Agility in Software development - SAFe POPM certification
From today I'm a certified SAFe5 Product owner / Product manager. Bellow i attached some documentation and practice questions with answers.
Documentation:
- Clean Agile - Autor: Robert Martin
- Clean Code De (autor): Robert Martin
- Clean Architecture De (autor): Robert Martin
- Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices De (autor): Robert Martin
- https://www.scaledagileframework.com/
- https://ahaslides.com/presentation/popm-exam-prep-1987172
- https://card2brain.ch/box/20200616_safe_popm?accessCode=3&max=8&q=&offset=0&lang=en
SAFe practice questions and answers:
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Which two options are part of the SAFe Core Values? Answer: (Choose two.) Program execution;Transparency;
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What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream? Answer: Delivering end-user value
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What is one way in which the SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner? Answer: Help Agile Teams gain a clear understanding of their Customers
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Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner? Answer: Prioritizing the Team Backlog
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Product Management is responsible for which activity? Answer: Defining Program Backlog content
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Which two options are part of the SAFe Core Values? Answer: (Choose two.) Program execution;Transparency;
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What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream? Answer: Delivering end-user value
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What is one way in which the SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner? Answer: Help Agile Teams gain a clear understanding of their Customers
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Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner? Answer: Prioritizing the Team Backlog
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Product Management is responsible for which activity? Answer: Defining Program Backlog content
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Which statement is true about WSJF? Answer: It includes cost of delay and the unit of size
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Who provides Agile Release Train context and Vision during PI Planning? Answer: Product Management
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When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals? Answer: Prior to iteration planning
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Who typically participates as the ART's Business Owners to approve the team’s PI Objectives? Answer: Product Management
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What is a benefit of Program Increment (PI) Objectives? Answer: To promote Business Agility by giving teams options on how they might deliver Features
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What is a strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies? Answer: Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team
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When should a dependency be raised as a program risk? Answer: When it must be accepted
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What is the purpose of Iteration Goals? Answer: To align the team members and the Product Owner to the mission
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The recommended structure for writing User Stories is? Answer: As a…, I want…, So that…
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Iteration Goals serve what purpose? Answer: To align team members to a common purpose
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Which statement is true about estimating Features using Story points? Answer: More than one team may be involved in the estimation
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The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The Product Owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do? Answer: Continue to support the team's decision on sizing
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What are three elements of INVEST? Answer: (Choose three.) Independent;Valuable;Testable;
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Agile Team capacity allocations often include which major category of work? Answer: User Stories
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Which of the following should always attend an Agile Team's Iteration Review? Answer: The team’s Product Owner
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What happens to improvement items identified during the Iteration Retrospective? Answer: They are entered as Stories in the Team Backlog
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The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which concept? Answer: Culture
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Who should attend the PO Sync? Answer: The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed
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Which situation indicates the presence of an innovation riptide? Answer: When team and Agile Release Train innovations turn into portfolio-level strategic initiatives
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Which two options are part of the SAFe Core Values? Answer: (Choose two.) Program execution;Transparency;
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What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream? Answer: Delivering end-user value
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What is one way in which the SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner? Answer: Help Agile Teams gain a clear understanding of their Customers
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Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner? Answer: Prioritizing the Team Backlog
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Product Management is responsible for which activity? Answer: Defining Program Backlog content
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Communicating the Vision to the Agile Release Train during Program Increment Planning supports which SAFe Core Value? Answer: Alignment
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What is an input to the Vision? Answer: Customer feedback
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What is one of the questions the Product Management team must answer in order to create a Vision? Answer: Which problem will the Solution solve
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A Product Owner is noticing that overall quality is starting to degrade. What might they do to address the problem? Answer: Reinforce the definition of done
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Which design-thinking tool is most likely to help an Agile Release Train (ART) during Program Increment (PI) Planning to ensure that the PI will deliver a Solution that is differentiated from competitive offerings? Answer: Whole-product thinking
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Which statement is true about nonfunctional requirements? Answer: They operate as constraints on the design of the system
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The Customer is asking for a forecast for when a specific Feature will be available. Where could Product Management find this information? Answer: Solution Roadmap
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What is the purpose of a Program Epic? Answer: To capture Agile Release Train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single Program Increment
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How can Product Management leverage market rhythms? Answer: Adjust the delivery of Features to better meet market needs
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Which statement is true about the SAFe backlog model? Answer: Features are in the Program Backlog
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Features are sized or split to fit what duration? Answer: A Program Increment
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Which statement is true about WSJF? Answer: It includes cost of delay and the unit of size
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Who provides Agile Release Train context and Vision during PI Planning? Answer: Product Management
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What does assigning business value to a team's PI Objectives influence? Answer: How teams plan the implementation
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When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals? Answer: Prior to iteration planning
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During Program Increment Planning, the Product Owner coordinates primarily with their Agile Team, other Product Owners, and who else? Answer: Product Management
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Who typically participates as the ART's Business Owners to approve the team’s PI Objectives? Answer: Product Management
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What is a benefit of Program Increment (PI) Objectives? Answer: To promote Business Agility by giving teams options on how they might deliver Features
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What is a strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies? Answer: Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team
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When should a dependency be raised as a program risk? Answer: When it must be accepted
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What is the purpose of Iteration Goals? Answer: To align the team members and the Product Owner to the mission
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The recommended structure for writing User Stories is? Answer: As a…, I want…, So that…
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Iteration Goals serve what purpose? Answer: To align team members to a common purpose
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Which statement is true about estimating Features using Story points? Answer: More than one team may be involved in the estimation
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The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The Product Owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do? Answer: Continue to support the team's decision on sizing
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What are three elements of INVEST? Answer: (Choose three.) Testable;Independent;Valuable;
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Agile Team capacity allocations often include which major category of work? Answer: User Stories
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Which of the following should always attend an Agile Team's Iteration Review? Answer: The team’s Product Owner
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What happens to improvement items identified during the Iteration Retrospective? Answer: They are entered as Stories in the Team Backlog
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The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which concept? Answer: Culture
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Who should attend the PO Sync? Answer: The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed
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What is a common anti-pattern related to System Demos? Answer: Team demos are accepted in place of a System Demo to avoid redundancy
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Which situation indicates the presence of an innovation riptide? Answer: When team and Agile Release Train innovations turn into portfolio-level strategic initiatives
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Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons learned documents? Answer: It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next Program Increment
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Which two options are part of the SAFe Core Values? Answer: (Choose two.) Transparency;Program execution;
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What is the primary focus of an Operational Value Stream? Answer: Delivering end-user value
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What is one way in which the SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner? Answer: Help Agile Teams gain a clear understanding of their Customers
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Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner? Answer: Prioritizing the Team Backlog
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Product Management is responsible for which activity? Answer: Defining Program Backlog content
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Communicating the Vision to the Agile Release Train during Program Increment Planning supports which SAFe Core Value? Answer: Alignment
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What is an input to the Vision? Answer: Customer feedback
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What is one of the questions the Product Management team must answer in order to create a Vision? Answer: Which problem will the Solution solve
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What is the purpose of the Solution Context? Answer: To identify critical aspects of a Solution’s operational environment
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A Product Owner is noticing that overall quality is starting to degrade. What might they do to address the problem? Answer: Reinforce the definition of done
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Which design-thinking tool is most likely to help an Agile Release Train (ART) during Program Increment (PI) Planning to ensure that the PI will deliver a Solution that is differentiated from competitive offerings? Answer: Whole-product thinking
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Which statement is true about nonfunctional requirements? Answer: They operate as constraints on the design of the system
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The Customer is asking for a forecast for when a specific Feature will be available. Where could Product Management find this information? Answer: Solution Roadmap
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What is the purpose of a Program Epic? Answer: To capture Agile Release Train initiatives that cannot be completed in a single Program Increment
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How can Product Management leverage market rhythms? Answer: Adjust the delivery of Features to better meet market needs
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Which statement is true about the SAFe backlog model? Answer: Features are in the Program Backlog
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Features are sized or split to fit what duration? Answer: A Program Increment
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Product Management is expected to collaborate in planning the amount of upcoming Enabler work by establishing what? Answer: Capacity allocation
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Which statement is true about WSJF? Answer: It includes cost of delay and the unit of size
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What is an input to the Program Increment Planning process that highlights how Product Management plans to accomplish the Vision? Answer: Top ten Features
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Who provides Agile Release Train context and Vision during PI Planning? Answer: Product Management
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What does assigning business value to a team's PI Objectives influence? Answer: How teams plan the implementation
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When should a Product Owner (PO) develop preliminary Iteration Goals? Answer: Prior to iteration planning
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During Program Increment Planning, the Product Owner coordinates primarily with their Agile Team, other Product Owners, and who else? Answer: Product Management
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Who typically participates as the ART's Business Owners to approve the team’s PI Objectives? Answer: Product Management
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What is a benefit of Program Increment (PI) Objectives? Answer: To promote Business Agility by giving teams options on how they might deliver Features
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What is a strategy a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies? Answer: Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team
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When should a dependency be raised as a program risk? Answer: When it must be accepted
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What is the purpose of Iteration Goals? Answer: To align the team members and the Product Owner to the mission
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The recommended structure for writing User Stories is? Answer: As a…, I want…, So that…
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Iteration Goals serve what purpose? Answer: To align team members to a common purpose
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Which statement is true about estimating Features using Story points? Answer: More than one team may be involved in the estimation
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The team is struggling to agree on the Story point sizing of a new User Story. The Product Owner was previously a related domain expert and feels the team is wasting time. What should she do? Answer: Continue to support the team's decision on sizing
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What are three elements of INVEST? Answer: (Choose three.) Valuable;Independent;Testable;
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Agile Team capacity allocations often include which major category of work? Answer: User Stories
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Which of the following should always attend an Agile Team's Iteration Review? Answer: The team’s Product Owner
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What happens to improvement items identified during the Iteration Retrospective? Answer: They are entered as Stories in the Team Backlog
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SAFe recommends separating deployment from release. What can help with this practice? Answer: Hide all new functionality under Feature toggles
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How do SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline activities map to the teams’ work each Iteration within the Program Increment (PI)? Answer: Each Iteration in the PI, teams are exploring, integrating, deploying, and potentially releasing new value
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The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which concept? Answer: Culture
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Who should attend the PO Sync? Answer: The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed
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What is a common anti-pattern related to System Demos? Answer: Team demos are accepted in place of a System Demo to avoid redundancy
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Which situation indicates the presence of an innovation riptide? Answer: When team and Agile Release Train innovations turn into portfolio-level strategic initiatives
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Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons learned documents? Answer: It makes improvements actionable through backlog items for the next Program Increment
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What are two ways in which the SAFe House of Lean might influence a Product Owner? Answer: Help Agile teams gain a clear understanding of their Customers ; Collaborate with Agile teams to develop Stories with clear acceptance criteria
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The SAFe definition of DevOps includes which three concepts? Answer: Technical practices ; Mindset ;Culture
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Which two statements are true about nonfunctional requirements? Answer: They are associated with backlogs at all four levels of SAFe;They operate as constraints on the design of the system
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Why is the problem-solving workshop more effective than traditional lessons-learned documents? Answer: Collaboration over documentation is a key recommendation of the Agile Manifesto
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Who typically participates as the train's Business Owners to approve the team's PI Objectives? Answer: Product Management
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Which two groups should attend every Iteration Review? Answer: The team's Product Owner ; The team members
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Which two statements are true about the SAFe backlog model? Answer: Features are in the Program Backlog ; Stories are in the Team Backlog
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What are three elements of Agile Team capacity allocation that ensure a healthy balance of work? Answer: (Choose three) Maintenance ; Refactors ;User Stories
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What are two benefits of Program Increment (PI) Objectives? Answer: (Choose two) To provide a mechanism for organizing around value ; To promote the achievement of business outcomes over the completion of Features
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Which two statements are true about estimating Features using Story points? Answer: (Choose two) Story point estimation is done on cadence during backlog refinement ; More than one team may be involved in the estimation
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When should a Product Owner establish Team Objectives? Answer: During Backlog Refinement
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Which situation best indicates the presence of an innovation riptide? Answer: When team and Agile Release Train innovations turn into portfolio-level strategic initiatives
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When should a dependency be added to the program risks? Answer: When it must be accepted
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What are two strategies a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies? Answer: Split Stories to eliminate dependencies ; Move Stories on their team's backlog to another team
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Product Managment is expected to collaborate in planning the amount of upcoming Enabler work by establishing what? Answer: Capacity allocation
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Which two responsibilities belong to the Product Owner? Answer: Prioritizing the Team Backlog ; Drafting Iteration Goals
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Product Management is responsible for which three activities? Answer: (Choose three) Prioritizing Features for optimum economic value ; Prioritizing Capabilities and Enablers ; Defining Program Backlog content
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During the Program Increment Planning meetings the Product Owner coordinates with other Product Owners, shared resources, and who else? Answer: Product Management
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How do SAFe Continuous Delivery Pipeline activities map to the teams' work each Iteration within the Program Pincrement (PI)? Answer: Each Iteration in the PI, teams are exploring, integrating, deploying, and potentially releasing new value
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What happens to improvement items identifies during the Iteration Retrospective ? Answer: They are entered as Stories in the Team Backlog
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What are two inputs to the Vision? Answer: (Choose two) Strategic Themes ; Customer feedback
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Which Agile Team event supports relentless improvement? Answer: Iteration Retrospective
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Which two job roles are good candidates for becoming a Product Owner? Answer: (Choose two.) Business analysts;Subject matter experts
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When should a Product Owner (PO) establish team objectives? Answer: During Program Increment (PI) Planning
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What two types of dependencies are commonly visualized on the program board? Answer: (Choose two.) Dependencies related to Features; Dependencies between teams
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What are two primary responsibilities of Business Owners in Program Increment (PI) Planning? Answer: (Choose two.) To set the business context; To assign business value
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Which statement characterizes the perspectives of the definition of done (DoD)? Answer: Product Owners focus on the release while Product Managers focus on the team increment
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What are two strategies a Product Owner can use during Program Increment Planning to minimize dependencies? Answer: (Choose two.) Split Stories to eliminate dependencies;Move Stories on their team’s backlog to another team
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Which role is primarily responsible for working with business teams? Answer: Product Owner (PO)
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An organization is conducting their first Program Increment Planning session, and the new teams are asked to provide their capacity. Which three actions are part of the initial capacity planning process? Answer: (Choose three.) Subtract one point for every team member's vacation day, public holiday, or training day; Ensure Product Owner/Product Manager approval for all capacity adjustments based on time;Use eight points per person (adjust for part-time employees)
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In the first step of SAFe’s Continuous Delivery Pipeline, Product Owners and Managers do what activity? Answer: Hypothesize on what would create value to their Customers
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When should innovation activities be conducted by teams on the Agile Release Train? Answer: Throughout the Program Increment
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What is one way to establish a team's velocity? Answer: Look at the average Story points completed from the last Iterations
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Which function is responsible for ensuring that the Agile Release Train has the content needed to successfully engage in Program Increment Planning? Answer: Product Management
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A Product Manager is working for an insurance company and is responsible for the internal systems used for managing claims. This is an example of what kind of Value Stream? Answer: Operational Value Stream
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Which two aspects of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline require the most involvement from Product Managers? Answer: Continuous Exploration and Release on Demand
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Product Management works with which other role to define and maintain nonfunctional requirements? Answer: System and Solution Architect/Engineering
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An Agile Release Train (ART) has implemented a completely automated Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline that can deploy code as it is checked into the source-code repository.
How might a Product Owner (PO) adjust team events to take advantage of this capability and promote the flow of value? Answer: Implement Feature toggles to control which Stories are released
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What is enabled by the key components of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline? Answer: Accelerated release of value
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"What does assigning business value to a team's PI Objectives influence?" How teams plan the implementation - Communicates and highlights each team’s contribution to business value Assigning business value during PI planning provides an essential face-to-face dialogue between the team and their most important stakeholders, the Business Owners. ... In short, it allows them to deliver the maximum possible business benefit.
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