Value Streams and Business Agility Flashcards
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What is SAFe's definition of Business Agility?
Answer: The ability of the entire organization to compete and thrive in the digital age by quickly responding to market changes and emerging opportunities
Business Agility in SAFe is defined as the ability of the whole organization—not just IT—to rapidly adapt strategy, funding, structure, and processes to meet changing market conditions.
Which SAFe core competency focuses on building high-performing Agile teams with the technical practices necessary to create high-quality solutions?
Answer: Team and Technical Agility
Team and Technical Agility covers the skills and Lean-Agile principles teams need—including Agile practices like Scrum and Kanban, and technical practices like TDD and refactoring—to deliver high-quality solutions.
Which core competency in SAFe enables very large systems and solutions that require multiple ARTs and suppliers to coordinate?
Answer: Enterprise Solution Delivery
Enterprise Solution Delivery applies Lean-Agile principles to the building of the world's largest and most complex systems, using constructs like Solution Trains and Solution ARTs.
Organizational Agility in SAFe refers to:
Answer: The proficiency of the entire organization to think and act in Lean-Agile ways and to rapidly adapt its structure, people, and work to respond to new opportunities
Organizational Agility means the enterprise can think Lean-Agile across all functions—HR, Finance, Legal, etc.—and rapidly shift structure and resources as market needs evolve.
What is the Continuous Learning Culture competency primarily concerned with in SAFe?
Answer: Creating a culture where learning, innovation, and relentless improvement are actively encouraged at all levels
Continuous Learning Culture defines the values and practices of a learning organization that continuously improves—embracing a growth mindset, encouraging innovation, and learning from failure.
Which SAFe competency focuses on customer-centricity and design thinking to deliver a continuous flow of valuable products and services?
Answer: Agile Product Delivery
Agile Product Delivery is centered on a customer-centric approach that uses Design Thinking and delivers value through the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, including continuous exploration, integration, deployment, and release on demand.
In the context of SAFe value streams, what does 'flow' refer to?
Answer: The continuous movement of value from concept to delivery, with minimal delays and interruptions
Flow in SAFe describes the smooth, unimpeded movement of value through a value stream from initial concept through delivery to the customer, minimizing queues, waste, and wait time.