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Feature Team

Cross-functional, cross-component teams capable of delivering end-to-end customer features without handoffs.

Feature teams are the opposite of component teams (frontend, backend, QA, database). LeSS is the most explicit advocate and mandates them. SAFe allows both feature and component teams. Scrum and Nexus assume feature teams implicitly.

Across the Frameworks

Scrum
Implicit

Cross-functional requirement implies feature teams.

SAFe
Discussed

Agile Teams may be feature teams or component teams.

LeSS
Native
Feature Team

Required; structural shift from components is central to adoption.

Nexus
Implicit

Preserves Scrum's cross-functional assumption.

Related Terms

Component TeamsCross FunctionalScrum Team
Present in Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, Nexus.