Scaling Agile Frameworks Flashcards
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When scaling agile, the DA toolkit recommends addressing 'Organizational Impediments' at what level?
Answer: At an organizational or enterprise level where authority exists to remove systemic blockers
Organizational impediments that individual teams cannot resolve must be addressed at the organizational level where the authority to remove systemic blockers exists.
In SAFe, the Agile Release Train (ART) operates on what cadence?
Answer: A Program Increment (PI) of 8–12 weeks containing several iteration sprints
The ART in SAFe operates on a Program Increment (PI) cadence, typically 8–12 weeks, which contains multiple 2-week iterations.
A DAC coach observes that two teams in a scaled environment are developing duplicate functionality independently. Which DA process blade is most directly relevant to resolving this?
Answer: Reuse Assets
The 'Reuse Assets' process blade in DA directly addresses how teams can share and leverage existing assets to avoid duplication of effort.
Which statement best describes DA's stance on choosing between SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale, and Nexus?
Answer: DA is framework-agnostic and treats all scaling approaches as valid options in its toolkit
DA is a toolkit that treats SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale, Nexus, and others as valid options from which practitioners can draw based on context.
In a scaled agile environment, 'PI Planning' is a key event in SAFe. What is the primary output of a PI Planning session?
Answer: Team PI Objectives and a Program Board showing cross-team dependencies
PI Planning produces Team PI Objectives and a Program Board that visualizes cross-team dependencies and risks for the upcoming Program Increment.
Which DA scaling strategy involves temporarily co-locating team members from different teams to resolve a complex cross-team problem?
Answer: Swarming
Swarming in DA involves multiple team members or cross-team collaboration converging on a single problem or impediment to resolve it quickly.
When using the DA toolkit to scale, what does 'Guided Continuous Improvement (GCI)' provide to organizations?
Answer: Proven process improvement goals organized by DA process blade to guide evolution
GCI provides proven process improvement goals organized by DA process blade, giving organizations a structured path to improve their ways of working over time.