Agile Roles & Ceremonies Cheat Sheet

Every Agile role and ceremony, defined clearly — for any PMI® certification exam.

Confusing a Product Owner with a Product Manager, or a Scrum Master with an Agile Coach, is one of the easiest ways to lose points on Agile/Hybrid scenario questions. This cheat sheet puts every commonly tested role and ceremony in one place, with the detail the exam actually tests.

Inside, you'll find:

• Agile Roles — Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development Team, Agile Coach, Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, and Stakeholder, with what each one owns
• Agile Ceremonies / Events — Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Backlog Refinement, PI Planning, and Scrum of Scrums, each with its purpose, timebox, attendees, and output
• Sprint Cadence at a Glance — a simple day-by-day view of where each ceremony falls in a typical 2-week sprint
• Commonly Confused Pairs — PO vs. Product Manager, Scrum Master vs. Agile Coach, Review vs. Retrospective, DoR vs. DoD, and more
• Exam Tips — practical guidance on how these roles and ceremonies actually get tested

Works for the PMP®, PMI-ACP®, or any other PMI® certification exam that tests Agile fundamentals.

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