Continuous Exploration Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of Continuous Exploration in SAFe DevOps?
Answer: To continuously understand customer needs and define solutions
Continuous Exploration focuses on understanding customer needs and defining the right solutions before building them.
Which SAFe concept validates customer assumptions before full development by running small experiments?
Answer: Hypothesis-driven development
Hypothesis-driven development validates assumptions about customer needs through experiments before committing full resources.
In SAFe, what does a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) primarily serve during Continuous Exploration?
Answer: A way to test a hypothesis with minimal investment
An MVP in SAFe is the minimum feature set needed to validate a hypothesis with real users before full investment.
Which practice in Continuous Exploration helps teams prioritize what to build based on deep customer understanding?
Answer: Design Thinking
Design Thinking helps teams deeply understand customer needs and empathetically prioritize solutions that deliver real value.
What type of metrics captures desired customer outcomes and tracks validated learning during Continuous Exploration?
Answer: Innovation accounting metrics
Innovation accounting metrics track validated learning and business outcomes during Continuous Exploration experiments rather than just output.
How do the outputs of Continuous Exploration connect to the rest of the SAFe DevOps lifecycle?
Answer: Validated features and stories feed directly into Continuous Integration
Continuous Exploration feeds validated features and stories into Continuous Integration, ensuring teams build the right things efficiently.