In SAFe, who owns the Vision for a PI?

Question

Options

• AProduct Owner
• BBusiness Owners
• CScrum Master
• DCOE
• EProduct Management

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  92% (45)
• C
  4% (2)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

Business Owners hold the highest level of business and technical accountability within a Program Increment, making them the rightful owners of the PI Vision. They are responsible for defining strategic direction, communicating business priorities, and ensuring the ART is building the right things - the Vision is the primary vehicle for this.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Product Owner): POs own the Team Backlog and represent the team-level perspective; Vision ownership sits above their scope.
• C (Scrum Master): The SM is a servant leader focused on team processes and impediment removal, not strategic vision.
• D (COE - Center of Excellence): A COE supports practices and standards but has no ownership role over PI Vision in the SAFe framework.
• E (Product Management): Close, but Product Management creates and maintains the Program Vision and Roadmap - Business Owners own it. At PI Planning, Product Management presents the vision, but on behalf of the Business Owners who have ultimate accountability.

Memory tip: Think "Business Owners = Business Accountability." In SAFe, whoever has the highest business accountability owns the business outcome - the PI Vision is the highest-level business statement for that increment, so it belongs to Business Owners.

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