A new hire thinks the RTE on the public-health immunization registry ART replaces all Scrum Masters. What should a coach explain?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
An ART is not a pyramid where the RTE eats the Scrum Master jobs. Each immunization team still needs its own coach; the RTE coaches those coaches and keeps the whole train aligned. Think orchestra conductor plus section leaders, not one person waving every bow.
Full Explanation
An ART needs both team-level and train-level coaching. Scrum Masters and Team Coaches stay with their teams; the RTE coaches and coordinates at ART level—events, cross-team flow, and coaching those coaches. On a public-health immunization registry ART, explaining that the RTE replaces all Scrum Masters misunderstands SAFe's dual coaching structure and would leave teams without day-to-day facilitation. Absorbing every team event so Scrum Masters can be released after launch creates a single-person bottleneck and removes local improvement capacity for registry squads. Claiming Scrum Masters report only to HR and should ignore the RTE after PI Planning severs the Coach Sync and ART-level partnership that keeps immunization delivery aligned. Making the RTE the Product Owner for each squad while Scrum Masters become analysts collapses product ownership and coaching into a hierarchy that SAFe does not prescribe. Exam caveat: In small municipal launches a person may temporarily wear multiple hats, but the conceptual answer remains that team coaching and ART coaching are distinct responsibilities that must both be covered. Operational check: List each immunization team’s Scrum Master or Team Coach, confirm a recurring Coach Sync with the RTE, and verify team events are not all facilitated by the RTE alone.