What is the main reason for the System Demo?

Question

Options

• ATo provide an optional quality check
• BTo fulfill the SAFe PI Planning requirements
• CTo enable faster feedback by integration across teams
• DTo give Product Owners the opportunity to provide feedback on the team increment

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  93% (54)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

The System Demo exists primarily to enable faster feedback through integration - teams come together to demonstrate a working, integrated system increment, allowing stakeholders to see how individual team efforts combine and to course-correct quickly. Option A is wrong because the System Demo is a mandatory, structured event in SAFe, not optional. Option B inverts the logic - PI Planning sets goals, but the System Demo is what validates progress against them, so fulfilling PI Planning requirements is a byproduct, not the purpose. Option D is a partial truth that misleads: Product Owners do attend and provide input, but the demo is for all stakeholders and is primarily about integration feedback, not PO-specific feedback on a single team's increment.

Memory tip: Think of the System Demo as the "integration health check" - the word integration is the key differentiator. Whenever you see an answer mentioning cross-team integration and fast feedback together, that's the SAFe System Demo in a nutshell.

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