What's the Best way to foster flow of value, innovation and apply Lean Budgeting in the enterprise? - Implement the Lean Portfolio core Competency 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. 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. Which tool can the RTE use to visualize the flow of value? - Kanban systems How can the RTE support Decentralized Decision-making? - Empower knowledge workers to manage the dependencies with other teams What's the best way for the RTE to show progress in the current PI to Management? - Use a System Demo What SAFe principle is being applied when a RTE treats suppiers as Partners? - Apply Systems Thinking 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. In order to evolve as a Leader in SAFe, what practices can the RTE recommend? - Encourage personal development What's one way to secure Stakeholder commitment to the ART? - Have them attend the Program Increment (PI) event 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 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 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 If a team's vote on the confidence level is high enough the aggregate set of objectives becomes - ART Plan What are two ways Program Risk can be Categorized? (choose two) a. Reliable b. Owned c. Leaning out d. Resolved - Owned, Resolved 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 Which Tool is useful in facilitating Scrum of Scrum meetings? - Program Board 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) What's an ANTI-PATTERN, for an RTE, facilitating a Scrum of Scrum? - Reviewing Individual team Performance 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