The document discusses the role and responsibilities of a Release Train Engineer in Agile development. As a servant leader, the Release Train Engineer guides and coordinates teams to achieve Program Increment objectives through facilitating planning and daily stand-ups, helping to remove impediments, and ensuring overall program performance by communicating with stakeholders and organizing inspect and adapt sessions. The role emphasizes building adaptability, empowering self-organizing teams, and supporting them to achieve shared goals.

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The Release
Train Engineer

2. Regarded as the servant leader who serves to fulfill
the objectives of the Program Increment by guiding
and coordinating all the teams in the Agile Release
Train.

3. But why is the Release Train Engineer
called the Servant Leader?

4. The Servant Leadership Philosophy focuses on making the
Release Train Engineer to become empathetic,
compassionate and supportive towards achieving the
objectives of the Program Increment.

5. Being a Servant
Leader
Emphasizes on building a mindset that
can easily adapt to change.
Thinks about the good of the team and
always there to support them.
Empowers the teams to self-organize
instead of dictating them.
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Dedicated towards the Program’s
overall performance.
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6. The
Responsibilities
of a Release
Train Engineer
are:
The chief scrum master that facilitates
the scrum of scrums with the teams in
the Agile Release Train.
Facilitates the Program Increment
Planning in preparing team backlogs.
Plans the objectives that need to be
achieved in the program increment
(PI).
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Dedicated towards the program’s
overall performance.
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7. Communicates with the stakeholders,
product management and product
owner.
Helps remove any impediments or
bottle neck situations.
Organizes inspect and adapt sessions
at the end of the PI program
increment.
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Participates in the Pre and Post PI
Planning activities.
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8. "To serve the many, you must
serve the few."
Ken Jennings

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