SAFe SAFe Roles and Responsibilities

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Writing acceptance criteria for Features

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Managing the program-level budget

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Designing the system architecture

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The Program Backlog and Feature definitions for the ART

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The Team Backlog

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The Solution Backlog

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The Sprint Backlog

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Product Managers focus on internal processes; Product Owners focus on external markets

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Product Managers own the Team Backlog; Product Owners own the Program Backlog

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There is no difference — they are the same role

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Defining the technical architecture vision and ensuring Enablers maintain architectural integrity

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Writing user stories for teams

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Managing the Program Backlog

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Facilitating PI Planning

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Managing the Agile teams' daily work

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Writing Epics in the Portfolio Backlog

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Reviewing code pull requests

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

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The Release Train Engineer

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External SAFe consultants only

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The Scrum Masters on each team