POPM, SAFE PO/PM, SAFE AGILE POPM, POPM
TEST, POPM SCALED AGILE FRAMEWORK
EXAM 2023-2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Only the first PI is committed; the others are a forecast which will be adjusted
based on the learning from initial PI – ANSWER- Roadmap and its attributes
What are methods used to visualize and manage the flow of value from ideation to
analysis, implementation, and release? – ANSWER- The program and solution
Kanban
What allows Agile release trains(Arts) and solution trains to manage capacity
based on the work in progress(WIP) limit of different states of the process? –
ANSWER- The Kanban system
What prevents the system from operating with large handoffs and identifies
bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement? – ANSWER- The Kanban and
WIP limits
Fosters role Collaboration across disciplines, functions and levels? – ANSWERProgram and solution Kanban
What is used by the ART to facilitate the flow of features through the continuous
delivery pipeline? – ANSWER- Program Kanban
What are epics splint into? – ANSWER- Features
What are examples of non economic based prioritization? – ANSWER- -HippoHighest paid person makes the decision.
“The Senior VP said we should do this project” – ANSWER-
-Squeaky Wheel – The person who yells the loudest or makes the biggest promise
of revenue. – ANSWER-
“Fund my project and we will make a billion dollars” – ANSWER-
-ROI – Making a decision based exclusively on an ROI metric. Requires a
sensitivity analysis to be relevant. – ANSWER-
“The NPV indicates we will make a 30% profit” – ANSWERWhat are the two things you need to know to prioritize based on lean economics? –
ANSWER- What is the cost of delay(COD) in delivering value?
What is the cost to implement the valuable thing? – ANSWERHow do you calculate the Cost of delay? – ANSWER- Add User and business
value + Time criticality + Risk reduction and opportunity enablement
How do you calculate the WSJF? – ANSWER- CoD Divided by Job size
Who do you work with to sequence technical infrastructures that will enable
delivery of new business functionality? – ANSWER- System and Solution
Architects/Engineering
WHat does Partnering with system Architect/Engineering do? – ANSWERSupport Enabler items that provide sufficient architectural runway
Work with system and solution Architects/engineering to sequence technical
infrastructures that will enable delivery of new business functionality – ANSWERWho does the product manager collaborate withto build the architectural runway? –
ANSWER- System Architects
Once the feature has been estimated in story points, How do you derive a cost
estimate? – ANSWER- Calculate the burdened cost for a team in an iteration length
and divide that by their PI velocity to get the average cost per story point.
is a function that is responsible for strategy and investment funding, Agile program
execution, KPIs and compliance – ANSWER- Lean Portfolio Management(LPM)
Allocates and assure Lean budgets to strategy – ANSWER-
Closes the loop on funding and program execution KPIs and compliance –
ANSWER- Lean Portfolio Management(LPM)
Embraces the highly iterative hypothesize build measure learn cycle, which fits
quite naturally into SAFe – ANSWER- Lean Startup movement
This Starts with an outcome hypothesis – ANSWER- The Lean UX
Implemented to breakdown silos and empower each agile team, art, and solution
Train to continuously deliver new features to end users – ANSWER- Devops
Doesnt operate in a strict linear sequence, learning cycle that allows teams to
establish a # of hypotheses, build and deliver against them,measure results and
learn from work – ANSWER- Continuous deliery pipeline
The process of constantly exploring market and user needs and defining a vision,
roadmap, and set of features that address them – ANSWER- Continuous
exploration
The process of taking features from the program backlog and developing, testing,
integrating, and validating them in a staging environment that prepares them for
deployment and release – ANSWER- Continuous integration
The procecss that takes validated features from continuous integration and deploys
them into the production environment where they are tested and readied for release
- ANSWER- Continuous deployment
THe process by which depolyed features are released to customers incrementally
or immediately based on market demands – ANSWER- Release on demand
Container for a solution development initiative large enough to require analysis the
definition of a MVP and finacial approval prior to implementation. – ANSWEREpic
System and solution architect/engineering – ANSWER- Product management
works with which other role to define and maintain NFRs?
Establishing features and benefit/value hypothesis – ANSWER- Program
management has content authority for the program backlog including: The vision,
the roadmap, driving the PI objectives and what else?
The PO is team oriented while the PM is business/market-oriented – ANSWERWhat is the relationship between a PO and a PM?
Accelerated release of value – ANSWER- What is enabled by the key components
of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline?
To assess progress of the PI and adjust scope and priority as needed – ANSWERWhat is the primary purpose of the PO sync?
Operation Value Stream – ANSWER- A program 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?
The highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous
delivery of valuable software – ANSWER- The role of the product owner is most
closely aligned with which Agile Manifesto principle?
Architectural Runway – ANSWER- Enabler Epics are used to advance what in
order to support upcoming business epics?
Hypothesize what would create value to their customers – ANSWER- In the first
steps of SAFe’s Continuous Delivery Pipeline, POs and PMs do what activity?
Applies basic scientific practice – ANSWER- Plan-Do-Check-Adjust
ART Should have a max of how many people? – ANSWER- 125
Market/Customer facing and identifies market needs – ANSWER- Product
Manager
Collocated with and reports into marketing/business – ANSWER- Product Manager
Owns Vision and Roadmaps, pricing, licensing, ROI and Program Backlog –
ANSWER- Product Manager
Drives PI objectives and content via prioritized features and enablers – ANSWERProduct Manager
Solution, technology and team facing – ANSWER- Product Owner