Teams on the social-services eligibility ART cannot finish a working increment without constant handoffs to an external waterfall group that sits outside the train. What should the RTE flag?
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Short Explanation
If every eligibility increment has to wait in someone else's lobby, the train is not really a train. Effective ARTs are staffed to deliver value with as few outside handoffs as possible. Constant parking at an external waterfall desk is a design smell, not a scheduling quirk.
Full Explanation
SAFe organizes ARTs so they include the people and skills needed to define, build, validate, and release value with limited dependence on groups outside the train. Persistent handoffs to an external waterfall organization on a social-services eligibility ART signal missing cross-functional capability. The RTE should work with leadership to pull the needed skills onto the ART or redefine ART boundaries—not merely add status meetings or wrap the same handoffs in a project charter. Estimation method is not the issue.