CAL-1 Organizational Agility

Question 1

What is organizational agility?

Accepted Answer

The ability of an organization to rapidly adapt to market changes while maintaining stability

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The speed at which individual teams deliver software

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The number of Agile teams in an organization

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The adoption of a specific Agile framework

Question 2

What is a key barrier to organizational agility?

Accepted Answer

Siloed departments and hierarchical decision-making

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Too many Agile teams

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Frequent retrospectives

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Cross-functional collaboration

Question 3

How does a CAL-1 leader contribute to scaling agility beyond their team?

Accepted Answer

By modeling Agile behaviors and advocating for structural changes in the organization

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By enforcing Scrum ceremonies across all departments

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By requiring all teams to use the same Agile framework

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By centralizing all decision-making

Question 4

What does 'value stream' mean in an Agile organizational context?

Accepted Answer

The sequence of activities required to deliver value to a customer

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The revenue generated by a product

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A list of prioritized features

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The budget allocated to a project

Question 5

Which leadership behavior most directly reduces organizational bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

Empowering teams to make decisions at the lowest appropriate level

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Requiring approval chains for all decisions

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Creating more governance committees

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Expanding project management offices

Question 6

What is 'systems thinking' in Agile leadership?

Accepted Answer

Understanding how parts of an organization interact and influence each other

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Managing IT infrastructure

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Optimizing individual team performance

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Tracking system uptime and reliability