SAFe Roles and Responsibilities Flashcards

What is the primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer (RTE)?

Answer: Serving as the ART's servant leader and coach, facilitating ART events and removing impediments

The RTE is the ART's chief Scrum Master — a servant leader who facilitates ART events, coaches teams, and escalates impediments that teams can't resolve.

What does the Product Manager (PM) own in SAFe?

Answer: The Program Backlog and Feature definitions for the ART

The Product Manager owns the Program Backlog, defines and prioritizes Features, and ensures the ART builds the right things to meet market and customer needs.

In SAFe, what is the key difference between a Product Manager and a Product Owner?

Answer: Product Managers define Features and program-level priorities; Product Owners manage team-level stories and the Team Backlog

Product Managers operate at the ART/program level (Features, what to build), while Product Owners operate at the team level (Stories, how to build it).

What is the System Architect/Engineer's primary role in a SAFe ART?

Answer: Defining the technical architecture vision and ensuring Enablers maintain architectural integrity

The System Architect defines the technical vision and works with teams to ensure Enabler Stories maintain architectural runway and system integrity.

What is the primary responsibility of the Business Owner in SAFe?

Answer: Providing business context, approving PI Objectives, and scoring business value at I&A

Business Owners are key stakeholders who participate in PI Planning, score PI Objectives, and hold teams accountable to delivering business value.

In SAFe, who is responsible for the Lean-Agile transformation of the enterprise?

Answer: Lean-Agile Leaders (executives and managers) who model and coach the mindset change

Lean-Agile Leaders — executives and senior managers — must model and embody the Lean-Agile mindset to drive the transformation from the top.