Release Train Engineer (RTE): the class board

Three days for RTEs: the role, applying SAFe principles, organizing and launching the ART with the readiness checklist, planning a PI, executing a PI, relentless improvement, serving the ART.

3 days, 8 lessons, 16 exercises. Every class opens with the start-here strip: Trainyard intro, quick agenda, remote working agreements, team and challenge, parking lot, daily structure.

Lesson 1: Exploring the RTE Role and Responsibilities

  • The RTE's weekSticky notes

Lesson 2: Applying SAFe Principles

  • Which principle helps here?Sorting zones

Lesson 3: Organizing the Agile Release Train

  • Value stream and ART designSticky notes
  • ART readiness checklist: must it be in place to launch? Y · N · D(epends)Table
  • Score it liveLive Trainyard room
  • Launch planningSticky notes
  • ART launch timeline and PI planning readinessLive Trainyard room

Lesson 4: Planning a Program Increment

  • PI Planning simulationInstructions
  • PI Planning simulation · autonomous delivery vehiclePI planning simulation · 4 teams
  • PI Outcome Planning (AI-Native SAFe)Live Trainyard room

Lesson 5: Executing a Program Increment

  • ART sync agendaSticky notes
  • Program board and flow dashboardsLive Trainyard room

Lesson 6: Fostering Relentless Improvement

  • Problem-solving workshop: fishboneSorting zones
  • Improvement backlog itemsTable

Lesson 7: Serving the ART

  • Servant leadership: what changes on MondaySticky notes

Lesson 8: Continuing Your Learning Journey

  • Your first PI as RTESticky notes

Running it

  • Templates → Classes → Release Train Engineer (RTE) → create one board per cohort. Participants open the link; no install.
  • The PI planning simulation uses the real planning room: ART board, team boards, story backlog with points, ROAM and the confidence vote.
  • Readiness checklist, feature canvases and WSJF exercises point at the live canvases, so what the class practises is what a train uses.
  • Have your own version in Miro? Export the board as CSV and import it under Bring your own boards; frames become lessons.
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