Safe Architect Questions and Answers
| Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is the purpose of a solution architecture vision?
✔✔To provide a clear direction, align stakeholders, and guide implementation decisions
How does a SAFe Architect support innovation accounting?
✔✔By tracking technical improvements, architectural enablers, and system performance metrics
What is the SAFe Architect’s role in dependency resolution?
✔✔To coordinate between teams, identify bottlenecks, and facilitate solutions
How does a SAFe Architect contribute to strategic planning?
✔✔By ensuring that architecture supports portfolio goals and long-term vision
What is the importance of architectural governance?
✔✔To maintain consistency, reduce risk, and enable sustainable development
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,How does a SAFe Architect facilitate knowledge transfer?
✔✔By documenting design decisions, mentoring teams, and conducting workshops
What is the role of a SAFe Architect in scaling DevOps practices?
✔✔To provide tooling, guidelines, and automation that support enterprise-wide delivery
How does a SAFe Architect ensure system reliability?
✔✔By defining non-functional requirements, monitoring system performance, and guiding
improvements
What is the SAFe Architect’s role in managing solution complexity?
✔✔To simplify designs, enforce modularity, and reduce unnecessary dependencies
How does a SAFe Architect enable business agility?
✔✔By aligning technical execution with business priorities and strategic objectives
How does a SAFe Architect support PI Objectives delivery?
✔✔By guiding technical implementation, resolving dependencies, and coaching teams
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,What is the role of a SAFe Architect in cross-team workshops?
✔✔To facilitate discussions, validate solutions, and ensure alignment with architecture vision
How does a SAFe Architect support continuous integration?
✔✔By defining integration strategies, supporting automated pipelines, and monitoring system
health
What is the role of a SAFe Architect in managing enterprise risk?
✔✔To identify architectural bottlenecks, assess impact, and propose mitigation strategies
What is the primary role of a SAFe Architect?
✔✔To provide technical guidance, define the architecture vision, and ensure alignment across
Agile Release Trains
How does a SAFe Architect support the Agile Release Train?
✔✔By collaborating with teams, Product Management, and RTEs to maintain system integrity
and manage dependencies
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, What is the purpose of the architecture runway?
✔✔To provide the technical foundation for upcoming features and enable fast, predictable
delivery
How does a SAFe Architect balance design with agility?
✔✔By applying intentional architecture while allowing teams to evolve solutions incrementally
What is the role of a SAFe Architect in PI Planning?
✔✔To communicate architectural vision, identify technical dependencies, and support feature
planning
How does a SAFe Architect facilitate cross-team collaboration?
✔✔By standardizing practices, defining shared interfaces, and ensuring alignment across teams
What is the importance of system thinking for a SAFe Architect?
✔✔To understand the interdependencies of components and optimize the overall solution
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| Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is the purpose of a solution architecture vision?
✔✔To provide a clear direction, align stakeholders, and guide implementation decisions
How does a SAFe Architect support innovation accounting?
✔✔By tracking technical improvements, architectural enablers, and system performance metrics
What is the SAFe Architect’s role in dependency resolution?
✔✔To coordinate between teams, identify bottlenecks, and facilitate solutions
How does a SAFe Architect contribute to strategic planning?
✔✔By ensuring that architecture supports portfolio goals and long-term vision
What is the importance of architectural governance?
✔✔To maintain consistency, reduce risk, and enable sustainable development
1
,How does a SAFe Architect facilitate knowledge transfer?
✔✔By documenting design decisions, mentoring teams, and conducting workshops
What is the role of a SAFe Architect in scaling DevOps practices?
✔✔To provide tooling, guidelines, and automation that support enterprise-wide delivery
How does a SAFe Architect ensure system reliability?
✔✔By defining non-functional requirements, monitoring system performance, and guiding
improvements
What is the SAFe Architect’s role in managing solution complexity?
✔✔To simplify designs, enforce modularity, and reduce unnecessary dependencies
How does a SAFe Architect enable business agility?
✔✔By aligning technical execution with business priorities and strategic objectives
How does a SAFe Architect support PI Objectives delivery?
✔✔By guiding technical implementation, resolving dependencies, and coaching teams
2
,What is the role of a SAFe Architect in cross-team workshops?
✔✔To facilitate discussions, validate solutions, and ensure alignment with architecture vision
How does a SAFe Architect support continuous integration?
✔✔By defining integration strategies, supporting automated pipelines, and monitoring system
health
What is the role of a SAFe Architect in managing enterprise risk?
✔✔To identify architectural bottlenecks, assess impact, and propose mitigation strategies
What is the primary role of a SAFe Architect?
✔✔To provide technical guidance, define the architecture vision, and ensure alignment across
Agile Release Trains
How does a SAFe Architect support the Agile Release Train?
✔✔By collaborating with teams, Product Management, and RTEs to maintain system integrity
and manage dependencies
3
, What is the purpose of the architecture runway?
✔✔To provide the technical foundation for upcoming features and enable fast, predictable
delivery
How does a SAFe Architect balance design with agility?
✔✔By applying intentional architecture while allowing teams to evolve solutions incrementally
What is the role of a SAFe Architect in PI Planning?
✔✔To communicate architectural vision, identify technical dependencies, and support feature
planning
How does a SAFe Architect facilitate cross-team collaboration?
✔✔By standardizing practices, defining shared interfaces, and ensuring alignment across teams
What is the importance of system thinking for a SAFe Architect?
✔✔To understand the interdependencies of components and optimize the overall solution
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