1

Agility overview

• New needs.
• The agile culture (introducing a change, characteristics).
• Principles and benefits.
• Origins and manifesto.
• Implementing agility: appropriate cases, inappropriate cases.

2

Overview of the Scrum memento

• How do you define Scrum? An empirical process. Its pillars and values.
• Different roles within Scrum: the Scrum master, the product owner and the development team.
• Detailed overview of artifacts: product backlog, sprint backlog and increment.
• Other notions: sprint 0, definition of done, spotlight on the Burndown chart.
• Overview of events: sprint, sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective.
• What is an event? Overview.
• What is an artifact?
• Another event: the daily Scrum.

3

The different Scrum master activities.

• Working with stakeholders.
• Skills and qualities of a Scrum master.
• Best practices to master.
• Examples of best practices for estimates, user stories, visual management and retrospectives.
• Being both a servant leader and an agile coach.
• Identifying problems and assisting the team in their decision making.
• Expecting to deal with conflicts within the team.
• Be able to foster team cohesion and shared values.

4

Preparation for certification

• Registration for the exam.
• Practical exercises, mock exam with commented correction.

5

Scrum League™ "icSM" Exam

• Reminder of the exam rules and conditions for obtaining certification.
• Some tips.
• Official exam.