The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART). The #RTE’s major responsibilities are to facilitate the ART events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value.

RTEs communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement. The Solution Train Engineer (#STE) is a servant leader and coach for the Solution Train, facilitating and guiding the work of all ARTs and Suppliers in the Value Stream.

Although Agile Release Train (ART) and Solution Trains are composed of self-organizing and self-managing teams, trains don’t drive or steer themselves on autopilot. That responsibility falls to the #RTE or #STE, who operate most effectively as servant leaders.

They have a solid grasp of how to scale Lean and Agile practices and understand the unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large development program.

The #RTE and the #STE facilitate ART and Solution Train processesand execution, respectively. They escalate impediments, manage risk, help ensure value delivery, and help drive relentless improvement. Many also participate in the Lean-Agile transformation, coaching leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in the new processes and mindsets. They help configure #SAFe to the organization’s needs, standardizing and documenting practices.

RTEs and #STEs typically fulfill the following responsibilities:

● Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART and Solution Train using various tools, such as the Program and Solution Kanbans and other information radiators

● Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)

● Summarize Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives (the #RTE) and publish them for visibility and transparency

● Summarize program PI objectives into Solution PI Objectives (the #STE) and publish them for visibility and transparency

● Assist tracking the execution of features and capabilities

● Facilitate periodic synchronization events, including the ART sync at the Essential Level and the Solution Train sync for Solution Trains

● Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll-up to Epics, where necessary

● Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets

● Help manage risks and dependencies

● Escalate and track impediments

● Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks

● Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering

This video utilizes some parts of information from scaled agile website, for more details please visit www.scaledagileframework.com

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