SA SAFe Agilist Transformation and Leadership 3

Question 1

Which SAFe principle directly supports the transformation practice of decentralizing decision-making?

Accepted Answer

Principle #9: Decentralize decision-making

Answer

SAFe Principle #9 explicitly advocates pushing decisions to the lowest competent level to increase speed and reduce delays.

Question 2

What is the purpose of a 'transformation backlog' in a SAFe adoption?

Accepted Answer

Capturing and prioritizing the work required to implement SAFe across the organization

Answer

The transformation backlog holds the prioritized list of improvement and implementation actions needed to advance the SAFe adoption.

Question 3

In SAFe, which event is most critical for aligning leadership on transformation progress?

Accepted Answer

Inspect and Adapt (I&A) Workshop

Answer

The Inspect and Adapt (I&A) Workshop is a structured event where teams and leaders reflect on performance and identify improvement actions.

Question 4

A company has started SAFe but middle managers are not embracing the change. What is the BEST approach?

Accepted Answer

Provide Lean-Agile training and coaching to middle managers

Answer

Middle managers are critical change agents; providing them with training and coaching helps them understand their new roles in a Lean-Agile enterprise.

Question 5

What does the SAFe 'Implementation Roadmap' step 'Train Lean-Agile change agents' specifically aim to accomplish?

Accepted Answer

Building an internal coaching capability to sustain the transformation

Answer

Training change agents builds internal capability so the organization can sustain and evolve the transformation without ongoing external dependency.

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SA SAFe Agilist Transformation and Leadership 3