Training overview
In this course, we will prepare you and your colleagues for the Scaled Agile® exam to obtain the coveted SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification.
Deepen your knowledge in the advanced SAFe® RTE training and learn how to effectively build, lead and continuously generate business value through Agile Release Trains (ARTs). This hands-on training expands your knowledge of the Release Train Engineer (RTE) role and demonstrates how aligning your teams improves end-to-end value creation. Discover how to be a servant leader and coach to shape a high performing ART that continuously delivers business value. Practice in realistic scenarios to support ART processes and train leaders, teams and Scrum Masters in new ways of working. Learn how to work effectively as an RTE with your ART in the SAFe® context and implement the SAFe® principles in the ART. Find out how you can refine PI planning and promote continuous improvement as an RTE.
Learning objectives
- The RTE role and its responsibilities: Connecting the RTE role to SAFe®, discovering responsibilities, identifying efficient behaviors
- Application of the SAFe® principles: Discovering the SAFe® principles
- Organization of an Agile Release Train (ART): Identification of the characteristics of an efficient ART organization, examination of the most important ART roles and their responsibilities, identification of the responsibilities of the system team
- Preparation of PI planning: preparatory activities prior to PI planning, implementation of day 1 and day 2 activities of PI planning, implementation of PI planning at several locations
- Execution of a PI: Ensuring the goals in a PI, build-in quality, visualization and measurement of the value flow, time for innovation and preparation, building a continuous delivery pipeline and release with DevOps
- Supporting relentless improvement: The 3 components of Inspect Adapt, Measure Grow in ART, Systems Thinking and value stream mapping, flow optimization
- Supporting the ART: Characteristics of a servant leader, development of group dynamics, coaching techniques, techniques for group collaboration, steps for a one team culture in the ART
- Continuation of the learning journey: Personal RTE action plan, ART improvement roadmap, commitment
- SAFe® support in practice
Course schedule
Target Group
This course is ideal for experienced Scrum Masters, Agile Masters, Team Coaches, Project and Program Managers who work in organizations where more than three teams work together on a program/release (ART). Often, several ARTs already exist in such organizations, which together support a comprehensive overall solution. For large solutions with more than three ARTs, the introduction of a Solution Train Engineer (STE) is recommended. This course also prepares them for the tasks of a STE. Both RTEs and STEs take on important coaching functions and require communication skills, empathy, specialist knowledge and wide-ranging experience. The roles of Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Solution Train Engineer (STE) in the SAFe® framework are important steps on the way to becoming a SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC). The SPC acts as a coach and supports the entire company in the agile transformation and the maintenance of optimized value streams.
Level/Difficulty: Advanced
Prerequisites
- Completion of the online courses and reading of the documents and articles provided by Scaled Agile® after your registration for this course. You should allow at least 1 week for part-time preparation (at least 4 hours)
- In addition, participation in the official role-based online training course for Release Train Engineers is recommended in advance.
- It is recommended that you already have a SAFe® Scrum Master certificate and experience with at least one Release Train and several PIs.
- For remote courses, it is necessary to test the course environment with all participants in order to avoid delays at the start of the course. This test usually takes place in the early evening on a day the week before. If one date is not possible for all participants, Bizagility offers up to 2 test dates. Bizagility invites the course participants via Outlook with a Teams link. Of course, all course participants need a stable and high-performance internet connection, ideally a headset and a camera.
- On-site courses require a professional training environment that corresponds to the number of course participants. Above all, the room size, ventilation, background noise and equipment must be right. Sometimes it makes sense to hire an external conference room for this purpose. This environment must be available to the trainer on the day before the first day of the course for preparation and testing. In the event of questions or problems, the trainer needs a contact person from the customer.
SAFe® certification
This training serves as preparation for the online exam that qualifies you for certification as a SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE). Under this link you will find all the necessary information about your certification exam, which is conducted by Scaled Agile® in English.
Participants who have passed the exam receive
- the SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE) certificate, which can be shared via Credly
- a SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE) digital badge
- 1 year membership as SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- Access to exclusive learning resources, templates, articles and much more to support your practice
- Access to exclusive forums where you can exchange ideas and challenges with participants
Registration
- Course language: German (English on request, if all course participants agree)
- Course materials: Presentation English, Digital Workbook English
- Whiteboard: SAFe® Collaborate
- Video conference, chat: MS Teams
- The course is generally held as Remote and Exclusive Classroom training with a maximum of 9 participants, so that all practical exercises can be carried out together. Exceptions are only made at the express request of the customer and, if necessary, in consultation with other course participants.
- This course is available as Fast Track OnSite training with up to 25 participants. Comfort Track OnSite training is available for up to 20 participants and Deep Track OnSite training for up to 15 participants.
- Remote Classroom prices are per participant. Exclusive Remote and Exclusive OnSite prices are per course.
- Remote Classroom prices include the Scaled Agile® license for documents, exam, certificate and 1-year membership. For Exclusive Remote and Onsite groups, the prices are plus € 500.00 per participant for documents, exam, certificate and 1-year membership.
- The number of registrations takes into account all simultaneous registrations of a customer for one course period. The reduced price is applied to all participants of a company for this course (no graduated calculation).
- OnSite training courses in Germany and Austria are all-in. In other countries, OnSite training courses do not include travel and accommodation costs or the client bears these costs.
- Courses are held following confirmation of registration from Bizagility. Confirmations of registration are usually issued at short notice. Courses will only be canceled or postponed at the client’s discretion in the event of illness or accident of the trainer or technical failures. Registered participants can only take part in the course if the invoice amount has been credited to Bizagility’s account within 14 days of invoicing or at least 1 working day before the start of the course. The currently stated course times will be gradually reduced depending on the volume of orders in other areas and courses.
- All prices plus 19% VAT.
| RTE-Training SAFe® RTE | Fast Track (3,0 days) | Comfort Track (4,0 days) | Deep Track (5,0 days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote Classroom 1 registration | 2.000,00 € | 2.500,00 € | 3.000,00 € |
| Remote Classroom 2 registrations | 1.900,00 € | 2.400,00 € | 2.900,00 € |
| Remote Classroom 3 registrations | 1.800,00 € | 2.300,00 € | 2.800,00 € |
| Remote Classroom 4 registrations | 1.700,00 € | 2.200,00 € | 2.700,00 € |
| Remote Classroom 5 and more registrations | 1.600,00 € | 2.100,00 € | 2.600,00 € |
| Remote Exclusive | 6.900,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant | 9.200,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant | 11.500,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant |
| OnSite Exclusive | 13.000,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant | 15.800,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant | 18.600,00 € plus 500,00 €/participant |
- Remote Exclusive and OnSite Exclusive course times are arranged individually on request. To allow for arrival and departure outside the weekend, OnSite Exclusive course times usually take place between Tuesday and Thursday.
- We also offer courses at weekends, on public holidays and after 6 p.m. CET for a surcharge of 100% on the prices quoted. Please contact us if required so that we can find a solution together.
- Please contact us directly if you would like a course in the form of half training days or have similar needs. We can also find solutions for this.
- Remote classroom courses usually take place between 9 am and 6 pm. Some courses with a particularly tight schedule can take place until 7 pm. After the official course times, the trainer is usually available to the participants for a few minutes.
Currently available SAFe® Release Train Engineer Remote Classroom course times:
| RTE RC Fast Track (3,0 days) | RTE RC Comfort Track (4,0 days) | RTE RC Deep Track (5,0 days) |
|---|---|---|
| 23.-25.09.2024 | 23.-26.09.2024 | 23.-27.09.2024 |
| 30.09.-02.10.2024 | 07.-10.10.2024 | 07.-11.10.2024 |
| 07.-09.10.2024 | 14.-17.10.2024 | 14.-18.10.2024 |
| 14.-16.10.2024 | 21.-24.10.2024 | 21.-25.10.2024 |
| 21.-23.10.2024 | 04.-07.11.2024 | 04.-08.11.2024 |
| 28.-30.10.2024 | 12.-15.11.2024 | 18.-22.11.2024 |
| 04.-06.11.2024 | 18.-21.11.2024 | 25.-29.11.2024 |
| 13.-15.11.2024 | 25.-28.11.2024 | 09.-13.12.2024 |
| 18.-20.11.2024 | 02.-05.12.2024 | 13.-17.01.2025 |
| 25.-27.11.2024 | 09.-12.12.2024 | 20.-24.01.2025 |
| 02.-04.12.2024 | 13.-16.01.2025 | 27.-31.01.2025 |
| 09.-11.12.2024 | 20.-23.01.2025 | 03.-07.02.2025 |
| 13.-15.01.2025 | 27.-30.01.2025 | 10.-14.02.2025 |
| 20.-22.01.2025 | 03.-06.02.2025 | 17.-21.02.2025 |
| 27.-29.01.2025 | 10.-13.02.2025 | 24.-28.02.2025 |
| 03.-05.02.2025 | 17.-20.02.2025 | 10.-14.03.2025 |
| 10.-12.02.2025 | 24.-27.02.2025 | 17.-21.03.2025 |
| 17.-19.02.2025 | 10.-13.03.2025 | 24.-28.03.2025 |
| 24.-26.02.2025 | 17.-20.03.2025 | 31.03.-04.04.2025 |
| 10.-12.03.2025 | 24.-27.03.2025 | 07.-11.04.2025 |
| 17.-19.03.2025 | 31.03.-03.04.2025 | 05.-09.05.2025 |
| 24.-26.03.2025 | 07.-10.04.2025 | 12.-16.05.2025 |
| 31.03.-02.04.2025 | 14.-17.04.2025 | 19.-23.05.2025 |
| 07.-09.04.2025 | 22.-25.04.2025 | 02.-06.06.2025 |
| 14.-16.04.2025 | 05.-08.05.2025 | 23.-27.06.2025 |
| 23.-25.04.2025 | 12.-15.05.2025 | 30.06.-04.07.2025 |
| 28.-30.04.2025 | 19.-22.05.2025 | 07.-11.07.2025 |
| 05.-07.05.2025 | 02.-05.06.2025 | 14.-18.07.2025 |
| 12.-14.05.2025 | 10.-13.06.2025 | 21.-25.07.2025 |
| 19.-21.05.2025 | 23.-26.03.2025 | 28.07.-01.08.2025 |
| 26.-28.05.2025 | 30.06.-03.07.2025 | 04.-08.08.2025 |
| 02.-04.06.2025 | 07.-10.07.2025 | 18.-22.08.2025 |
| 10.-12.06.2025 | 14.-17.07.2025 | 25.-29.08.2025 |
| 16.-18.06.2025 | 21.-24.07.2025 | 01.-05.09.2025 |
| 23.-25.06.2025 | 28.-31.07.2025 | 08.-12.09.2025 |
| 30.06.-02.07.2025 | 04.-07.08.2025 | 15.-19.09.2025 |
| 07.-09.07.2025 | 11.-14.08.2025 | 22.-26.09.2025 |
| 14.-16.07.2025 | 18.-21.08.2025 | 06.-10.10.2025 |
| 21.-23.07.2025 | 25.-28.08.2025 | 13.-17.10.2025 |
| 28.-30.07.2025 | 01.-04.09.2025 | 20.-24.10.2025 |
| 04.-06.08.2025 | 08.-11.09.2025 | 03.-07.11.2025 |
| 11.-13.08.2025 | 15.-18.09.2025 | 10.-14.11.2025 |
| 18.-20.08.2025 | 22.-25.09.2025 | 17.-21.11.2025 |
| 25.-27.08.2025 | 29.09.-02.10.2025 | 24.-28.11.2025 |
| 01.-03.09.2025 | 06.-09.10.2025 | 01.-05.12.2025 |
| 08.-10.09.2025 | 13.-16.10.2025 | 08.-12.12.2025 |
| 15.-17.09.2025 | 20.-23.10.2025 | |
| 22.-24.09.2025 | 27.-30.10.2025 | |
| 29.09.-01.10.2025 | 03.-06.11.2025 | |
| 06.-08.10.2025 | 10.-13.11.2025 | |
| 13.-15.10.2025 | 17.-20.11.2025 | |
| 20.-22.10.2025 | 24.-27.11.2025 | |
| 27.-29.10.2025 | 01.-04.12.2025 | |
| 03.-05.11.2025 | 08.-11.12.2025 | |
| 10.-12.11.2025 | ||
| 17.-19.11.2025 | ||
| 24.-26.11.2025 | ||
| 01.-03.12.2025 | ||
| 08.-10.12.2025 |
Get in touch with us
Are you ready, but still have questions? Contact us so that we can advise you individually. Please contact us actively if dates from our course schedule do not fit in with your preferred dates. This can certainly be arranged with sufficient advance notice.
