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Planning the Work Questions

Practice questions for Planning the Work topic in SAFe Practitioner. 26 questions covering this domain.

26 questions6 easy12 medium8 hard
Q1
medium

At the end of PI Planning, an ART wants evidence that teams aligned on delivery and dependencies. Which pair of outputs should they expect?

Q2
hard

Two days before Iteration Planning, a stakeholder demands a guarantee that every item currently near the top of the Team Backlog will be delivered nex...

Q3
medium

A team enters Iteration Planning with vague stories, missing acceptance criteria, and stale work that no one still wants. Which practice most directly...

Q4
medium

Your team starts a new 2-week iteration tomorrow. Which description best fits Iteration Planning in SAFe?

Q5
easy

A new team member asks when PI Planning happens and who leads it. Which answer matches SAFe?

Q6
hard

During PI Planning, one team discovers that another team must deliver an API first. Which artifact most directly helps the ART visualize that delivery...

Q7
medium

An ART has too much work in process and late surprises between teams. Which official PI Planning benefit most directly addresses that situation?

Q8
hard

A fully remote ART proposes that only team leads attend PI Planning, then hand out tasks afterward to save time. Which response best fits official gui...

Q9
medium

A Product Owner wants more reliable forecasts for the next few iterations. Which Team Backlog Refinement outcome most directly supports that goal?

Q10
easy

At the start of an iteration, a team argues about how many stories it should pull. According to official Iteration Planning guidance, what should most...

Q11
medium

Two days into the iteration, a stakeholder wants to swap the agreed goal for a different priority without any emergency. Which commitment from Iterati...

Q12
hard

A team enters Iteration Planning using only an old spreadsheet and ignores the last System Demo plus stakeholder feedback. What official correction sh...

Q13
easy

Before the next timebox, the team removes stale stories, finds missing work, and defines acceptance criteria so items are ready for selection. Which e...

Q14
medium

A business leader wants to decide unilaterally how much work a team can take into the iteration because the timebox is fixed. Which SAFe principle is ...

Q15
hard

A team enters refinement with upcoming PI objectives in mind. Several stories are too large, stale items remain, and external partners have not clarif...

Q16
medium

A skeptical architect asks what PI Planning adds besides dependency conversations. Which answer best reflects official SAFe benefits?

Q17
medium

Iteration Planning begins, and a stakeholder insists the team follow a prewritten sequence even though new information shows a different order would c...

Q18
easy

During Team Backlog Refinement, who should collaborate to prioritize and prepare upcoming stories for implementation?

Q19
hard

At the end of Iteration Planning, a stakeholder keeps swapping in new work every day and argues that only the team made a commitment. According to SAF...

Q20
medium

A team leaves planning with its own stories selected but no clear view of partner handoffs or outside dependencies. Which expected planning outcome is...

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