SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification Training

About Course

The SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification equips professionals with the skills to lead Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment. It covers planning, execution, and continuous improvement of ARTs, facilitating collaboration across teams, managing risks, and ensuring alignment with business goals. Targeted at experienced project managers, scrum masters, and agile practitioners, this certification ensures proficiency in coordinating large-scale agile projects. Certification demonstrates expertise in driving the end-to-end delivery of value, optimizing workflows, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, enhancing career prospects by validating the ability to manage complex agile programs effectively.

Course Content

Module 1: Exploring the RTE Role and Responsibilities

Connect the RTE role to SAFe
Serve the Lean Enterprise with the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe)
Understand the Seven Core Competencies of Business Agility
Examine the responsibilities of the RTE role
Identify effective RTE behaviors
Outline the benefits of being an RTE

Module 2: Applying SAFe Principles

Module 3: Organizing the ART

Module 4: Planning a Program Increment

Module 5: Executing a Program Increment

Module 6: Fostering Relentless Improvement

Module 7: Serving the ART

Module 8: Continuing Your Learning Journey

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What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Module 1: Exploring the RTE Role and Responsibilities

Connect the RTE role to SAFe

Serve the Lean Enterprise with the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe)

Understand the Seven Core Competencies of Business Agility

Examine the responsibilities of the RTE role

Identify effective RTE behaviors

Outline the benefits of being an RTE

Module 2: Applying SAFe Principles

Identify SAFe Principles that are important to the RTE

Develop the SAFe Principles

Understand why RTEs need the SAFe Principles

Applying SAFe Principles to the RTE role

Module 3: Organizing the ART

Identify the attributes of an effective ART organization

Organize teams on the ART

Move to Continuous Deployment and Release on Demand

Avoid common ART organization anti-patterns

Examine key ART roles and responsibilities

Identify Business Owners

Identify the responsibilities of the System Team

Balance Solution integration and testing effort

Module 4: Planning a Program Increment

Identify preparation activities for the PI Planning event

Prepare the Program Backlog for PI Planning

Use capacity allocation to create balance

Maintain product integrity through capacity allocation

Use the PI Planning Toolkit

Assess and evolve PI Planning readiness

Facilitate the management review and problem-solving meeting

Facilitate final PI plan development and commitment

Address program risks

Conduct a PI Planning retrospective

Explore facilitation of PI Planning across multiple locations

Module 5: Executing a Program Increment

Identify key team Iteration events

Understand Agile Team Iteration execution

Examine the events and tools needed to manage ART flow

Explore Metrics used to measure PI execution

Prepare and facilitate IP Iteration activities

Build a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps

Module 6: Fostering Relentless Improvement

Explore the three components of an Inspect and Adapt event

Measure and grow the ART

Examine systems thinking and value stream mapping concepts

Examine the mindset of relentless improvement

Module 7: Serving the ART

Explore the characteristics of a servant leader

Identify facilitation techniques that evolve group dynamics

Examine coaching techniques

Explore group facilitation techniques

Identify the steps to create an ART with a one-team culture

Module 8: Continuing Your Learning Journey

Create a personalized RTE action plan

Create an ART Improvement Roadmap

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