CST SAFe, LeSS & Nexus Scaling 3

Question 1

Which SAFe event directly replaces the individual team Sprint Review at the ART level?

Accepted Answer

System Demo

Answer

The System Demo is an ART-level event held each Iteration where all teams demonstrate their integrated work to stakeholders.

Question 2

In LeSS, how many Product Owners are there for all teams?

Accepted Answer

One overall Product Owner for the whole product

Answer

LeSS maintains a single Product Owner who owns the one Product Backlog shared across all teams, preserving the Scrum principle of one PO per product.

Question 3

What is a key differentiator of the Nexus framework compared to SAFe and LeSS?

Accepted Answer

Nexus is designed specifically for 3–9 Scrum teams and adds minimal roles/events

Answer

Nexus is a lightweight scaling framework for 3–9 teams that adds only one role, a few events, and one artifact on top of standard Scrum.

Question 4

In SAFe, what is the role of the Release Train Engineer (RTE)?

Accepted Answer

Serving as the chief ScrumMaster who coaches ART practices and facilitates ART-level events

Answer

The RTE is the ART's servant leader and coach, facilitating PI Planning, ART Syncs, and System Demos while removing impediments at the ART level.

Question 5

Which LeSS principle emphasizes that teams should be organized around customer-facing features rather than technical components?

Accepted Answer

Feature Teams over Component Teams

Answer

LeSS strongly favors Feature Teams—cross-functional teams capable of delivering end-to-end customer features—over siloed Component Teams.

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