SAFe RTE 5.0
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1. What's the Best way to foster flow of value, innovation and apply Lean Bud-
geting in the enterprise?: Implement the Lean Portfolio core Competency
2. What are my personal Observations on being a RTE?: 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.
3. Release Train Engineer (RTE)?: The RTE facilitates Agile Release Train processes and execution. The RTE
escalate impediments, helps manage risk, helps ensure value delivery, and drives continuous improvement.
4. Which tool can the RTE use to visualize the flow of value?: Kanban systems
5. How can the RTE support Decentralized Decision-making?: Empower knowledge
workers to manage the dependencies with other teams
6. What's the best way for the RTE to show progress in the current PI to Man-
agement?: Use a System Demo
7. What SAFe principle is being applied when a RTE treats suppiers as Partners?-
: Apply Systems Thinking
8. What is the term Alignment in SAFe?: 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.
9. In order to evolve as a Leader in SAFe, what practices can the RTE recom-
mend?: Encourage personal development
10. What's one way to secure Stakeholder commitment to the ART?: Have them attend
the Program Increment (PI) event
11. 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?: 1. Lack of Training, and;
2. Preparation for PI Planing
12. Which two actions must the RTE take when facilitating the PI planning event?
(choose two): 1. Distribute the PI planning Agenda to Agile teams
2. Ensure all Audio/Visuals are setup correctly
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13. How many iterations does one Program Increment (PI) have in SAFe: 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
14. If a team's vote on the confidence level is high enough the aggregate set of
objectives becomes: ART Plan
15. What are two ways Program Risk can be Categorized? (choose two)
a. Reliable
b. Owned
c. Leaning out
d. Resolved: Owned, Resolved
16. The Teams DRAFT plan review consists of which three items at the end of the
1st DAY of the PI planning event, (choose 3)
a. Risks and Impediments
b. Capacity and Load Estimates
c. Agile team assessment
d. Draft PI Objectives: Risks and Impediments; Capacity and Load Estimates and Draft PI Objectives
17. Which Tool is useful in facilitating Scrum of Scrum meetings?: Program Board
18. What's the only true OBJECTIVE measure of an ART?: System Demo (hint: make sure you
know difference between a Solution demo and System demo)
19. What's an ANTI-PATTERN, for an RTE, facilitating a Scrum of Scrum?: Reviewing
Individual team Performance
20. What two items should be kept under VERSION control? (choose two)
a. SAFe tool
b. Test data
c. PI objectives
d. Configuration items: Test data; Configuration Items
21. In what way is a Value stream map different than a Process flow?: A value stream
map measures the FLOW OF VALUE....and identifies bottlenecks for improvement
22. What's the best way for the RTE to support teams having challenges with
problem identification and decision making?: By listening to the Team
23. Situation Question: The RTE has recently facilitated a session to bring people
from different teams together on the ART to discuss updating Engineering
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1. What's the Best way to foster flow of value, innovation and apply Lean Bud-
geting in the enterprise?: Implement the Lean Portfolio core Competency
2. What are my personal Observations on being a RTE?: 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.
3. Release Train Engineer (RTE)?: The RTE facilitates Agile Release Train processes and execution. The RTE
escalate impediments, helps manage risk, helps ensure value delivery, and drives continuous improvement.
4. Which tool can the RTE use to visualize the flow of value?: Kanban systems
5. How can the RTE support Decentralized Decision-making?: Empower knowledge
workers to manage the dependencies with other teams
6. What's the best way for the RTE to show progress in the current PI to Man-
agement?: Use a System Demo
7. What SAFe principle is being applied when a RTE treats suppiers as Partners?-
: Apply Systems Thinking
8. What is the term Alignment in SAFe?: 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.
9. In order to evolve as a Leader in SAFe, what practices can the RTE recom-
mend?: Encourage personal development
10. What's one way to secure Stakeholder commitment to the ART?: Have them attend
the Program Increment (PI) event
11. 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?: 1. Lack of Training, and;
2. Preparation for PI Planing
12. Which two actions must the RTE take when facilitating the PI planning event?
(choose two): 1. Distribute the PI planning Agenda to Agile teams
2. Ensure all Audio/Visuals are setup correctly
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13. How many iterations does one Program Increment (PI) have in SAFe: 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
14. If a team's vote on the confidence level is high enough the aggregate set of
objectives becomes: ART Plan
15. What are two ways Program Risk can be Categorized? (choose two)
a. Reliable
b. Owned
c. Leaning out
d. Resolved: Owned, Resolved
16. The Teams DRAFT plan review consists of which three items at the end of the
1st DAY of the PI planning event, (choose 3)
a. Risks and Impediments
b. Capacity and Load Estimates
c. Agile team assessment
d. Draft PI Objectives: Risks and Impediments; Capacity and Load Estimates and Draft PI Objectives
17. Which Tool is useful in facilitating Scrum of Scrum meetings?: Program Board
18. What's the only true OBJECTIVE measure of an ART?: System Demo (hint: make sure you
know difference between a Solution demo and System demo)
19. What's an ANTI-PATTERN, for an RTE, facilitating a Scrum of Scrum?: Reviewing
Individual team Performance
20. What two items should be kept under VERSION control? (choose two)
a. SAFe tool
b. Test data
c. PI objectives
d. Configuration items: Test data; Configuration Items
21. In what way is a Value stream map different than a Process flow?: A value stream
map measures the FLOW OF VALUE....and identifies bottlenecks for improvement
22. What's the best way for the RTE to support teams having challenges with
problem identification and decision making?: By listening to the Team
23. Situation Question: The RTE has recently facilitated a session to bring people
from different teams together on the ART to discuss updating Engineering
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