ADM Scaling Agile Frameworks Flashcards
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What is the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)?
Answer: An enterprise agility framework that applies lean-agile principles across large organizations
SAFe organizes multiple agile teams around value streams and provides roles, ceremonies, and artifacts to align strategy with execution at enterprise scale.
What is a Program Increment (PI) in SAFe?
Answer: A time-boxed planning and delivery period, typically 8–12 weeks, for an Agile Release Train
A PI is SAFe's cadence unit above the sprint level; multiple teams plan, execute, and review work together across a fixed PI period.
What is LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum)?
Answer: A lightweight framework that extends Scrum to multiple teams with minimal additional roles
LeSS scales Scrum by keeping the same Scrum rules and adding coordination practices, deliberately avoiding extra roles and processes to preserve agility.
What is an Agile Release Train (ART) in SAFe?
Answer: A long-lived team of agile teams (typically 50–125 people) that delivers value together
An ART is SAFe's primary value delivery vehicle: a virtual organization of 5–12 teams aligned to a shared mission, backlog, and PI cadence.
What is Scrum@Scale?
Answer: A framework by Jeff Sutherland that scales Scrum using a network of Scrum teams
Scrum@Scale, created by Scrum co-founder Jeff Sutherland, scales Scrum's core mechanics across the enterprise using a modular, fractal structure.
What is the primary responsibility of a Release Train Engineer (RTE) in SAFe?
Answer: Serve as servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train, facilitating ART events
The RTE is the chief Scrum Master for the ART, removing impediments, facilitating PI Planning, and coaching teams toward higher agile maturity.