Release Train Engineer Foundations Learning Series Learning, Reflections, and Action Plan Workbook for the Emerging RTE Welcome As you progress through the RTE Essentials series, use this workbook to write down what is asked of you for that specific section. Keep this handy and refer to it frequently. Instructions As you progress through the RTE Essentials series, use this workbook to write down what is asked of you for that specific section. Keep this handy and refer to it frequently. Table of Contents Exploring the RTE Role�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3 Preparing for PI Planning����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������4 Executing PI Planning���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 Executing the Program Increment��������������������������������������������������������������������������8 2 © Scaled Agile, Inc. Exploring the RTE Role Welcome to Exploring the RTE Role, part of the RTE Essentials learning series. This section will outline what it means to be an RTE, the benefits of being an RTE, and provide you with tips and tools to help you perform as an RTE. Your turn - reflecting on difficulty receiving information Think about a time in your career where you had difficulty receiving information without rejecting it. How could you have improved your response to accept the information as it was offered and been more empathetic to the situation? Write down your response and highlight any areas that you would have done differently as a servant leader. Your turn - implement a tip Read through each tip in this section and, and pick one to implement in your organization and create an action plan to get started on implementing your process. 1. Write your plan down, think through each step, and how you will accomplish each step. 2. Be prepared to share it with others. 3 © Scaled Agile, Inc. Preparing for PI Planning Welcome to Preparing for PI Planning, part of the RTE learning series. This section will outline the steps involved in preparing for PI Planning and provide you with insights from our community to help navigate your preparation. Your turn - getting ready Write down the following: 1. What are you most excited about as you start to prepare for PI Planning? 2. What are you most nervous about? How will you mitigate what makes you nervous? Your turn - organizational readiness Think about how you will get the answers for each question in the previous section and make an action plan if it makes sense to do so. 4 © Scaled Agile, Inc. Your turn - logistics readiness Identify three immediate actions you can take to start to prepare the logistics for PI Planning. Refer to the ART readiness workbook that contains checklists and other information to help with preparation. Your turn - antipatterns Identify an anti-pattern you have observed or are concerned about. Develop a mitigation plan to address this anti-pattern. 5 © Scaled Agile, Inc. Executing PI Planning Welcome to Facilitating PI Planning, part of RTE Essentials learning series. In this module, we’ll go over proven success patterns for executing the PI Planning event. Write down your top two concerns for facilitating PI Planning. Come up with an action plan on how you will address these concerns before the event. Your turn - creating a plan Create a list of questions to help you develop a plan to facilitate the Management Review & Problem Solving meeting. 6 © Scaled Agile, Inc. Your turn - choosing techniques to try out Identify two different retrospective techniques you want to use at the end of PI Planning to collect improvement items from attendees. 7 © Scaled Agile, Inc. Executing the Program Increment Your Turn - brainstorming ideas Create a list of possible issues that may come up while you are facilitating SoS and brainstorm some ideas that will help manage these issues before they occur. Your turn - identifying concerns Write down your top two concerns for facilitating an I&A event. Come up with an action plan on how you will address these concerns before the event. 8 © Scaled Agile, Inc. SAFe Glossary SAFe Glossary: Visit the Scaled Agile Framework site (http://bit.ly/SAFeGlossary) to download glossaries translated into other languages 9 © Scaled Agile, Inc.
