What are two reasons Agile development is more beneficial than waterfall development? (Choose two.) 1. It allows businesses to deliver value to the market more quickly 2. It relies on external provider dependencies 3. It requires phase-gate approvals to ensure that everyone is moving together 4. It allows management to track project progress based on steering committees and metrics 5. It increases productivity and employee engagement ANS- It allows business to deliver value to the market more quickly; It increases productivity and employee engagement; What are the SAFe Core Values? 1. Code Quality, Fast Feedback, Alignment, Trust 2. Commitment, Competency, Collocation, Culture 3. People and Culture, Transparency, Collaboration, Responding to Change 4. Built-in Quality, Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency ANS- Built-in Quality, Program Execution, Alignment, Transparency What are the three levels of the Scaled Agile Framework? 1. Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio 2. Epic, Capability, Feature 3. Value Stream, Program, Team 4. Framework, Delivery, Iteration ANS- Essential, Large Solution, Portfolio Which factor helps unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers? 1. Autonomy 2. Pay-for-performance 3. Team performance incentives 4. Parallel development ANS- Autonomy What is the goal of the SAFe House of Lean model? 1. Value 2. Innovation 3. Relentless Improvement 4. Flow ANS- Value How does relentless improvement support value in the SAFe House of Lean? It uses informed decision-making through fast feedback It optimizes the whole It allows teams to pivot without mercy or guilt It builds long-term partnerships based on trust ANS- It optimizes the whole What is one of the typical Kanban classes of service for Agile teams? 1. Funnel 2. Fixed-date 3. Review 4. Accepted ANS- Fixed-date What is the purpose of the Iteration review? To identify where there is too much work in the system and where the teams are being overloaded To measure the team's progress by showing working Stories to the stakeholders and getting feedback from them To show the backlog items and work on possible Solutions for the backlog items To serve as a forecasting meeting where the work is estimated for the Program Increments ANS- To measure the team's progress by showing working Stories to the stakeholders and getting feedback from them What is the role of the Scrum Master? 1. To act as a servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver using effective Agile practices 2. To coordinate Portfolio Epics through the Portfolio Kanban system 3. To be a stakeholder who has the primary business and technical responsibility for fitness for use 4. To facilitate Agile Release Train processes and Solution Train execution ANS- To act as a servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver using effective Agile practices Why do Lean-Agile leaders try to connect the silos of business, system engineering, hardware, software, test, and quality assurance? To align around value To allow friction between the teams To optimize vertical communication To enforce organizational boundaries between functions ANS- To align around value When should a component team be used? * To gain the fastest velocity with well defined interfaces * To obtain high reuse and technical specialization with a focus on nonfunctional requirements * To develop T-shaped skills together with Continuous Integration * To create each replaceable component with minimized dependencies ANS- To obtain high reuse and technical specialization with a focus on nonfunctional requirements Which two statements describe the responsibilities of the Product Owner? (Choose two.) 1. To coach the team 2. To ensure the team follows Agile principles and practices 3. To own and manage the Team Backlog 4. To be a single voice for the Customer and stakeholders 5. To protect the team from external forces ANS- To own and manage the Team Backlog To be a single voice for the Customer and stakeholders Which responsibility belongs to the Product Owner in the team? To facilitate team meetings and drive Agile behavior To foster adoption of Agile technical practices To foster normalized estimating within the team To sequence backlog items to program priorities, events, and dependencies ANS- To sequence backlog items to program priorities, events, and dependencies What is the recommended size of an Agile Team? 8 - 12 people 3 - 5 people 10 - 15 people 5 - 11 people ANS- 5 - 11 people Agile Release Train aligns teams to a common mission using a single vision and what else? ANS- Program Backlog Which two views does the Iteration review provide into the program? (Choose two.) How the team is increasing empowerment How the team did on the Iteration How the team is doing on the Program Increment How the team is demonstrating transparency of decision-making How the team is responding to the stakeholders ANS- How the team did on the iteration; How the team is doing on the Program Increment An Agile Team collects the Iteration Metrics they have agreed upon during which part of the team retrospective? During the Features agreement retrospective During the __qualitative__ part of the team retrospective During the time and materials retrospective