SAFe SSM: Lean-Agile Principles practice questions
30 questions on Lean-Agile Principles, one of the 6 areas assessed in SAFe Scrum Master. Untimed, with an explanation after every answer.
Which SAFe Lean-Agile principle most directly explains why work should be released in small batches?
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Mock examA worked example
A question from the bank with its answer and the reasoning behind it. Every practice question comes with an explanation like this one.
An Agile Release Train consistently plans to 100% of its capacity every Planning Interval and consistently misses its objectives. Which Lean-Agile principle is being violated?
- ABase milestones on objective evaluation of working systems
- BAssume variability, preserve options(correct answer)
- CUnlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers
- DApply systems thinking
Why
Planning to full capacity assumes no variability, and knowledge work always has some. Queueing behaviour is non-linear: utilisation near 100% makes wait times rise sharply, so the train has removed its own ability to absorb the unexpected. Preserving capacity is preserving options.