SAFe APM Exam Graded A+ 2024
A company that typically markets to small companies has a growth strategy to sell to
larger organizations. The Product Manager is in charge of a new application and must
recommend which of the following segments to address first.
Segment 1: Top 1,000 very large companies (over 25,000 employees); dominated by
large Enterprise application vendors who sell the app as an add-on module but need to
be better integrated into their other applications. Customer anecdotes indicate low
satisfaction.
Segment 2: 5.8 million US-based small businesses (under 500 employees); tasks are
often done in spreadsheets. Competitors are small privately-owned software companies
offering desktop-based solutions. The company already has a good market share in this
segment.
What should be the recommendation for the next 12 months?
Choose segment 1
Choose segment 2
Find another segment
Choose both - ANS-Choose segment 1
A Product Manager in a business-to-business market wants to disrupt a competitor by
changing the work processes of a complex industrial process. Which Design Thinking
tool will help in redesigning the work processes?
Journey maps
Value proposition canvas
Buy a Feature
Buyer personas - ANS-Journey maps
Design Thinking and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP) have which behavior in
common?
Both use feedback from Customers to improve products
Both focus on the need for Continuous Integration to confirm the Solution is desirable
Both focus on Return on Investment (ROI) and net present Value Metries
Both focus on continuous delivery of assets for Release on Demand - ANS-Both use
feedback from Customers to improve products
Feature estimates are aggregated back into the Epic estimate as part of which artifact?
Lean business case
Customer journey map
Capabilities
Portfolio Roadmap - ANS-Lean business case
How does a portfolio canvas provide business context?
It describes how a Solution fits into the overall strategy
It links the ART canvases
It determines the allocations for investment horizons
, It is an elaboration of the objectives and key results (OKRs) - ANS-It describes how a
Solution fits into the overall strategy
In which Roadmap Feature bucket would a Product Manager place an add-on Feature?
Up-sell
Horizon 1
Retainment
New Business - ANS-Up-sell
Qualitative research fuels innovation when designed to explore what?
Ideas for improving Feature throughput a PI
The context in which Customers use the product
Feature adoption rates
Feasibility of copying a competitive Feature - ANS-Ideas for improving Feature
throughput a PI
The "chasm" can occur between visionaries and what segment of the target market?
Early majority
Middle skeptics
Technology enthusiasts
Late adopters - ANS-Early majority
The Architectural Runway is a key part of which aspect of the Design Thinking model?
Sustainable
Viable
Desirable
Feasible - ANS-Sustainable
The business wants to avoid losing Customers. A new Feature to address that could be
placed in which category?
Retainment
Operational efficiency
Up-sell
New business - ANS-Retainment
The Lean Portfolio Management team is reviewing new work moving through the
Portfolio Kanban. Request 1 is incremental innovation and can likely be done by one
ART in one PI. Request 2 is a major opportunity impacting multiple stages of the Value
Stream, likely requiring the participation of two ARTs over multiple Pis. Which backlog
should each request be added?
Request 1 should be added to the ART Backlog as a Feature; Request 2 should be
added to the Portfolio Backlog as an Epic
Request 1 should be added to the Portfolio Backlog as an Epic, Request 2 should be
added to the ART Backlog as a Feature
Both should be added to the Portfolio Backlog
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