Course Content
01Module 1: RTE role, behaviors, and principles
Establish the RTE as a servant leader and coach applying SAFe® principles at ART scale.
- RTE responsibilities
- Servant leadership
- SAFe principles
- Leadership behaviors
02Module 2: Understand and organize the ART
Map ART roles, responsibilities, events, backlogs, and governance as one delivery system.
- ART roles
- ART events
- Program Kanban
- ART backlog
- System architecture
03Module 3: Facilitate PI Planning
Prepare and facilitate the event, manage risks and dependencies, and support commitment to PI Objectives.
- Readiness
- Agenda
- Breakouts
- Dependencies
- ROAM
- PI Objectives
04Module 4: Lead PI execution
Use synchronization, system demos, visible progress, quality, and the CDP to keep the ART aligned.
- ART Sync
- System demo
- Objective progress
- Built-in quality
- Continuous Delivery Pipeline
05Module 5: Optimize ART flow
Apply flow principles and metrics to queues, WIP, dependencies, bottlenecks, and value delivery.
- Flow accelerators
- WIP
- Queues
- Bottlenecks
- Flow metrics
- Value-stream mapping
06Module 6: Improve the ART
Facilitate IP Iteration, Inspect and Adapt, problem solving, and measure-and-grow cycles.
- IP Iteration
- Inspect and Adapt
- Problem-solving workshop
- Assessments
- Improvement backlog
07Module 7: Coach leaders, teams, and groups
Use group facilitation, conflict navigation, systems coaching, and stakeholder alignment across the ART.
- Group dynamics
- Facilitation
- Conflict
- Leadership coaching
- Stakeholder alignment
08Module 8: Form ARTs and use AI responsibly
Support ART design and use AI for preparation, synthesis, risk discovery, and communication with human oversight.
- Value streams
- ART formation
- AI-assisted facilitation
- Responsible AI
- Human validation