SAFe POPM · Scaled Agile · PI Planning Preparation · Bank updated 2026-07-03
SAFe POPM practice questions: PI Planning Preparation
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1/5 · PI Planning Preparation · easy
During PI Planning preparation, why does a team establish its capacity for each Iteration in the upcoming Program Increment?
ATo calculate the WSJF score used to prioritize which Features the ART will pursue.
BTo replace velocity with a single fixed story-point number that must be identical across every ART and every PI.
CTo calculate the Cost of Delay for each Feature planned into the PI.
DTo provide a realistic ceiling on how much work the team can plan, adjusted for known holidays, training, and other planned time off.
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2/5 · PI Planning Preparation
In a Solution Train context, what is the primary purpose of the Pre-PI Planning event held before each ART conducts its own PI Planning?
ATo synchronize context—such as Solution and Capability priorities, cross-ART dependencies, and Vision—across RTEs, Product/Solution Management, and other stakeholders before each ART plans.
BTo finalize the ROAM status of program risks identified during the prior PI.
CTo replace the need for a System Demo at the end of each Iteration.
DTo let each team independently choose a different Iteration cadence for the upcoming PI.
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3/5 · PI Planning Preparation
Between PI Planning events, which recurring coordination activity gives Product Owners a lightweight forum to align on team dependencies, review progress toward PI Objectives, and surface issues that feed into preparation for the next PI Planning?
AThe System Demo, since it is the only event where cross-team information is shared.
BThe Inspect and Adapt workshop, held once per PI to satisfy this need.
CThe Solution Demo, held only in Solution Train contexts and irrelevant to single-ART coordination.
DThe PO Sync (part of the ART Sync), a short recurring meeting for Product Owners to coordinate progress, dependencies, and flow across teams.
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4/5 · PI Planning Preparation
In the two weeks leading up to PI Planning, Product Owners from every team on the ART meet together with the Product Manager and Business Owners to review progress toward current PI Objectives, discuss priority changes, and surface cross-team dependencies that will feed into Program board pre-work. Which recurring SAFe 6.0 event does this best describe?
APO Sync, held as part of the ART Sync, focused on Feature progress, priority/scope adjustments, and cross-team dependencies from a business perspective.
BSystem Demo, which showcases integrated, working system functionality to stakeholders at the end of each Iteration.
CInspect & Adapt (I&A) workshop, held at the end of the Program Increment to identify improvement backlog items.
DScrum of Scrums, the Scrum Masters'-focused portion of the ART Sync addressing team process impediments.
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5/5 · PI Planning Preparation
A Release Train Engineer reminds a Product Owner that draft PI objectives for their team should already be locked in before the team breakout sessions start on Day 1 of PI Planning. How should the Product Owner respond, based on SAFe guidance?
AAgree, since PI objectives must be authored and approved by Business Owners well before PI Planning to avoid wasting breakout time.
BClarify that teams draft their PI objectives collaboratively during the team breakout sessions, informed by the Vision, roadmap, and Features — not finalized in advance.
CDisagree, and instead propose skipping PI objectives entirely since only the Program Board reflects real commitments.
DAgree, since Product Management is solely responsible for writing every team's PI objectives ahead of the event.
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