DAC Scaling Agile Frameworks 3

Question 1

When scaling agile, the DA toolkit recommends addressing 'Organizational Impediments' at what level?

Accepted Answer

At an organizational or enterprise level where authority exists to remove systemic blockers

Answer

Organizational impediments that individual teams cannot resolve must be addressed at the organizational level where the authority to remove systemic blockers exists.

Question 2

In SAFe, the Agile Release Train (ART) operates on what cadence?

Accepted Answer

A Program Increment (PI) of 8–12 weeks containing several iteration sprints

Answer

The ART in SAFe operates on a Program Increment (PI) cadence, typically 8–12 weeks, which contains multiple 2-week iterations.

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

Reuse Assets

Answer

The 'Reuse Assets' process blade in DA directly addresses how teams can share and leverage existing assets to avoid duplication of effort.

Question 4

Which statement best describes DA's stance on choosing between SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale, and Nexus?

Accepted Answer

DA is framework-agnostic and treats all scaling approaches as valid options in its toolkit

Answer

DA is a toolkit that treats SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale, Nexus, and others as valid options from which practitioners can draw based on context.

Question 5

In a scaled agile environment, 'PI Planning' is a key event in SAFe. What is the primary output of a PI Planning session?

Accepted Answer

Team PI Objectives and a Program Board showing cross-team dependencies

Answer

PI Planning produces Team PI Objectives and a Program Board that visualizes cross-team dependencies and risks for the upcoming Program Increment.

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DAC Scaling Agile Frameworks 3