SAFe RTE 5.0 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What's the Best way to foster flow of value, innovation and apply Lean Budgeting in the
enterprise? - CORRECT ANSWER - Implement the Lean Portfolio core Competency
What are my personal Observations on being a RTE? - CORRECT ANSWER - For me, an
RTE is a Scrum master at Program level; a Principle Scrum master if you ask me. Someone who
can look at all the different Scrum teams that compose an ART and is able to track and
coordinate all dependencies, risks, goals and features that compose it. But more than that - The
RTE should champion the Agile culture and promote it through the Scrum masters while
enforces a second layer of communication and relationships between team members, Scrum
masters, Product owners and Stakeholders.
Release Train Engineer (RTE)? - CORRECT ANSWER - The RTE facilitates Agile
Release Train processes and execution. The RTE escalate impediments, helps manage risk, helps
ensure value delivery, and drives continuous improvement.
Which tool can the RTE use to visualize the flow of value? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Kanban systems
How can the RTE support Decentralized Decision-making? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Empower knowledge workers to manage the dependencies with other teams
What's the best way for the RTE to show progress in the current PI to Management? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Use a System Demo
What SAFe principle is being applied when a RTE treats suppiers as Partners? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Apply Systems Thinking
What is the term Alignment in SAFe? - CORRECT ANSWER - Alignment must rely on
the Enterprise business objectives. It starts with the strategy and investment decisions at the
, Portfolio level and is reflected in Strategic Themes, Portfolio Vision, and the Portfolio Backlog.
In turn, this informs the Vision, Roadmap, and the backlogs at all levels of SAFe.
In order to evolve as a Leader in SAFe, what practices can the RTE recommend? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Encourage personal development
What's one way to secure Stakeholder commitment to the ART? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) event
Situation Question: During PI planning, the RTE sees the excitement of the team quickly decline
as Product Management starts making sudden changes to Priorities - including the Top 10
Features - in the Program Backlog! What do you think is the cause? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Lack of Training, and;
2. Preparation for PI Planing
Which two actions must the RTE take when facilitating the PI planning event? (choose two) -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Distribute the PI planning Agenda to Agile teams
2. Ensure all Audio/Visuals are setup correctly
How many iterations does one Program Increment (PI) have in SAFe - CORRECT
ANSWER - PIs are typically 8 - 12 weeks long. The most common pattern for a PI is four
development Iterations, followed by one Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration
If a team's vote on the confidence level is high enough the aggregate set of objectives becomes -
CORRECT ANSWER - ART Plan
What are two ways Program Risk can be Categorized? (choose two)
a. Reliable
b. Owned
c. Leaning out
d. Resolved - CORRECT ANSWER - Owned, Resolved
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What's the Best way to foster flow of value, innovation and apply Lean Budgeting in the
enterprise? - CORRECT ANSWER - Implement the Lean Portfolio core Competency
What are my personal Observations on being a RTE? - CORRECT ANSWER - For me, an
RTE is a Scrum master at Program level; a Principle Scrum master if you ask me. Someone who
can look at all the different Scrum teams that compose an ART and is able to track and
coordinate all dependencies, risks, goals and features that compose it. But more than that - The
RTE should champion the Agile culture and promote it through the Scrum masters while
enforces a second layer of communication and relationships between team members, Scrum
masters, Product owners and Stakeholders.
Release Train Engineer (RTE)? - CORRECT ANSWER - The RTE facilitates Agile
Release Train processes and execution. The RTE escalate impediments, helps manage risk, helps
ensure value delivery, and drives continuous improvement.
Which tool can the RTE use to visualize the flow of value? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Kanban systems
How can the RTE support Decentralized Decision-making? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Empower knowledge workers to manage the dependencies with other teams
What's the best way for the RTE to show progress in the current PI to Management? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Use a System Demo
What SAFe principle is being applied when a RTE treats suppiers as Partners? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Apply Systems Thinking
What is the term Alignment in SAFe? - CORRECT ANSWER - Alignment must rely on
the Enterprise business objectives. It starts with the strategy and investment decisions at the
, Portfolio level and is reflected in Strategic Themes, Portfolio Vision, and the Portfolio Backlog.
In turn, this informs the Vision, Roadmap, and the backlogs at all levels of SAFe.
In order to evolve as a Leader in SAFe, what practices can the RTE recommend? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Encourage personal development
What's one way to secure Stakeholder commitment to the ART? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) event
Situation Question: During PI planning, the RTE sees the excitement of the team quickly decline
as Product Management starts making sudden changes to Priorities - including the Top 10
Features - in the Program Backlog! What do you think is the cause? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Lack of Training, and;
2. Preparation for PI Planing
Which two actions must the RTE take when facilitating the PI planning event? (choose two) -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Distribute the PI planning Agenda to Agile teams
2. Ensure all Audio/Visuals are setup correctly
How many iterations does one Program Increment (PI) have in SAFe - CORRECT
ANSWER - PIs are typically 8 - 12 weeks long. The most common pattern for a PI is four
development Iterations, followed by one Innovation and Planning (IP) Iteration
If a team's vote on the confidence level is high enough the aggregate set of objectives becomes -
CORRECT ANSWER - ART Plan
What are two ways Program Risk can be Categorized? (choose two)
a. Reliable
b. Owned
c. Leaning out
d. Resolved - CORRECT ANSWER - Owned, Resolved
