What consumes the Architectural runway?

• A. Nonfunctional requirements
• B. Architectural features
• C. Platform components
• D. Business features

Answer: (D)

In SAFe, the Architectural Runway is the set of architectural capabilities, patterns, and infrastructure that support the upcoming work. It’s consumed by the features that deliver business value; when teams implement new business features, they rely on the runway’s foundations to meet requirements for performance, integration, and scalability. Nonfunctional requirements shape how the architecture should behave, but they aren’t what pulls on the runway—the features that implement business value pull on it. Architectural features and platform components are part of the runway itself, providing the needed technology and services, rather than consuming it. So, the work that actually uses and depletes the runway as it’s implemented is the business features.