Introducing Scrum in SAFe

An enterprise is introducing Scrum within a SAFe transformation. Leadership asks which two outcomes a Scrum Master should expect from a healthy, well-run Iteration Retrospective. Which TWO options represent valid outcomes? (Choose two.)

When a team struggles to meet their Definition of Done (DoD) because of external infrastructure dependencies, what should the Scrum Master do?

Which TWO of the following describe the role of the Scrum Master when introducing Scrum within a SAFe ART? (Choose two)

A new Scrum Master joins a SAFe Agile Release Train and notices that the team's Product Owner is rarely available to answer questions or clarify user stories during iterations, causing repeated delays. How should the Scrum Master handle this impediment?

During the first PI Planning event after introducing Scrum, a Scrum Master observes that a team is treating the iteration boundary as a hard checkpoint for demonstrating completed work to the Product Owner, and is skipping the continuous collaboration that Scrum recommends. The Scrum Master wants to explain why the team should not rely solely on the iteration review to validate work with the Product Owner. Which statement best reflects the SAFe and Scrum intent?

A team has recently transitioned to SAFe and is struggling with excessive 'work in progress' (WIP). What should the Scrum Master recommend to address this issue?

A new Agile Release Train (ART) is struggling to synchronize their iterations because teams follow different cadences. As the Scrum Master, what is the primary benefit of enforcing a common cadence for all teams on the ART?

A Scrum Master is helping a newly formed team understand how Scrum operates within SAFe during its first iterations. Which TWO statements accurately describe how the team's Scrum practices relate to the Agile Release Train? (Choose two.)

During the first Sprint of a newly formed SAFe Scrum team, the Scrum Master observes that the Product Owner is assigning tasks to individual developers and asking for status updates twice a day. The team members have stopped self-organizing and are waiting for direction. What should the Scrum Master do first to address this situation?

An organization is introducing Scrum at the team level within a SAFe Agile Release Train. The Scrum Master is explaining how the team's events connect to the broader ART cadence. Which two statements accurately describe how team-level Scrum events align with SAFe? (Choose two.)

A SAFe team is struggling with meeting their Definition of Done (DoD). What is the first thing the Scrum Master should do?

A newly formed SAFe Scrum team has been running one-week iterations, and the Scrum Master notices that the team treats the Iteration Review as a status meeting where the Product Owner reads through completed tickets. The Product Owner argues that this is efficient because stakeholders only want a summary. What should the Scrum Master do to align the team with Scrum in SAFe?

During a SAFe Scrum team's Retrospective, several team members express frustration that the Product Owner frequently changes priorities mid-iteration, causing unfinished work. The Scrum Master wants to address this systematically. What is the most effective action to take?

A Product Owner on a newly formed SAFe Scrum team frequently changes acceptance criteria on user stories mid-iteration, causing developer confusion and incomplete stories at the end of the iteration. How should the Scrum Master coach the Product Owner and the team to resolve this issue?

What does 'Built-in Quality' mean in the context of a SAFe Scrum team?

A Scrum Master joins an Agile Release Train where several teams have adopted Scrum ceremonies but still rely on a separate integration team to combine their work at the end of the Program Increment. The teams pass all their iteration reviews individually but the system demo repeatedly reveals broken integration. What should the Scrum Master focus on first?

Which TWO of the following are primary responsibilities of a Scrum Master within a SAFe context when acting as a servant leader?

During a PI Planning session, a team discovers that a key dependency on another team will not be met within the proposed timeline. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

What is the primary purpose of the Iteration Review in a SAFe Scrum environment?

What is the main benefit of having a cross-functional team in SAFe?

A newly formed SAFe team has just started its first iteration. The Scrum Master notices that the Product Owner is writing every User Story, estimating it, and assigning it directly to individual developers before Iteration Planning begins. Team members spend planning meetings passively receiving work. What should the Scrum Master do first to introduce Scrum correctly in this SAFe context?

A newly formed Scrum team in a SAFe Agile Release Train is holding its first Sprint Planning session. The Product Owner presents a large, complex feature that cannot be completed in a single iteration. The team is unsure how to proceed. As the Scrum Master, what should you advise the team to do first?

During the first PI Planning event for a new Agile Release Train, a Scrum team's members are unsure how their team-level Scrum events connect to the ART's cadence. What should the Scrum Master emphasize to clarify how Scrum operates within SAFe?

Refer to the exhibit. What observation should the Scrum Master share with the team during the next Retrospective?

An Agile Release Train is launching, and the teams are struggling to establish their first Team Backlogs because they are attempting to decompose all solution epics down to user stories before PI Planning. What is the primary role of the Scrum Master in addressing this anti-pattern?

During a SAFe transformation, a Scrum Master notices that the team treats the Iteration Review as a status meeting for the Scrum Master and Product Owner only. Stakeholders are not invited, and no working software is demonstrated. What should the Scrum Master do to correct this when introducing Scrum in SAFe?

A Scrum Master on a SAFe Agile Release Train observes that the team treats the Iteration Retrospective as a status meeting where each person reports completed stories to the Scrum Master. The Scrum Master wants the Retrospective to serve its purpose in Scrum. What should the Scrum Master do?

During an early Iteration in a SAFe ART, a Scrum Master observes that the Product Owner is writing detailed technical designs into the Team Backlog items and telling the Developers exactly how to implement them. The Developers have stopped refining items and simply follow the instructions. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master?

A Scrum Master is coaching a team that has just started using Scrum inside a SAFe Agile Release Train. The team complains that the Product Owner keeps changing the order of items in the Team Backlog mid-iteration, causing them to stop work and start new stories. The Scrum Master wants to explain the correct expectation for backlog changes during an iteration. Which statement best reflects SAFe and Scrum guidance?

A newly formed Scrum team on an Agile Release Train has just held its first Sprint Planning. The Product Owner presented a Sprint Goal and a set of prioritized stories, but the developers spent most of the session waiting for the Product Owner to assign each task. The Scrum Master wants to coach the team toward self-management in future Sprints. Which action best supports this goal?

A Product Owner is struggling to prioritize the backlog because stakeholders keep adding urgent requests. What should the Scrum Master do?

A Scrum team in a SAFe ART has completed two iterations but has not held a Retrospective because the Scrum Master believes the team is too busy delivering features. Team members report they keep repeating the same impediments. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master?

What is the primary role of the Scrum Master in the ART's Scrum of Scrums?

A Scrum Master is helping a team new to SAFe understand which Scrum events occur within each Iteration and how they connect to ART cadence. Which TWO statements accurately describe this relationship? (Choose two.)

During the first PI Planning event for a new Agile Release Train, a Scrum Master sees that their team has committed to a full set of Iteration Goals but has no plan for the shared services another team must provide mid-PI. The other team's Product Owner is present but unaware of the dependency. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master?

Refer to the exhibit. Based on the performance report, what should the Scrum Master prioritize to improve the team's effectiveness?

An Agile Release Train is launching in a large enterprise. During the initial Program Increment Planning event, the Scrum Master notices that multiple Agile Teams are struggling to identify dependencies between their team backlogs and are creating isolated plans. Which action should the Scrum Master take to address this challenge effectively?

A new Agile Release Train (ART) is struggling to synchronize their iterations. The Scrum Master notices that teams are working on different cadences, which hinders the System Demo. What is the most effective approach to resolve this?

A Scrum Master on an Agile Release Train observes that the team's Daily Stand-up has become a status report to the Scrum Master, lasting 30 minutes, with each developer giving a detailed account of tasks. The team is also skipping the Iteration Review and Retrospective because 'there is too much delivery pressure.' What should the Scrum Master do to introduce Scrum correctly?

A Scrum Master is helping an organization introduce Scrum within SAFe. Leadership asks which TWO activities are appropriate for the Scrum Master when serving the team and the Agile Release Train. (Choose two.)

A Scrum Master notices that a team is consistently failing to complete their User Stories during the iteration. What is the most effective first step for the Scrum Master to take?

A Scrum Master is coaching a team that is new to Scrum within SAFe. The team keeps confusing which meetings belong to the team and which belong to the Agile Release Train. Which TWO events are ART-level events that the Scrum Master should distinguish from the team's own Scrum events? (Choose two.)

A Scrum Master is helping a new SAFe Scrum team establish its Iteration cadence. The team wants to skip the Iteration Retrospective for the first two iterations to focus on delivering features, arguing that they need more development time. What is the most appropriate response from the Scrum Master?

An Agile Release Train is introducing Scrum at the team level, and a new Scrum Master is explaining how the three Scrum accountabilities map to SAFe roles. The Scrum Master wants to highlight which two statements accurately describe how Scrum roles appear in a SAFe environment. (Choose two.)

What is the role of the Scrum Master during the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event?

A Scrum Master is working with a team that has been part of an Agile Release Train for several months. The team consistently meets its iteration goals but often discovers late in the Program Increment that its work does not integrate with other teams' work, causing delays. What should the Scrum Master do to improve this situation?

An enterprise is transitioning to SAFe and introducing Scrum at the team level. The Release Train Engineer wants to ensure that the newly formed Agile Teams understand how Scrum integrates with the broader framework. Which TWO activities are critical for the Scrum Master to champion during this introduction phase? (Choose two.)

An organization is introducing Scrum inside a new SAFe Agile Release Train. The Scrum Master is asked to explain how the team's work connects to the ART's cadence. Which statement best describes how a Scrum team operates within SAFe?

A newly formed SAFe team has been meeting for two weeks. Their Scrum Master observes that they deliver working increments but rarely stop to inspect how they are working together, and they have no scheduled event for doing so. Which Scrum event should the Scrum Master ensure is established to address this gap?

During the first PI Planning on an Agile Release Train, a team's Scrum Master notices that the team has committed to a set of Iteration goals that exceeds their known velocity, and several stories depend on another team that has not yet planned its capacity. The Scrum Master wants to help the team produce a realistic PI plan without taking over. What should the Scrum Master do first?

What is the primary role of the Scrum Master during the Daily Stand-up?

A Scrum Master on an Agile Release Train notices that the team's Definition of Done is only 'code compiles and unit tests pass.' As a result, work is frequently reopened after the System Demo when integration and nonfunctional checks fail. Which action best applies Scrum within the SAFe context?

A newly formed Scrum team in a SAFe enterprise is experiencing low engagement during Daily Stand-ups. Team members spend most of the time reporting status updates directly to the Scrum Master instead of collaborating on meeting their iteration goals. What should the Scrum Master do?

An enterprise is introducing Scrum within SAFe, and leadership wants to understand how Scrum teams integrate with the broader Agile Release Train cadence. Which TWO statements accurately describe this relationship? (Choose two.)

Which THREE factors are essential for a successful Sprint Planning event in SAFe? (Choose three)

A team is struggling to keep their daily Stand-up meeting within the 15-minute timebox. What should the Scrum Master do?

Which of the following describes the 'Built-in Quality' practice in SAFe?

During an Iteration Planning event, a Product Owner insists on adding emergency high-priority user stories to an iteration that is already fully planned and committed to by the development team. What should the Scrum Master do?

Which THREE of the following are key actions a Scrum Master takes during the Iteration Retrospective?

A newly formed SAFe team has just completed its first Iteration. During the Iteration Review, the Scrum Master notices that the team presented dozens of completed technical tasks rather than working, integrated product. The Product Owner is unsure whether any value was actually delivered to stakeholders. What should the Scrum Master do first to align the team with Scrum in SAFe?

An organization is introducing Scrum at the team level within a SAFe Agile Release Train. A new Scrum Master is asked by a team member which artifact holds the work items that the team will build during an iteration, and who is accountable for its content. What is the correct answer in a SAFe context?

At the start of a SAFe adoption, a Scrum Master is explaining the Scrum Master role to a team that previously reported to a project manager. A team member asks how the Scrum Master differs from the project manager they are used to. Which description best reflects the Scrum Master role in Scrum within SAFe?

During the first PI Planning event, a Scrum Master notices that teams are writing Iteration goals and PI Objectives, but no one has identified cross-team dependencies. The Scrum Master wants to help the ART surface and manage dependencies as SAFe intends. What is the most appropriate action?

A newly formed Scrum team in a SAFe Agile Release Train has just completed its first iteration. During the iteration retrospective, several team members express confusion about who owns the decision on how much work to pull into the next iteration versus who decides the order of the work. The Scrum Master wants to clarify the boundary between the Product Owner and the team. Which statement best describes the correct responsibility split in SAFe?

A Scrum Master in a SAFe environment is coaching a team that has just adopted Scrum. The team is struggling to finish all user stories by the end of the iteration and often carries work over. Which metric should the Scrum Master use to help the team understand their capacity and improve predictability?

Which TWO of the following are responsibilities of the Scrum Master in a SAFe environment? (Choose two)

A Scrum Master on an Agile Release Train learns that two team members frequently bypass the team and escalate technical disagreements directly to the System Architect. This causes duplicated design decisions and rework. What is the most effective action for the Scrum Master?

During an early iteration in a SAFe ART, a Scrum team's Daily Stand-up has become a status report to the Scrum Master, lasting over 30 minutes while the Scrum Master takes notes and assigns follow-ups. The team is disengaged and members wait for direction. What should the Scrum Master do to introduce Scrum correctly?

During PI Planning, a team identifies a major technical risk that could block their progress for three iterations. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

During an Iteration Retrospective, a Scrum team identifies that too many stories were brought into the iteration, resulting in frequent context switching and low completion rates. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

Refer to the exhibit. As a Scrum Master, how should you address the situation described in the log?

An Agile Release Train (ART) is transitioning to SAFe. The Scrum Master notices that the team is struggling to align their local sprint goals with the overall Program Increment (PI) objectives. What is the most effective way for the Scrum Master to facilitate this alignment?

A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a team that is new to SAFe and wants to clarify how the team-level events fit the broader cadence. Which two statements accurately describe how Scrum is applied within SAFe? (Choose two.)

An organization is introducing Scrum inside a SAFe Agile Release Train, and a new Scrum Master is clarifying how the Scrum Master serves the Scrum Team and the larger organization. Which two services are explicitly part of the Scrum Master's role in this context? (Choose two.)

An organization is introducing Scrum inside SAFe. A team's manager tells the Scrum Master that the manager will assign tasks daily to each developer to keep utilization high. Which Scrum principle should the Scrum Master use to explain why this conflicts with the team's self-managing design?

A Scrum Master is helping a newly formed SAFe team understand what it means to adopt Scrum at the team level within an Agile Release Train. Which two statements accurately describe the team-level Scrum implementation in SAFe? (Choose two.)

In SAFe, what is the primary role of the Scrum Master regarding the Program Board?

Which TWO of the following are true about the Scrum Master's role in the PI Planning event?

A Scrum Master is helping a new SAFe Scrum team understand why they still hold a Daily Stand-up even though the team is distributed across two time zones. A team member suggests replacing it with a weekly written update to save time. How should the Scrum Master respond?

A newly formed Scrum Team inside an Agile Release Train has just held its first Iteration Planning event. The Scrum Master notices the team is building a detailed, task-level plan for the entire Program Increment and treating it as a commitment to be tracked daily. What should the Scrum Master do to align the team with Scrum as practiced in SAFe?

What is the primary responsibility of the Scrum Master during PI Planning?

When should the Iteration Retrospective occur in a SAFe team?

During the first Program Increment, a Scrum Master observes that the team's Iteration Review has become a one-way demo to stakeholders with no discussion of whether the Increment is potentially shippable. The Product Owner also wants to know how the team's progress will be evaluated across the train. What should the Scrum Master do?

A team has consistently high quality but is struggling to meet the agreed-upon PI objectives due to scope creep. What should the Scrum Master do?

Which event serves as the primary mechanism for a Scrum team in SAFe to reflect on their process and identify improvements?

A Scrum Master is helping a newly formed Scrum team in a SAFe ART understand which activities belong to the team's own Scrum events rather than to ART-level events. Which two activities are performed by the Scrum team during its own Scrum events? (Choose two.)

A Scrum Master joins a team that has been calling its Daily Scrum a 'stand-up status report' to the Scrum Master, who then updates the Release Train Engineer. The team complains that the meeting feels like a reporting obligation. What should the Scrum Master do to realign the event with Scrum?

Which of the following best describes the Scrum Master's role in the Daily Stand-up (DSU)?

A Scrum Master notices that during team discussions, two senior developers consistently dominate the conversation, preventing quieter team members from sharing valuable technical insights. How should the Scrum Master respond?

During the Inspect and Adapt event for the first Agile Release Train PI, a newly formed Scrum Team expresses frustration that their velocity dropped significantly in the second iteration due to technical debt and unexpected defect rework. How should the Scrum Master guide the team in utilizing this feedback?

A Scrum Master is supporting a newly formed SAFe team that has just started its first iteration. The team members keep asking the Scrum Master to assign tasks, prioritize the Team Backlog, and decide who will work on each story. Which action best reflects the Scrum Master's role when introducing Scrum in SAFe?

A Scrum Master is coaching a team that has adopted SAFe but still estimates and plans in a way that ignores the Program Increment. The team commits to iteration goals without considering the PI Objectives agreed at PI Planning, and it treats each iteration as independent. What should the Scrum Master emphasize to align the team with SAFe?

A team finds that they consistently fail to finish their committed stories. During the retrospective, the Scrum Master notices the team is spending significant time on unplanned support tickets. What should the Scrum Master recommend?

During PI Planning, a team identifies a significant dependency on another team that is not available until the second iteration of the PI. How should the Scrum Master handle this?

Which of the following best describes the goal of the 'Inspect and Adapt' event in SAFe?

A Scrum Master is helping a newly formed team on an Agile Release Train adopt Scrum within SAFe. The team has been running two-week iterations for three sprints, but the Scrum Master notices that the team is still using a traditional project manager to assign tasks and approve work. Which action best supports the Scrum Master's role in introducing Scrum in SAFe?

A Scrum Master on an Agile Release Train notices that their team consistently completes all its planned stories but the System Demo keeps revealing integration defects with other teams. The team argues that its own Definition of Done is satisfied. What should the Scrum Master do first?

A Scrum Master is introducing Scrum to a newly formed team within a SAFe Agile Release Train. Which two actions are appropriate for the Scrum Master to take to help the team adopt Scrum principles effectively? (Choose two.)

During an Iteration Review for a team adopting SAFe Scrum, a stakeholder expresses frustration that a major user story was not completed because the team spent unexpected time fixing architectural defects. The Product Owner accepted the partial work. How should the Scrum Master address this?

A Scrum Master is explaining to a new Product Owner how the Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Developers interact within a SAFe Scrum Team. The Product Owner asks who is responsible for ensuring the team's backlog items are well understood and ready for Iteration Planning. Which statement best reflects SAFe accountabilities?

What is the primary purpose of the Iteration Review in a SAFe Scrum team?

During the first PI Planning event on a new Agile Release Train, a Scrum Master sees that one team has no draft PI Objectives and has not identified any dependencies, claiming they will 'figure it out during the iteration.' The Release Train Engineer asks the Scrum Master to help. What is the most effective action for the Scrum Master to take?

A Scrum Master is helping a brand-new team understand how their work fits into the Agile Release Train. The team asks who owns the decision about what the team will deliver in the next Program Increment and where that decision is made. What should the Scrum Master explain?

Which THREE items are primary responsibilities of a Scrum Master when introducing Scrum within a SAFe environment?

What is the role of the Product Owner in the daily Stand-up?

A newly formed Scrum team inside an Agile Release Train has just been chartered. The Product Owner asks the Scrum Master which artifact the team should populate first so that the team can begin planning its own work. What should the Scrum Master recommend?

During a SAFe transformation, a line manager tells a Scrum Master that the manager will assign tasks to team members each morning so the team stays efficient, and will also decide which team member attends the Scrum of Scrums. The team currently self-manages its own work. What should the Scrum Master do first?

A newly formed Scrum team inside an Agile Release Train has finished its first two iterations. The Scrum Master observes that the team keeps accepting work beyond its capacity and never finishes the Iteration Goals. Which action best reflects the Scrum Master's role when introducing Scrum in SAFe?

A Scrum Master is helping a new SAFe team understand what distinguishes their way of working from traditional project management. Which two characteristics describe how the team plans and delivers within the iteration? (Choose two.)

A newly formed Scrum team inside an Agile Release Train keeps asking the Scrum Master to assign tasks, resolve every technical disagreement, and approve their design decisions. The Scrum Master wants to establish the appropriate Scrum Team self-management behavior described in SAFe. What should the Scrum Master do first?

A Scrum Master joins an ART where teams are running Iterations but nobody is coordinating cross-team dependencies, and risks are only discovered mid-Program Increment. The Release Train Engineer asks the Scrum Master to help establish the right forum. What should the Scrum Master recommend?

A Scrum team new to SAFe is preparing for its first Iteration Review. The Product Owner plans to present a slide deck summarizing the team's work and take questions. What should the Scrum Master recommend to align with Scrum in SAFe?