Roles

Agile Architect Practitioner An architect who guides design continuously alongside agile teams, rather than handing down a big design up front. Agile Business Analyst Practitioner A business analyst who works inside agile teams, helping turn needs into clear, small, testable backlog items. Agile Coach Practitioner A coach who helps teams and organizations adopt agile ways of working and keep improving. Agile Team Lead Practitioner A team lead in an agile setting: guides people and technical direction while supporting, not commanding, a self-managing team. Agile Tester Practitioner A tester working inside an agile team, helping build quality in from the start rather than checking it at the end. Developers Practitioner In Scrum, everyone on the team who builds the product Increment, whatever their specialty. Epic Owner Practitioner In SAFe, the person who shepherds a large epic from idea through approval to delivery. Lean-Agile Leader Practitioner SAFe's term for leaders who drive change by embodying lean and agile values, rather than mandating them. Product Manager Practitioner The person responsible for a product's success: understanding customers, setting strategy and deciding what to build. Product Owner Beginner The person accountable for maximizing the value of the product, mainly by owning the Product Backlog. Release Train Engineer (RTE) Practitioner In SAFe, the servant leader and coach for an Agile Release Train, often described as its chief Scrum Master. Scrum Master Beginner The person accountable for the Scrum team's effectiveness: a coach and impediment-remover, not a manager. Solution Train Engineer (STE) Practitioner In SAFe, the servant leader who coordinates several Agile Release Trains building one large solution. System Architect Practitioner In SAFe, the architect who guides the technical design of an Agile Release Train's system. Value Stream Engineer Practitioner A role focused on improving flow across a whole value stream; in older SAFe versions, the forerunner of the Solution Train Engineer.