In What Two Ways Can Architects Support Relentless Improvement Efforts

Question: What measurements are Architects typically accountable for during Inspect and Adapt?

Return on Investment of delivered Architectural Runway

Business value scores of Enabler Features and Capabilities

Architectural compliance metrics

Program velocity and predictability

Answer: Business value scores of Enabler Features and Capabilities

Question:

Answer: The ability to define and own Enabler Epics

The ability to motivate and inspire people

The ability to reinforce SAFe principles and core values

Question:

Answer: By supporting Agile Teams with Enabler development

Question: What is included in an Epic hypothesis statement?

Desired delivery date

Estimated return on investment (ROI)

Nonfunctional requirements (NFRs)

The Agile Release Train responsible for delivery

Answer: Nonfunctional requirements (NFRs)

Question: Which statement describes Conway’s Law?

The number of potential connections between nodes in any system is (n2-n)/2

The architecture mimics an organization’s communication structures

The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams

Culture eats strategy for breakfast

Answer: The architecture mimics an organization’s communication structures

Question: At which stage in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline can the Architect have the most participation and far-reaching impact?

Release on Demand

Continuous Deployment

Continuous Exploration

Continuous Integration

Answer: Continuous Exploration

Question:

Answer: Enterprise Architect and Product Management

Question:

Answer: Work with Product Management and teams to resolve the risk during day two team breakouts

Own the risk and work with the teams during the PI to resolve it

Question:

Answer: By ensuring alignment across all Solution builders

By ensuring that all compliance checks are automated

By generating specification and compliance documentation from models

Question: What are the four types of Enablers in SAFe?

Application, presentation, session, and transport

Enabler Epic, Enabler Feature, Enabler Story, and Enabler Task

Infrastructure, exploration, architecture, and compliance

Infrastructure, database, middleware, and application

Answer: Infrastructure, exploration, architecture, and compliance