Quality is first and foremost a function of what in a Lean-Agile concept?

The correct answer is B. Culture of shared responsibility. In Lean-Agile (particularly SAFe), quality cannot be delegated to a single team or role - it must be owned collectively. A culture of shared responsibility means every team member, from developer to Product Owner, is accountable for quality at every step, embedding it into…

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APreserving options
BCulture of shared responsibility
CEmpowered Solution authority
DDeployment on demand

How the community answered

(31 responses)

A
6% (2)
B
90% (28)
C
3% (1)

Explanation

In Lean-Agile (particularly SAFe), quality cannot be delegated to a single team or role - it must be owned collectively. A culture of shared responsibility means every team member, from developer to Product Owner, is accountable for quality at every step, embedding it into daily work rather than treating it as a final inspection gate.

Why the distractors are wrong:

A. Preserving options is a Lean principle about deferring irreversible decisions, not a driver of quality.
C. Empowered Solution authority relates to decision-making governance for large solutions, not quality ownership.
D. Deployment on demand is a continuous delivery capability - it describes when you can release, not what makes software high quality.

Memory tip: Remember "Quality is everyone's job." The word shared is the key - if only one person or team owns quality, it becomes a bottleneck and an afterthought. Lean-Agile rejects that model entirely.

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#built-in quality#lean-agile culture#shared responsibility#lean principles

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