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Scrum Team

A SAFe term for a cross-functional 5–11 person team — roughly equivalent to a Scrum Team.

Agile Teams in SAFe operate on 2-week Iterations and are part of an ART. Can use Scrum, Kanban, or a hybrid. The term encompasses both the people and the organizational unit.

Across the Frameworks

Scrum
Functional Equivalent
Scrum Team

Same concept, different name.

SAFe
Native
Agile Team
LeSS
Renamed
Feature Team

Emphasizes cross-component capability.

Nexus
Functional Equivalent
Scrum Team

Per-team unit.

Related Terms

Present in Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, Nexus.