SAFe Events
This is the ceremony that enables the team to improve for the next iteration
What is the Retrospective?
This is a prioritized list of items that needs to be delivered by the Train
What is the Train Backlog?
This new operating model is the next evolution of SAFe@ASML
What is ASML Development Model (ADM)?
This person is responsible for what the team in the Train needs to deliver and its priority
Who is the Product Owner?
This is the team that you can go to for all your SAFe/ADM related questions
What is the SCE team (or... Peter.Boon@ASML.com)
This ceremony is for Scrum Masters to discuss dependencies, state of the teams and to escalate impediments to leadership
What is the Scrum of Scrums?
These items encapsulate the exploration, architectural & infrastructural work needed to support future functionality
What are enablers?
This is the place where people with the same role/competence share practices
What is a Community of Practice?
This person organizes and steers the execution of the Train, ensure the teams in the Train are organized for success and is responsible for the performance of the Train
Who is the Release Train Engineer?
This event happens every 3 months and is meant to enable ownership of the planning of the people that do the work
What is the PI Planning Event (PIPE)?
This is the place where Program and Line meet to align on a.o. priorities for Trains
What is the SF table?
Predictability, stakeholder satisfaction, stability, team engagement and cycle time
What are the ART performance metrics?
This person ensures timely delivery of committed items on the backlog of the agile team
Who is the Scrum Master?
This is the event where the Train present their finished program deliverables to the stakeholders
What is the System/PI demo?
These are the agreements that Teams and Trains make towards their stakeholders that ensure that their deliverables are of a certain quality
What are 'Definition of Done' on Team or Train level?
This activity is used to ensure that the backlog is fully understood by the team(s) and that the team has stories that are ready
What is Backlog Refinement?
This person maximizes the value creation of the Train by aligning and balancing priorities between different Train deliverables (product, issues, enablers, ...)
Who is the Chief Product Owner?
This event is used to align the priorities of products and/or solutions for the upcoming quarter over multiple Trains
What is the Pre-PIPE event?
The existing technical infrastructure necessary to support the implementation of upcoming features
What is the architectural runway?
This is the (ASML) concept that ensure the backlog is well balanced between product deliverables, enablers, technical debt and issues
What is "Healthy Backlog"?
This person takes end-to-end ownership (potentially x-Train/x-sector) of program deliverables and drives integration of D&E solutions
Who is the Project Lead/Epic Owner/PCM?