussion so they
can nor-malize business value across all teams on the Agile Release Train
C
All Feature delivery and dependencies are visualized on the program
board
D
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) combines all Team PI Objectives into
Program PI Objectives
Reveal Answer
Answer : C
Next Question
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Question 3
What is this statement describing? "Agile Teams continuously adapt to
new circumstanc-es and enhance the methods of value delivery."
A
Continuous Improvement
B
Continuous Delivery
C
Continuous Integration
D
Continuous Deployment
Reveal Answer
Answer : A
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Question 4
Which two practices are most important for the Agile Release Train to best
support Re-lease on Demand? (Choose two.)
A
Aligning around organizational value streams
B
Centralized risk management
C
Decouple deployment from release
D
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Change board community of practice
E
Continuous Integration
Reveal Answer
Answer : C, E
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Question 5
What practice can help to identify bottlenecks in the flow of work?
A
Visualizing the flow of all work and track progress of individual items
B
Comparing transaction costs, holding costs and business value
realization
C
Measuring lead time for all work in progress
D
Modeling overall process flow during value stream identification
Reveal Answer
Answer : D
Next Question
Question 6
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Which of the Core Competencies of Business Agility emphasizes a
customer-centric ap-proach to defining, building, and releasing a
continuous flow of valuable products and services?
A
Team and Technical Agility
B
Enterprise Solution Delivery
C
Lean Portfolio Management
D
Agile Product Delivery
Reveal Answer
Answer : D
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Question 7
What is the best way to foster flow of value, innovation, and apply Lean
budgeting in the Enterprise?
A
Determine Epic job size using the Lean business case
B
Launch Agile Release Trains
C
Implement the Lean Portfolio Management core competency
D
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Coordinate all Agile Release Trains to provide feedback for cost of delay
factors
Reveal Answer
Answer : C
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