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During PI Planning, which two tasks are part of the Scrum Master's role in the first team breakout? (Choose two.) Review and reprioritize the Team Backlog as part of the preparatory work for the second team breakout Be involved in the Program Backlog refinement and preparation Provide clarifications necessary to assist the team with their Story estimating and sequencing Manage the timebox Facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies Each PI Planning meeting evolves over time, and ending PI Planning with a retrospective will help to do what? Lengthen the Architectural Runway Continuously improve the event Meet compliance more rapidly Fine tune the economic framework
What are two anti-patterns for the IP Iteration? (Choose two.) To plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning To minimize lost capacity when people are on vacation or holidays To allow for sufficient capacity in the Program Roadmap To wait for the IP Iteration to fix defects To ensure all Stories and teams' PI plans are completed prior to the IP Iteration
How does an effective Scrum Master help the team improve on their journey towards technical excellence? By mandating pair work
By setting clear time boxes for Iteration planning By allowing defects to be resolved in the IP Iteration By focusing on the importance of Built-in Quality What are two development practices that Agile Teams use? (Choose two.) eXtreme Programming Kanban Timeboxing Feature-driven development Information radiators What is one of the responsibilities of a Product Owner? Creates and refines User Stories and acceptance criteria Works with the Agile Team to plan Program Increments Defines and accepts Stories Acts as the Customer for developer questions In which two ways can a Scrum Master exemplify characteristics of a servant leader? (Choose two.) Identify positive and negative changes during a retrospective Encourage rotation in technical areas of concern Set short-term operating goals for the team Articulate facts Prioritize improvement activities and make them happen In which two ways can a Scrum Master help with challenging meetings? (Choose two.)
Enable a fluid agenda Foster an environment for healthy conflict Ensure active engagement Communicate a clear purpose A Scrum Master states that two team members are constantly arguing and it is disrupting the rest of the team. What is an example of a relevant, powerful question to ask while coaching the Scrum Master? What have you tried so far? What challenged you? What would you do if success were guaranteed? What new connections are you making? What are two outputs of PI Planning? (Choose two.) Program PI Objectives Program board Team and Program PI Objectives Team Backlog Top 10 Features What is accomplished in the first part of the PI Planning meeting? All tasks are defined The Product Owner defines the Iteration goal Items are selected from the Program Backlog The Scrum Master decides how much work can be accomplished
What are two possible changes that may occur after the management review and problemsolving event? (Choose two.) New team formation Vision adjustments Business strategy changes Team mission adjustments People moving
Topic Summary SSM5 Section 1: Introducing Scrum in SAFe
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Response Summary Question What are the three pillars of scrum?
Transparency, inspection, adaptation
Question There are two key elements of a Lean-Agile Mindset: Lean thinking and what else?
Embracing Agility
Question What are two critical areas that differentiate Agile from waterfall development?
Incremental delivery of value;
Response Summary (Choose two.)
Fast feedback;
Question What is the recommended duration of an Iteration in SAFe?
Two weeks
Question What is the recommended frequency for PI Planning in SAFe?
Every 8 to 12 weeks
Question During PI Planning, who owns the planning of Stories into Iterations?
Agile Teams
Question In SAFe which activity is a Scrum Master's responsibility?
Coordinating with other teams
Question What is one responsibility of a SAFe Scrum Master? Question
Facilitating an effective team breakout session during PI Planning
Response Summary Which meeting should the Scrum Master attend (not facilitate)?
Scrum of scrums
Question The skills of a good Scrum Master include which three attributes?
Communicate, coordinate, cooperate
Question An effective Scrum Master is a team-based servant leader who helps the team do what?
Embrace relentless improvement through Iteration retrospectives
Question How does an effective Scrum Master help the team improve on their journey towards technical excellence?
By focusing on the importance of Built-in Quality
Question Which statement is true about scrum?
XXXXIt is a Lean System Engineering techniqueXXXX It’s a team based framework
Question
Response Summary When does the Plan-DoCheck-Adjust cycle occur in Scrum?
Across all scrum events
Question What is the main reason why some teams never reach Stage 4 (Performing) in the stages of high performing teams?
Because no one guides them
Question Effective Scrum Masters apply which coaching behavior?
They encourage the team to learn from their mistakes
Question What is one example of a servant leader behavior pattern?
Understands and empathizes with others
Question What are two good Scrum Master facilitation practices? (Choose two.)
Create an environment of safety so that everyone feels comfortable contributing to the d Ensure all voices are heard;
Question Good coaches do not give people the answer, but
They guide people to the solution
Response Summary instead they do what? Question Becoming a coach requires a shift from old behaviors to new ones. What are three examples of old behaviors? (Choose three.)
Driving toward specific outcomes; Fixing problems for the team; Focusing on deadlines;
Question Which statement is true about teams?
Teams are more productive than the same number of individuals
Question According to the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, what is a team's ultimate competitive advantage?
Teamwork
Question What is the basis for most team conflicts?
Assumptions that have not been discussed
Question Cadence and what other critical concept are the key constructs to delivering continuous value?
Synchronization
Response Summary Question Features lend themselves to the Lean UX process model. They include a description, a benefit hypothesis, and what else?
Acceptance criteria
Question Participating in PI Planning enables teams to gain alignment and commitment around a clear set of what?
PI objectives
Question The program board highlights Feature delivery dates, Milestones, and what else for teams on the Agile Release Train?
Dependencies
Question Each PI Planning meeting evolves over time, and ending PI Planning with a retrospective will help to do what?
Continuously improve the event
Question The business must depend on the team for what in order to
XXXXMeasurementsXXXX
Response Summary do any meaningful planning?
Commitment to the plan
Question What are two common PI Planning anti-patterns? (Choose two.)
Too much time is spent analyzing each Story; Scrum Masters who work with multiple teams do not have time for their teams;
Question During PI Planning, which two tasks are part of the Scrum Master's role in the first team breakout? (Choose two.)
XXXXXReview and reprioritize the Team Backlog as part of the preparatory work for th second team breakout;XXX
Facilitate the coordination with other teams for dependencies Identify as many risks dependencies as possible Provide classification necessary to assist the team with their story estimate and sequence
Question Who commits to the Iteration goals at the end of Iteration planning?
The team
Question What is the name of the event where all team members determine how much of the team's backlog they can commit to delivering during an upcoming Iteration?
Iteration planning
Question Which type of Enabler does a
XXXXEnabler StoriesXXXX
Response Summary System Architect review during a System Demo?
Enabler Feature Question Why do teams have an Iteration retrospective?
To adjust and identify ways to improve
Question Who can change the backlog during an Iteration?
Agile Team
Question Who is responsible for prioritizing the Iteration backlog?
The Product Owner
Question What is this statement describing?"Agile Teams continuously adapt to new circumstances and enhance the methods of value delivery."
XXXXContinuous IntegrationXXX
Continues Improvement
Question What is the purpose of the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle
To provide a regular, predictable development cadence to produce an increment of value
Response Summary as applied to Iterations? Question Which three attributes summarize DevOps? (Choose three.)
A set of technical practices; A culture; A mindset;
Question In SAFe who owns the decision for releasing changes into production?
Product Management
Question What are two anti-patterns for the IP Iteration? (Choose two.)
To plan work for the IP Iteration during PI Planning; To wait for the IP Iteration to fix defects;
Question Which demo is performed in the IP Iteration?
XXXThe integrated demo from the Agile Release Train's final IterationXX
PI System Demo Question
Response Summary When is one time a Scrum Master may be a participant rather than a facilitator?
When using ad hoc teams for Inspect and Adapt
Question How are the 5 Whys used?
To identify a root cause(s) of a problem
When does the Inspect and Adapt event happen? At the end of each PI
Who reviews the top capabilities for the upcoming PI? Solution Management
Why should team members continuously and actively engage with other teams during PI Planning? To foster an environment of capacity and velocity
What are two Release Train Engineer responsibilities? (Choose two.) Facilitate PI Planning readiness and the event itself Drive relentless improvement through Inspect and Adapt
One of the Scrum Master's main responsibilities is to communicate with management and outside stakeholders to help the team in what way? Protect them from uncontrolled addition of work
Achieving the goals of Release on Demand requires an understanding of how to decouple what? The release from deployment
What are the responsibilities of a Scrum Master on a train that go beyond basic team facilitation? (Choose three.) Facilitate team preparation for PI Planning Participate in Scrum of Scrums Facilitate preparation for the System Demo
How do Kanban Teams implement the SAFe Lean-Agile mindset of relentless improvement? By using Cumulative Flow Diagrams which objectively measure bottlenecks and variation in the flow which could be due to systemic factors
The Development Team may need to learn or acquire new skills. Where is this list of skills found? As part of the outcome of the Team Retrospective
How does a Scrum Master lead a team's efforts in relentless improvement? By facilitating the team retrospective
Which two actions enhance an Agile Release Train's performance? (Choose two.) Team alignment Collaboration
The Scrum Master interacts with which level(s) of SAFe?
Program Level What is the SAFe recommended optimal duration of a PI? 8 - 12 weeks What is the first step in the Problem-Solving Workshop? Agree on the problem to solve
What is the most effective way to establish built-in quality? Perform as many types of testing within the Iteration boundaries as possible
An effective SAFe Agile team ensures process visibility to who? Stakeholders
Which two SAFe events explicitly implement SAFe's mindset of relentless improvement? (Choose two.) Iteration Retrospective Inspect and Adapt
How does work flow from one state to the next in a Team Kanban board? Team members of a state pull work from the previous state when they can do so without impacting their current state WIP constraint
Who should vote on root causes? The Agile Release Train team
Which SAFe organizational construct allows businesses to build large and complex systems in a Lean-Agile manner? Agile Release Train Who participates in the Inspect and Adapt event? Only stakeholders and Agile team members
What provides objective evidence that the system is iterating? System Demo
How does the Scrum Master help teams address the challenges from modern enterprises? By building high performing teams
Which SAFe configuration requires having a Vision? Large Solution SAFe
How should decentralized decision-making be used with respect to system design? When development teams are empowered, self-organized, and allow the design to emerge
How can learning milestones be used? To test the concept of a new feature or capability
What is one characteristic of an effective Agile team?
To provide steady, high quality, an incremental value
Who is responsible for assisting to establish Continuous Integration in SAFe? The System Team
Which SAFe House of Lean pillar supports not imposing wishful thinking on teams? Respect for Culture and People
What are two key areas a team should be organized around? (Choose two.) Features Enablers
During PI Planning, the Scrum of Scrums meetings helps accomplish which two actions? (Choose two.) Exposing risks, impediments, and dependencies Keeping the planning milestones on track