PI Execution & Readiness
What is the ART ceremony in the ART reviews the last PI and discusses how to solve challenges facing the train moving forward?
The ART ceremony is Inspect & Adapt.
Which role is responsible for writing the epic (PP in Rally) and the business feature (PFG in Rally)?
The role responsible for writing the epic (PP in Rally) and the business feature (PFG in Rally) is product management.
What is the name of the process used to estimate the effort needed to implement a feature group?
The name of the process is feature refinement.
Which of the following roles owns product vision, roadmaps, and establishes feature acceptance criteria? (1) Product Owner (2) Product Manager (3) Business Analyst (4) Business Owner
The Product Manager owns product vision, roadmaps, and establishes feature acceptance criteria
Which of these is NOT an outcome of PI Planning:
A) List of dependendies
B) Identification and classification of Risks
C) An iron-clad commitment for all development teams, including Systems Team
D) A list of Team and Program-level objectives for the ART
The answer is C, an iron-clad commitment for all development teams, including systems team.
Which of these is not required as part of a well written Business Feature (PFG in Rally):
A) Write up of the Problem Statement
B) Expected Outcome [Requirements]
C) Scenarios to be solved [Acceptance Criteria]
D) Product Roadmap
E) Business Benefit
F) Risks and Dependencies
H) Additional Notes
The answer is D, Product Roadmap is not required as part of a well-written business feature (PFG in Rally).
What are the core values of SAFe?
The core values are
Alignment
Transparency
Built-in Quality
Program Execution
Reword
Product management comprises strategic, inbound, and outbound activities. Which of the three characterizes the primary work done with the Agile Release Train to deliver value?
The work done in collaboration with the Agile Release Train is inbound activities.
Which of the following topics are best discussed in an E2E meeting:
A) Status of execution each technical feature in the current PI
B) Operational requirements for an upcoming business feature
C) Refinement of scenarios to be supported by an upcoming business feature
D) Questions from PO/PoC regarding a technical feature (PF) in the current PI
E) HSA of an upcoming business feature (PFG)
The answer is B through E.
There is requirement that a user is to be prohibited from doing something they can currently do. Where should this be documented?
A) Busines Feature (PFG) Description
B) Busines Feaure (PFG) Expected Outcome or Acceptance Criteria
C) Technical Feature (PF) Technical Notes
D) Technical Feature (PF) Risks
The answer is B, Business Feature (PFG) Expected Outcome or Acceptance Criteria.
SAFe is based on (blank) immutable, underlying Lean-Agile principles. These tenets and economic concepts inspire and inform the roles and practices of SAFe.
SAFe is based on ten immutable, underlying Lean-Agile principles. These tenets and economic concepts inspire and inform the roles and practices of SAFe.
What is a product vision?
A product vision is a (blank) of the (blank) state of the product.
A product vision is a description of the future state of the product.
How is a SoS (Scrum of Scrums) different than a PO Sync?
SoS focuses on CURRENT PI exectuion; PO Sync focuses on upcoming PIs' planning.
What does the 'N' mean regarding user stories written using the INVEST framework?
N stands for Negotiable in the INVEST framework.
Why does a feature group need a measurable benefit hypothesis?
The feature group benefit hypothesis justifies development cost and provides business perspective for decision-making.
Product managers and product owners prioritize features for optimal return on investment. The two data points needed to prioritize based on lean economics are (blank) and (blank).
The two data points needed to prioritize are
(1) Cost of delay in delivering value
(2) Cost to implement the feature
Why is a DoR (Definition of Ready) and DoD (Defintion of Done) so important to an ART?
They align all members of ART to when something is considered ready to start being developed (DoR) and when that development is finished (DoD).
Name 3 groups of people that use the Description, Expected Outcomes, and Acceptance Scenarios that are written in Rally.
Dev Teams
Testing Teams
Stakeholders
What are the two most important purposes of story points?
The two most important purposes are to
(1) Use feature group size as measured in story points to estimate effort.
(2) Estimate duration to implement a feature group by using the average velocity of the last few Sprints.
Which roles on an Agile Release Train are responsible for writing enabling features and stories that are needed to provide future business functionality?
Enablers are typically written by architects and engineers, and sometimes by product managers.