Refactors - correct answer Refactors are a special type of Enabler story in SAFe and, like any other Story, they must be estimable, demonstrable, and
... [Show More] valuable, as well as accepted by the Product Owner.
Enabler Story - correct answer Enabler stories, as a type of story, must fit in iterations. However, while they may not require user
voice format, they have acceptance criteria to clarify their requirements and support demonstration
and testing.
Architectural Runway - correct answer existing code, hardware components, etc., that technically enable near-term business features
RTE - correct answer Release Train Engineer
Who owns the backlog ? - correct answer Team backlog =product owner (contains stories)
Program backlog= Product manager (contains features)
Portfolio backlog=highest level- contains epics, RTE
Five core competencies - correct answer Organizational Agility*new
Lean Portfolio Management
Enterprise Solution Delivery (Business solutions and Lean system engineering)
Agile Product Delivery (DevOps and Release on Demand)
Team and Technical Agility
Lean-Agile Leadership**
Continuous Learning Culture*new
Portfolio Sync - correct answer Adjusting value stream funding
Reviewing the portfolio Kanban and lightweight business cases,
approving and prioritizing epics
Maintaining the portfolio vision and canvas
Removing impediments across value streams
Considering the results of MVPs and determining whether to pivot or persevere
Reviewing the progress of continuous improvement efforts to drive operational excellence
Evaluating spend by investment horizon
Capacity Allocation - correct answer A qualitative guardrail to determine how much of the total effort can be allocated for each type of activity for an upcoming PI, establishing an agreement to determine how the work is performed for each activity type (new features, enablers, tech debt and maintenance
System and Solution Architect/Engineer (design Authority)
Product and Solution Management (Content Authority)
Lean Portfolio Management creates strategic alignment (LPM) (core competency) - correct answer The Lean Portfolio Management competency aligns strategy and execution by applying Lean and systems thinking approaches to strategy and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance. These collaborations give the enterprise the ability to align strategy to execution, to meet existing commitments reliably, and to better enable innovation. 3 dimensions=
1-Strategy and investment funding
-Enterprise executives, business owners, enterprise architect
2-Agile portfolio operations
-APMO/LACE, RTE and SM CoP
3-Lean governance
-APMO, Enterprise Architect, Business Owner
-Connects enterprise to portfolio strategy
-created lean budget and investment guardrails
-manages portfolio operations
-provide lean governance across value streams
Lean Governance - correct answer is the oversight and decision-making of spending, audit and compliance, forecasting expenses, and measurement.
Enterprise Architect
Business Owners
Agile PMO LACE
Responsibilities= forecast and budget dynamically, measure portfolio performance, coordinate continuous compliance
LACE - correct answer Lean Agile Center of Excellence
STE - correct answer solution train engineer
Agile Portfolio Operations - correct answer Agile PMO/LACE
RTE and SM CoP
Responsibilities= Coordinate value streams, support program execution, drive operational excellence
Strategy and Investment Funding - correct answer Enterprise Executives
Business Owners
Enterprise Architect
Responsibilities= Connect the portfolio to enterprise strategy, maintain a portfolio vision, fund value streams, establish portfolio flow
Lean Budgets - correct answer A set of practices that minimizes overhead by funding and empowering Value Streams rather than projects, while maintaining financial and fitness-for-use governance. This is achieved through objective evaluation of working systems, prudent management of Epic investments, and dynamic budget adjustments. [Show Less]