Free SAFe® 5 DevOps: LPM Questions and Answers

Question 1

Why is the Enterprise Architect role an important LPM stakeholder?

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Enterprise architects work across value streams and ARTs to help provide the strategic technical direction that can optimize portfolio outcomes.
An Enterprise Architect often acts as an Epic Owner for enabler epics.

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The as-is state for the portfolio

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An aggregate measure of Business value to be gained and is a method to prioritize needed capabilities & features incl, business value, urgency of need, and risk values.
(CoD = Business Value + Time Criticality + Risk reduction).

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Have Lean Agile Leaders engage Finance Leaders and invite them to Portfolio Synch meetings. Mature the thinking about Value streams

Question 2

What contribution does the "Portfolio Canvas" make to the Solution Vision?

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Current state and the desired future state for the portfolio

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Alignment of the organization on its structure, purpose, and status.

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To explore multiple future state possibilities

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The Funnel is the "capture" state in which all "new business ideas" are welcome.
There is no WIP limit, and is discussed periodically by the LPM team on a cadence.

Question 3

Which LPM process promotes the customer-centric approach?

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design thinking

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user research

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market research

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portfolio canvas assessment

Question 4

Which Lean Agile principle will you employ to deal with a company that is still using wasteful manual processes, silos, and other inefficient practices?

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#10- organize around value

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#5- organize around value

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#15- organize around value

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one or more development value streams

Question 5

What specific SAFe roles would be frequently performed by the APMO LACE?

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*RTE, STE, SM CoP

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Enterprise Architect ; Epic Owners

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The Flow Of Epics

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Lean Business Case

Question 6

Do we define and assess the investment for each value stream in the Portfolio Canvas component?

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The KPI & Revenue block is used (think Value Proposition)

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Every Iteration

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Portfolio Synch ;
Participatory Budgeting (used with BO's)

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That the vision must align with the Strategic Themes, as well as to the individual team's purpose.

Question 7

What object is a part of the portfolio context?

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Qualitative data

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Solution objectives

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Strategic themes

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Feature roadmaps

Question 8

Creates Lean Portfolio Management?

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Lean budget and investment guardrails and provides lean governance across value streams

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Lean Business Case

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Lean governance facilitates innovation

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That the vision must align with the Strategic Themes, as well as to the individual team's purpose.

Question 9

What background information is required for the Business Owner on an ART in order to help guide or review the Program Vision and Roadmap?

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Current Enterprise, Portfolio, and Value Stream Context

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One or more Development Value Streams

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#10- Organize Around Value

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Lean Portfolio Management

Question 10

Which state of the Portfolio Kanban would the LPM team make the Go/No-Go determination?

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Analyzing state

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The as-is state for the portfolio

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Review state

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Lean business case