What are the program level roles in SAFe 4.5?

1.	What are the program level roles in SAFe 4.5?
Answer» With SAFe 4.5, we have a NEW redefined role structure as stated below: SYSTEM Team - A System Team is often responsible for providing assistance in building and utilizing the development environment infrastructure and evaluating the system increments. This can include development and maintenance of continuous integration, build environments, testing platforms and testing automation frameworks, and INTEGRATING code from Agile Teams. Product MANAGER - Product Management has content authority for the Program Backlog. They are responsible for identifying Customer needs, prioritizing Features, guiding the work through the Program Kanban and developing the program Vision and Roadmap. System Architect - is an individual or small cross-discipline who define the overall architecture of the system, help define nonfunctional requirements, determine the major elements and subsystems, and help define the interfaces and collaborations among them. Release Train Engineer (RTE) - The Release Train Engineer is the _Chief Scrum Master_ who facilitates program-level processes and program EXECUTION, escalates impediments, manages risk, and helps drive program-level continuous improvement. Release Management Team – They look after the process of managing, planning, scheduling and controlling a software build through different stages and environments; including testing and deploying software releases.

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With SAFe 4.5, we have a NEW redefined role structure as stated below:

SYSTEM Team - A System Team is often responsible for providing assistance in building and utilizing the development environment infrastructure and evaluating the system increments. This can include development and maintenance of continuous integration, build environments, testing platforms and testing automation frameworks, and INTEGRATING code from Agile Teams.
Product MANAGER - Product Management has content authority for the Program Backlog. They are responsible for identifying Customer needs, prioritizing Features, guiding the work through the Program Kanban and developing the program Vision and Roadmap.
System Architect - is an individual or small cross-discipline who define the overall architecture of the system, help define nonfunctional requirements, determine the major elements and subsystems, and help define the interfaces and collaborations among them.
Release Train Engineer (RTE) - The Release Train Engineer is the _Chief Scrum Master_ who facilitates program-level processes and program EXECUTION, escalates impediments, manages risk, and helps drive program-level continuous improvement.
Release Management Team – They look after the process of managing, planning, scheduling and controlling a software build through different stages and environments; including testing and deploying software releases.

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