The Scaled Agile Framework and P4 have some commonalioties. On this page we want to contrast the terms of the two frameworks and translate them where possible.
| SAFe | Abr. | P4 | Abr. | Description |
| Agile Release Train | ART | Cluster | Group of teams (team-of-teams) that share a common responsibility, e.g. a product line. It is sometimes referred to as a “value stream” as well | |
| Program Increment | PI | Cycle | Big timebox (mostly 10 to 12 weeks), subdevided in Iterations/Sprints | |
| Release Train Engineer | RTE | Cluster Scrum Master | CSM | The “Scrum Master” role on ART/Cluster level |
| Program Backlog | Cluster Backlog | The Program Backlog in SAFe is the backlog of multiple teams. | ||
| System Demo | Cluster Review | The System Demo in SAFe is the Review/Demo on the evelo of multiple teams (when those teams are working on the same system) | ||
| Product Management | Cluster Product Owner | CPO | SAFe reuses the classical role of Product Management as kind of a “Chief Product Owner” on the ART/Cluster level. | |
| System Architect/Engineer | Cluster System Engineer | CSE | Highes technical role within the Cluster | |
| Enterprise Architect | Portfolio Architect | PFA | Highes technical role within the organization | |
| Enterprise Management | Portfolio Owner | PFO | Highes business role within the organization | |
| Improvement Stories | Improvement Backlog Items | IBI | Backlog items of orananizational improvements on the level of Team, Cluster or Orgamiozation | |
| Lean Agile Center of Excellence | LACE | Cluster Scrum Master Group | CSMG | The Cluster Scrum Master Group forms the association of all (Cluster) Scrum Masters of the organization. |