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| The four activities of Continuous Exploration |
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- Hypothesize
- Collaborate
- Architect
- Synthesize
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| The ten principles of Safe |
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Definition
- Take an economic view
- Apply systems thinking
- Assume variability; preserve options
- Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles
- Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems
- Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths
- Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning
- Unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
- Decentralize decision-making
- Organize around value
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| How many teams should an ART consist of? |
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| An ART consist of 5 - 12 teams. |
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| The ART sync is a combination of the SoS and the PO sync. |
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| Holding cost and transaction cost - what reduces each of them? |
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Automation reduces transaction cost.
Small batches reduce holding cost. |
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| What about funding for projects in SAFe? |
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| We fund value streams, not projects. |
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| Design thinking's 4 success dimensions |
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Definition
- Desirable – Do customers and users want the solution?
- Feasible – Can we deliver the right solution through a combination of build, buy, partner, or acquire endeavors/activities?
- Viable – Is the way we build and offer the solution creating more value than cost? For example, in a for-profit enterprise, are we profitable?
- Sustainable – Are we proactively managing our solution to account for its expected product-market lifecycle?
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John Kotter's 8-Step Change Model is... |
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Definition
- Step One: Create Urgency. ...
- Step Two: Form a Powerful Coalition. ...
- Step Three: Create a Vision for Change. ...
- Step Four: Communicate the Vision. ...
- Step Five: Remove Obstacles. ...
- Step Six: Create Short-Term Wins. ...
- Step Seven: Build on the Change. ...
- Step Eight: Anchor the Changes in Corporate Culture.
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The goal: Value
- Respect for people and culture
- Flow
- Innovation
- Relentless improvement
Foundation: Lean-Agile Leadership |
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| Lean Budget Guardrail are... |
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- Guiding investments by horizon
- Applying capacity allocation to optimize value and solution integrity
- Approving significant initiatives
- Continuous Business Owner engagement
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| What is Business Agility? |
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Business Agility is the ability to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities with innovative business solutions.
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| When is Pre & Post PI planning needed? |
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- Pre- and post-PI planning events allow Agile Release Trains and Suppliers in large Value Streams to build a unified plan for the next PI.
- The pre-PI planning event is used to coordinate input objectives, Milestones, and business and solution context for the ART PI planning sessions.
- The post-PI planning event is used to integrate the results of ART planning into the Vision and Roadmap for the larger value stream.
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| What must management do for a successful Agile transformation? |
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| Commit to quality and be the change agent in the system |
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| How does SAFe provide a second operating system that enables Business Agility? |
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Definition
By focusing on customers, products, innovation, and growth |
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| What are the last three steps of the SAFe Implementation Roadmap? |
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| Launch more Agile Release Trains and Value Streams, extend to the portfolio, accelerate |
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| What can be used as a template for putting SAFe into practice within an organization? |
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| SAFe Implementation Roadmap |
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| Which of the core competencies of the Lean Enterprise helps align strategy and execution? |
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| Lean Portfolio Management |
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| What is the foundation of the SAFe House of Lean? |
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| The House of Lean is a classic metaphor describing the mindset essential for Lean thinking. Which one of the four pillars advocates a 'Go See' mindset? |
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| When basing decisions on economics, how are lead time, product cost, value, and development expense used? |
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| To identify different parameters of the economic framework |
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| What are the three primary keys to implementing flow? |
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Definition
| Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths |
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| The Agile Release Train uses which type of teams to get work done? |
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| Product Management has content authority over the Program Backlog. What do Product Owners have content authority over? |
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| Who is responsible for the Solution Backlog? |
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| What can be used to map the current state of a portfolio? |
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| How is the flow of Portfolio Epics managed? |
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| What is the primary focus of an operational Value Stream? |
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| Delivering end-user value |
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Communicating the Vision to the Agile Release Train during Program Increment Planning supports which SAFe Core Value?
What are the other 3 values? |
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Alignment
The other 3 are:
Transparency
Program Execution
Built-in quality |
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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? |
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| Features are sized or split to fit what duration? |
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| Product Management is expected to collaborate in planning the amount of upcoming Enabler work by establishing what? |
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| When should a dependency be added to the program risks? |
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| The recommended structure for writing User Stories is? |
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| What are the elements of INVEST? |
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Definition
| Letter |
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Description |
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Independent |
The PBI should be self-contained, in a way that there is no inherent dependency on another PBI. |
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Negotiable |
PBIs are not explicit contracts and should leave space for discussion. |
| V |
Valuable |
A PBI must deliver value to the stakeholders. |
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Estimatable |
You must always be able to estimate the size of a PBI. |
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Small |
PBIs should not be so big as to become impossible to plan/task/prioritize within a level of accuracy. |
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Testable |
The PBI or its related description must provide the necessary information to make test development possibl |
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| What happens to improvement items identified during the Iteration Retrospective? |
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Definition
| They are entered as Stories in the Team Backlog |
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| Who should attend the PO sync? |
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Definition
| The Product Owners, Product Management, and other stakeholders as needed |
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| What is the basic building block when organizing around value (in Safe)? |
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