Supporting ART Events

During the second day of PI Planning, a team realizes that a critical dependency on another team will likely delay their finishing a Feature. The other team has already finalized their plan. What is the Scrum Master's best course of action?

During the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) meeting, a representative from Team Delta reports that they are blocked by an external vendor's API change that was not anticipated. The representative asks for help from other teams. As the Scrum Master facilitating the SoS, what is the most appropriate action?

A team is preparing for the System Demo, but their code isn't fully integrated into the staging environment due to a pipeline failure. How should the Scrum Master guide the team?

A Scrum Master is preparing to facilitate the Iteration Retrospective for a team that consistently finishes stories late in the iteration. Which action best reflects the Scrum Master's role in this ART event?

Which Agile Release Train event provides the primary mechanism for synchronizing the work of all Agile Teams on the train?

During the system demo at the end of PI iteration 4, a Product Owner for one team challenges whether a feature shown by another team is genuinely integrated, since the two teams' work was only validated separately. As the Scrum Master, what is the most appropriate action?

During the first day of PI Planning, a team realizes that a critical architectural dependency will prevent them from completing their committed features. How should the Scrum Master coach the team for the Management Review and Problem-Solving session?

During the PI Planning Management Review and Problem-Solving meeting, the Release Train Engineer (RTE) identifies a resource bottleneck that prevents three teams from completing their high-priority features. What is the primary purpose of this event for the Scrum Master's leadership team?

What is the primary goal of the System Demo held at the end of every iteration?

During the Inspect and Adapt event, the ART's quantitative measurement shows that the current PI delivered only 60 percent of planned business value. The Scrum Master is helping the team prepare for the problem-solving workshop. What is the most appropriate first step for the team?

A Scrum Master is facilitating the preparation for an upcoming System Demo. The ART wants to ensure the demo effectively supports the Inspect and Adapt event. Which TWO actions should the Scrum Master take to help the ART achieve this goal? (Choose two.)

As Scrum Master for Team Delta in a SAFe ART, you are facilitating the team's preparation for the upcoming System Demo. The Product Owner wants to show a polished, fully integrated feature, but the team has only completed three of five stories needed for that feature. What should you advise the team to do?

During the ART Sync, the Release Train Engineer asks each Scrum Master to report on team progress toward PI Objectives. The Scrum Master for Team Delta observes that the team's burn-down chart is flattening and two features are blocked by an external vendor. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take at this event?

You are the Scrum Master for Team Delta on an ART. During Iteration 4, Team Delta's Product Owner tells you that a critical API dependency from Team Gamma is not available, putting the Iteration goal at risk. The teams are not co-located. What should you do first to address this impediment?

As the Scrum Master for Team Golf, you are facilitating the team's preparation for the upcoming PI System Demo. The team has completed all their stories for the Iteration, but during a dry run, you notice that the integration with another team's component fails intermittently due to an environment configuration mismatch. What should you do first?

During the Inspect and Adapt problem-solving workshop, a team traces a recurring integration failure to a root cause of inconsistent interface contracts between two teams. The team wants to ensure the corrective action is durable. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to support?

During the Problem-Solving Workshop of the Inspect and Adapt event, the ART identifies that a recurring root cause of defects is insufficient test data management. As the Scrum Master, what is the most appropriate action to support the ART in addressing this issue?

During the System Demo, a Product Owner for Team Delta notices that a feature demonstrated by another team directly overlaps with a capability her team planned to deliver next Iteration, creating a potential integration conflict. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

During the Problem-Solving Workshop of the Inspect and Adapt, a team identifies 'Lack of automated testing' as a root cause. What is the next step the Scrum Master facilitates?

During the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event, a Scrum Master for Team Alpha notices that the ART's quantitative metrics show a consistent trend of declining team velocity over the last three Program Increments, but the team members seem unaware of this data. What is the most appropriate first action for the Scrum Master to take?

Midway through PI Planning, the Scrum Master for Team Bravo notices that the team has stopped refining their draft plan and is instead waiting for another team to finish before continuing. The dependency is real, but the other team will not be ready for several hours. What is the most effective action for the Scrum Master to take?

Which part of the Inspect and Adapt event involves the demonstration of all the work the Agile Release Train has accomplished over the entire Program Increment?

During PI Planning Team Breakout #1, a team realizes they cannot meet their draft objectives due to a hidden architectural dependency. What is the Scrum Master's best course of action?

You are the Scrum Master for a team on a 120-person ART that has just completed PI Planning and is entering the first Iteration of the PI. Midway through the iteration, a developer tells you the team committed to a Feature that depends on an API another team has not started. The other team's Scrum Master says the dependency was never recorded during the Draft Plan Review and is not in the program board. What is the most appropriate action for you to take to support the ART event system?

A Scrum Master is preparing a team for its first System Demo. The team has completed several stories that are integrated with another team's work, but the team is unsure what to demonstrate. What should the Scrum Master advise?

A Scrum Master is facilitating the team's breakout during PI Planning. Two team members are dominating the conversation about a Feature, while the quieter members have not spoken. What should the Scrum Master do?

A Scrum Master is helping a team get more value from the Inspect and Adapt event. Which TWO activities are appropriate for the Scrum Master to facilitate or support within that event? (Choose two.)

During the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) meeting, a Scrum Master from Team Beta reports that they have a dependency on Team Gamma for an API that is critical for their current iteration goal. Team Gamma's Scrum Master is not present. What should the Scrum Master do first?

A Scrum Master is coaching her team on how to participate effectively in the ART's Inspect and Adapt event. Which TWO activities should she emphasize as responsibilities the team has during this event? (Choose two.)

In the context of the Inspect and Adapt event, what is the purpose of the 'Quantitative Measurement' section?

During the ART Sync, the Release Train Engineer asks each Scrum Master to report on their team's progress toward PI Objectives. Team Foxtrot's Scrum Master notices that the team is behind on a key objective because of an unplanned absence. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

During the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event, the ART is analyzing metrics and identifies that the Program Predictability Measure has dropped from 85% to 60% over the last PI. As the Scrum Master, what is the most appropriate action to facilitate improvement?

During the Draft Plan Review in PI Planning, a team presents a plan where their capacity is fully utilized, but they have no buffers for several high-risk dependencies. What should the Scrum Master do?

A Scrum Master is preparing for the team's first PI Planning. The team has never created PI Objectives before. What guidance should the Scrum Master provide?

During the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event, the Problem-Solving Workshop is conducted. Which THREE activities are part of this workshop? (Choose 3)

At the end of PI Planning, the confidence vote results in several '2-finger' votes. What is the Scrum Master's role in this situation?

You are a Scrum Master for an Agile Release Train that is preparing for the upcoming PI Planning event. The RTE asks you to help ensure that the teams are ready for productive breakout sessions. Which two actions should you take to best support this? (Choose two.)

During the Inspect and Adapt, the ART's quantitative measurement shows program predictability dropped sharply in the last PI. Several teams blame an unplanned production incident that consumed capacity. As the Scrum Master facilitating the problem-solving workshop, what should you do first?

During the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event, the ART's quantitative measurement shows that the team's predictability measure has dropped from 90% to 65% over the last three iterations. The Scrum Master wants to help the team address this in the problem-solving workshop. What should the Scrum Master do first?

During the weekly Scrum of Scrums, the Scrum Master identifies that multiple teams are blocked by the same shared service team. What should the Scrum Master do?

After the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event, the ART has identified several improvement items. The Scrum Master for Team Delta is tasked with ensuring these items are addressed. What is the most appropriate way to integrate these improvements into the team's work?

During the first team breakout session of PI Planning, the Scrum Master notices the team is struggling to sequence their stories. What is the best way for the Scrum Master to facilitate this process?

The Coach Sync (formerly Scrum of Scrums) and the PO Sync are two vital ART synchronization events. Which TWO statements accurately describe the focus of the Coach Sync? (Choose 2)

During the first day of PI Planning, the team realizes their drafted plan requires dependencies from another Agile Release Train (ART) that have not been committed. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to facilitate?

Refer to the exhibit. As a Scrum Master attending the ART Sync, what is the most appropriate action to take regarding DEP-102?

During the management review and problem-solving session at the end of PI Planning, a business owner asks the Scrum Master of Team Delta why the team's plan includes a stretch objective that depends on an unproven technology. What is the most appropriate response for the Scrum Master?

During the final plan review of PI Planning, the train is ROAMing risks. A team identifies a risk that they cannot resolve themselves, but the Release Train Engineer (RTE) takes ownership of it to find a solution later. How should this risk be categorized?

Stakeholders are complaining that the System Demo is too long and technical. How should the Scrum Master coach the team to improve this ART event?

What is the primary reason the Scrum Master encourages the team to reserve capacity during the Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration?

During the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) meeting, a representative from Team Alpha reports that they are blocked by a database schema change that Team Bravo must make. The SoS facilitator asks the Scrum Master of Team Alpha to take action. What is the most appropriate next step for the Scrum Master?

As the Scrum Master for Team Echo, you are facilitating the team's participation in the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshop. The team has identified several problems from the last PI. Which TWO activities are part of the problem-solving workshop during I&A? (Choose two.)

During the Inspect and Adapt event, the ART reviews metrics and identifies that the predictability measure has dropped from 90% to 70% over the last two PIs. The Scrum Master for Team Echo notices that the team consistently overcommits during PI Planning but meets its iteration goals. What is the most likely root cause the Scrum Master should help the team investigate during the Problem-Solving Workshop?

Two iterations into a PI, a Scrum Master learns that a dependency her team agreed with Team Echo during PI Planning has slipped because Team Echo reprioritized. Her team's next iteration work is now blocked. What is the most appropriate first action?

During the Inspect and Adapt event, the ART's metrics show that the predictability measure has dropped for three consecutive PIs. The Scrum Master of one team believes the drop is caused by unplanned work entering mid-PI. Which action best supports the ART in addressing this?

The Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event consists of three parts. Which THREE of the following are those parts? (Choose three.)

Who is the primary facilitator of the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) event during the Program Increment execution?

Which THREE activities are essential components of the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event?

A team is struggling to draft their PI Objectives during the first Team Breakout session of PI Planning. They have listed all their Stories on the team board but cannot agree on the objectives. How should the Scrum Master coach the team?

During the ART Sync, the Scrum Master for Team Delta observes that their team has completed all committed stories for the current iteration, but the team's Features are not yet integrated with the other teams' work. The Release Train Engineer asks how Team Delta plans to support the Iteration Review and System Demo. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

Which TWO activities occur during the ART Sync event to ensure the train stays on track? (Choose two.)

A Scrum Master is preparing her team for their first ART Sync. The team is unsure what the primary purpose of this event is. What should she tell them?

The ART Sync is becoming a status reporting meeting rather than a synchronization event. How can the Scrum Master help the RTE pivot the meeting?

A Scrum Master is helping Team Charlie prepare for the upcoming Scrum of Scrums. Which two activities should the Scrum Master ensure the team performs before attending the Scrum of Scrums? (Choose two.)

You are the Scrum Master for Team Beta in an ART that runs three-week sprints, but the System Demo occurs every two weeks at the end of each sprint's second week. Team Beta's latest increment is only partially integrated with Team Gamma's API, though both teams have completed their committed stories. During the System Demo, the Product Manager asks why the end-to-end customer journey cannot be shown. What should you do first?

During the Coach Sync, a Scrum Master learns that two teams on the ART are using different definitions of done, causing integration issues at the System Demo. What should the Scrum Master do to address this?

A Scrum Master is helping a team improve how it participates in the ART's Inspect and Adapt event. Which TWO activities correctly describe the team's role in this event? (Choose two.)

A Scrum Master is preparing to facilitate the Inspect and Adapt event for the first time. Which sequence correctly describes the structure of the Inspect and Adapt?

A Scrum Master on an Agile Release Train notices that during the System Demo, teams present polished slide decks instead of demonstrating the integrated solution running in the staging environment. Stakeholders cannot see whether the features actually work together. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master?

During the System Demo for an ART whose Solution Train includes three ARTs, the Product Management representative from another ART notes that a dependency delivered by Team Beta was never integrated, so a Feature cannot be demonstrated. As the Scrum Master of Team Beta, what is the most appropriate immediate action?

After the Final Plan Review, the ART conducts a confidence vote. If the average confidence is only 2 fingers out of 5, what is the next step for the Scrum Master?

Successful PI Planning requires significant preparation. Which TWO areas are part of the 'Content Readiness' for this event? (Choose 2)

During the root cause analysis phase of the Problem-Solving Workshop, which TWO tools or techniques are most commonly recommended to help teams identify the source of an issue? (Choose 2)

How does the Scrum Master best support the System Demo at the end of each iteration?

During the Problem-Solving Workshop of the Inspect and Adapt event, several teams identify 'lack of automated testing' as a root cause. What is the Scrum Master's role in the next step?

A Scrum Master notices that the team's representatives arrive at the Scrum of Scrums unprepared, giving vague status and failing to raise dependencies that later surface as blockers. What is the most effective action to improve this ART event?

Which TWO roles are primarily responsible for facilitating the Team Breakout sessions during PI Planning? (Choose TWO)

During the System Demo, the Scrum Master for Team Golf notices that the team's features are not integrated with another team's components, causing the demo to show only isolated functionality. The Release Train Engineer asks for an explanation. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?

A Scrum Master is facilitating the team's preparation for the upcoming PI Planning event. The team needs to ensure they have the right inputs and readiness to create a realistic plan. Which TWO actions should the Scrum Master take to support the team? (Choose two.)

During the PI Planning event, the ART is conducting the draft plan review. A team presents a plan that includes a feature with a dependency on another team, but the dependency is not reflected on the program board. As the Scrum Master for that team, what should you do?

During the System Demo for a two-week iteration, the Product Owner for Team Delta notices that the new feature is not actually integrated with another team's component, but the demo still shows it working. The Scrum Master investigates and finds the presenter used a local stub instead of the real integration. What should the Scrum Master do first?

A Scrum Master is preparing a team for its first ART sync after PI Planning. The team has several stories that depend on another team's API changes and one architectural concern that may affect the whole train. What should the Scrum Master ensure the team brings to the ART sync?

A Scrum Master is preparing a team for its first PI Planning on a new Agile Release Train. The team asks which activities they will participate in during the two-day event. Which TWO activities are part of the team's PI Planning responsibilities? (Choose two.)

During the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) event, the ART's metrics show that the Program Predictability Measure for the last PI was 60%. The RTE facilitates a problem-solving workshop where teams identify 'unclear acceptance criteria' as a root cause. As the Scrum Master for one of the teams, what is your most appropriate next step to support the ART's improvement?

During the Inspect and Adapt event, a team's quantitative measurement shows a sharp increase in escaped defects over the last three iterations. The Scrum Master wants the team to move from the metrics review into meaningful root-cause analysis. What is the most appropriate next step?

During the Inspect and Adapt of a PI, the ART's metrics show that a specific team's velocity dropped sharply in the last two iterations because of unplanned production support. In the problem-solving workshop, the team wants to add a root cause of 'too much unplanned work' to the ART's backlog of improvement items. As that team's Scrum Master, what is the most appropriate action to ensure the workshop produces an actionable result?

During Team Breakout #1 in PI Planning, the team finds that their capacity is exceeded by the features assigned to them. What should the Scrum Master do first?

The Product Owner returns from a PO Sync and informs the team that a new high-priority Feature must be started in the current PI. How does the Scrum Master help the team?

During the Scrum of Scrums, Team Beta reports they will miss a dependency needed by Team Alpha. As Scrum Master for Team Alpha, what is the most appropriate immediate action?

Refer to the exhibit. Why would the Scrum Master coach the team to mark the 'Auth API' objective as uncommitted?

Two iterations into a PI, the Scrum Master notices that the team's representatives consistently arrive at the Scrum of Scrums unprepared, reporting only their own status while the ART's cross-team dependencies go unaddressed. What is the most effective action for the Scrum Master to take?

During PI Planning, what is the required outcome if any team member votes two fingers or fewer during the confidence vote?

In a large Agile Release Train, the System Demo is often attended by various stakeholders. Why is it important for the Scrum Master to ensure the team is prepared for this event every two weeks?

Who is the primary audience for the System Demo?

A Scrum Master is facilitating the ART Sync for a newly launched Agile Release Train. The Product Manager has not attended the last three sessions, and the System Architect is also consistently absent. The teams are still sharing progress and dependencies. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master?

A Scrum Master notices that the System Demo is frequently delayed because teams are struggling to integrate their code at the end of the iteration. What is the best way to support this ART event?

During PI Planning, the Scrum Master for Team Gamma notices that one team member is dominating the discussion and dismissing others' ideas during the team breakout. What is the most appropriate action for the Scrum Master to take?