SAFe® 5 DevOps Certification Continuous Exploration

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of Continuous Exploration in SAFe DevOps?

Accepted Answer

To continuously understand customer needs and define solutions

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To automate deployment pipelines

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To monitor production systems

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To manage release schedules

Question 2

Which SAFe concept validates customer assumptions before full development by running small experiments?

Accepted Answer

Hypothesis-driven development

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Program Increment Planning

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Continuous Deployment

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Release on Demand

Question 3

In SAFe, what does a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) primarily serve during Continuous Exploration?

Accepted Answer

A way to test a hypothesis with minimal investment

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A final production release

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A fully functional product increment

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A deployment artifact

Question 4

Which practice in Continuous Exploration helps teams prioritize what to build based on deep customer understanding?

Accepted Answer

Design Thinking

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Value Stream Mapping

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Continuous Integration

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Feature toggles

Question 5

What type of metrics captures desired customer outcomes and tracks validated learning during Continuous Exploration?

Accepted Answer

Innovation accounting metrics

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Story point velocity

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Lean Business Case metrics

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Deployment frequency

Question 6

How do the outputs of Continuous Exploration connect to the rest of the SAFe DevOps lifecycle?

Accepted Answer

Validated features and stories feed directly into Continuous Integration

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They run parallel to deployment without integration

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They only apply to infrastructure changes

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They replace Program Increment planning