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Process and Lifecycle Management Flashcards

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  1. A DA team is asked to adopt SAFe's Program Increment (PI) planning. How does DA view this?

    Answer: DA supports adopting PI planning if it fits the team's context as part of choosing their WoW

    DA's 'Choose Your WoW' philosophy supports adopting SAFe PI planning as a valid practice when it fits the team's and organization's context.

  2. Which of the following BEST describes the DA concept of 'Disciplined DevOps'?

    Answer: The application of DevOps practices within the DA framework to streamline delivery pipelines

    Disciplined DevOps applies DevOps culture and practices (CI/CD, automation, monitoring) within the DA framework to enable reliable, fast delivery.

  3. When a DA team is in the middle of Construction and discovers that the chosen architecture cannot support a key requirement, what does DA recommend?

    Answer: Re-examine the architecture as part of the team's process improvement and adapt accordingly

    DA promotes a pragmatic, continuous improvement mindset—teams should adapt their approach mid-stream rather than rigidly following a predetermined plan.

  4. In the DA framework, 'Delivery Risk' is BEST managed by which practice?

    Answer: Applying risk-reduction milestones and iterative delivery to expose and address risks early

    DA manages delivery risk through progressive milestones and incremental delivery, surfacing unknowns early when they are cheaper to address.

  5. A team uses DA's Continuous Delivery: Lean lifecycle. They have no sprints, deploy multiple times per day, and measure lead time. What additional practice MOST supports their flow?

    Answer: Implementing automated testing in the CI/CD pipeline to sustain deployment frequency

    High-frequency deployments in a CD:Lean lifecycle require robust automated testing to maintain quality without slowing the pipeline.

  6. According to DA, what is the significance of the 'Consumable Solution' milestone?

    Answer: It indicates that the solution is of sufficient quality and completeness that stakeholders can actually use it

    The Consumable Solution milestone confirms the increment is genuinely usable by stakeholders, not just technically complete.

  7. A DA practitioner says their team has 'graduated' from the Agile lifecycle to the Lean lifecycle. What does this MOST likely mean?

    Answer: The team has matured enough to sustain continuous flow without the structure of timeboxed iterations

    Teams with strong practices and consistent delivery quality often graduate to pull-based Lean flow, no longer needing the scaffolding of fixed sprints.