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Passed PSM-I, but...

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Hello all,

I have been silent, but went through the forum and other tips to pass the assessment very often.
I would like to thank you all for your comments, tips, Q&A you provided on this website.

I did a few mistake at the test, and ended with 89%.

Unfortunately I cannot check my test to finalize my PSM I learning. It is weird, as SCRUM is based on empiricism, that we cannot ourselves progress through our own empiricism and errors at the test. I trully believe that I will learn from them to see were my gaps are, as I did with the Open assessment.

Anyhow, I'm glad to have it done in a few days.

Cheers, and I may start posting more as I fell more conformtable to do so now :)

Eric

Mistake in scrum guide?

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The Guide says:
The sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog.

Should be:
The sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of selected for the Sprint Product Backlog Items.

Cheers,
Romek

Questions

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Hello,

My name is Karin and I have a bit of a problem understanding some of the questions in the Open:
Could you please help me, I ll add one question first.

Four new Scrum Teams have been created to build one product. A few of the developers on one of the Development Teams ask the Scrum Master how their Sprint work is going to remain aligned. What should the Scrum Master do?

1.Collect the Sprint tasks from the teams at the end of their Sprint Planning and merge that into a consolidated plan for the entire Sprint.

2.Teach them that it is their responsibility to work with the other teams to create an integrated Increment.

3. Visit every team each day to inspect that their Sprint Backlogs are aligned.

4. Teach the Product Owner to work with the lead developers on ordering Product Backlog in a way to avoid too much technical and development overlap during a Sprint.

Best regards Karin

Feedback & Tips on PSM I

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I just passed the PSM I exam with a score of 95%. I would like to thank the contributors of this forum and people who have posted their feedback.

To be honest, when I started preparing for the exam, I thought it would be a piece of cake as I have significant work experience in practicing Scrum. But when I went through various practice exams and questions posted on the forum, I realized it is not going to be that easy.

You definitely have to understand each and every line of the Scrum guide. Read it again and again till you are sure you understand the Scrum principles as prescribed in this guide.

I bought the following practice exam and found it useful in further strengthening understanding of Scrum guide.
http://scrumstar.com/scrum-certification-practice-exam

I also bought the following practice book:

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00ROBVVQU_

I also read the SBOK from:

http://www.scrumstudy.com/sbok-guide.asp

You have to be careful with this one. This is to augment your understanding of Scrum, but always treat Scrum guide as the official reference in case there is conflict in the information.

The exam was as per my expectations. There were definitely some trick questions where your knowledge and understanding of Scrum is really tested. But there are some easy ones as well. As everybody else has mentioned on this forum, do the open assessments multiple times until you get 100% each time. There are a few questions repeated from this in real exam.

The time is more than enough as long as you have a solid understanding of concepts.

One thing that I found a bit unexpected was the number of questions related to multiple scrum teams working on the same product. You must make sure you understand how scrum is implemented in such environments.

There are many experts on this forum more knowledgeable than myself. But if anybody has a question on exam preparation, I will try to help.

Passed PSM I - Some Thoughts

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I passed the PSM I today with a score of 92.5%. This was a DIFFICULT exam. The open assessment topics were barely touched upon, and I took the open assessment many times until I was able to get 100% every time, several times in a row. If you can't do this, don't even attempt the real thing!

The suggested reading material was invaluable, as well as participation in these forums. However, there is still NO BETTER substitute than actual hands-on experience, sorry to say.

A few things about the quality of the test...

I would consider this is a somewhat subjective exam (contrast with math problems which are completely objective). So, there is always room for ambiguity when English language is involved. One thing to keep in mind is that there may be more than one "correct" answer, but there is a "best" answer, and that's what the exam looks for.

There were several questions about "Sprint 0". This is not mentioned very often in the literature, and I think the the presence of these questions exist to highlight a philosophical distinction between Scrum and Waterfall. There is no such thing as Sprint 0.

Many other questions drew attention to the fact that the Development Team is autonomous. That is, the Scrum Master is not a babysitter or a boss. They are a servant leader.

I'm happy to answer any questions about the exam if I can.

Now, onto PSPO!

- Mark

Am I ready for PSM1?

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Hi community,

I started totally fresh with scrum 2 weeks ago. We need a PSM1 at work and I get asked if I would like to learn this.

So I started reading the guide, all sites mentioned in other posts here and which I could find on the web.

I am still reading stuff, and since 3 days I do several open assesments here and free tests at testtakeronline.com.

All with more then 95%.

What do you think? Am I ready for doing the PSM1 assesment? I mean, with the above knowledge about me, is there any good chance I could handle this assesment with the first try?

Or would it be better to spend 20$ at testtakeronline for the package with 350 questions?

Any comment would be very appreciated! Thanks!


Cheers,
Thomas

PSM Exam + RETROSPECTIVE

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Good ideas
1. Open assessment available with scrum guide and resources to read. Corrected answers available!
2. Responsive from scrum support team. Fast, good communication.
3. PSM Exam platform is fast, works fine on Chrome.
4. PSM Exam pointing number of corrected questions is great help.

Improvement
1. Open assessment .
-It should include some more complicated questions as in real exam to give you an idea about real difficulty
-There should be bigger database of questions.
-There should not be repeated questions like who is on scrum team – appears usually twice.

2. Scrum guide should be in a few places more precise and clear - pointed in other my posts.

3. PSM exam. The questions are sometimes to "test your English" rather than scrum knowledge. Sometimes it uses words not common for non-native speakers. Questions might be long as the answers are.

4. PSM exam. The Submit Forward button should not be replaced by Save and Finish. It should also ask you to reconfirm the finish - you might easily finish the exam without intending to do so. In open examyou confirm finish.

Advice
1. Use open assessment - note that It is EASY. Scoring there 100% is a must but means relatively nothing. Scoring 100% means that you MEMORIZED set of about 40 questions, from which a few will be on exam (out of 80). Try to understand why the other answers are wrong, try to refer it to scrum guide and scrum main concepts.

2. Reading scrum guide is not enough, you must understand the framework in depth. Use online videos, links from previous posts and make sure that you understand what really main concepts in Scrum mean. E.g. self-organizing teams mean that authority is completely left to the team. They organize themselves, work etc. There is no standard management involved. This may be not aligned with your experience and "common sense"!!! Even in companies using scrum!!!

3. Reading many Times scrum guide is useless - read it in a way you understand it not quantity but quality!!!

4. The experience is not that crucial on that exam as stated in previous posts, of course when you do something it requires usually more in depth understanding so it is a way but not a must. Be careful with experience with "scrum" - your organization might not use really scrum.

5. Prepare yourself from English perspective - make familiar yourself with wording in Scrum Guide, open assessment, links to make sure you understand the words in the context they are used.

6. Read questions carefully and answers too. Repeat reading question when you do not get it. Take care about how many answers are pointed as to be correct.

7. PSM course - depends who runs it I believe is not needed, their objective also might differ this is not a course to prepare you for the exam, but give general overview of scrum.

Good luck
Romek

Passed my PSM-I

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Thanks to this forum and the tips given on how and what to study, I managed to pass my PSM-I with 96%! Next up is to build my confidence level and experience to a state where I can get my PSM-II.

Observations on Scaled Professional Scrum and possible constraints represented by the Nexus

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I've been going through the site looking at the Scaled Professional Scrum resources, and comparing this framework as sensibly as I can with scrum.org's Evidence Based Management.

Although EBMgt is applicable to a wide range of scaling conditions, I wonder if SPS is more restricted in its potential. The key constraint is perhaps the "Nexus" which provides its underpinning. The assumption seems to be that multiple teams can draw work from a shared Product Backlog, and SPS appears to imply that enterprise scaling matters can be framed in these terms.

In other words a Nexus seems to assume the existence of a product or value proposition that has achieved scale, or is rapidly achieving it. The Scrum Teams that form an incipient Nexus respond to that condition. Since product scalability is never really in any doubt, teams arguably play in a field of clover that is tilted towards success.

However, most organizations at scale do not actually build software at scale, and the playing field for their developers is irregular and boggy. Software supports what these enterprises do, but it isn't what they do, so there is little pressure to scale these products. They may have scores of internal applications and obscure bits of middleware, each discrete element of which rarely involves more than one development team in its creation and maintenance. The numbers on these teams are at the low end, three developers or so being the norm. To enterprises like this, a Nexus is as irrelevant as a shared Product Backlog.

The difficulty these organizations face isn't one of scaling teams to support scaled products. They aren't mature enough in terms of agile development to enjoy that class of problem, and they may be in lines of business that don't place value on such artifacts anyway. Their challenge is one of understanding the most basic of agile practices, while applying them at the scale they have achieved in the business they happen to be in. These include the financial, retail, and transport sectors, a whole raft of public bodies, and many SME's.

The concerns they harbor might be elementary, but they are still "enterprise scale". They include:

- "How do we staff one team without robbing another?"
- "How do we support BAU as well as development work?"
- "Why is predictability so poor?"
- "How can we get rid of this technical debt?"
- "Why don't our projects deliver the value we hoped for?"
- "How can we get the I.T. Department to be more efficient?"
- "How can we get Business off our backs?"
- "How can we get other people to change?"
- "Where does product ownership reside, and how far can we compromise it?"
- "How can we change agile practices to fit the reality and greater pragmatism our organization is built on?"

Some of these concerns are reasonable and obviously some aren't. The point is that these organizations are on an agile journey, each one is larger than just one team, and none are remotely interested in having a scalable product that would justify a Nexus, and which would give them a shared, product-focused scaling narrative. For them, perhaps Evidence Based Management offers more than Scaled Professional Scrum does.

Scrum at scale fail humour

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Here is an example of a failed attempt at a scaled Scrum, that could be a Line Manager at 1.31, and not sure if that's the SM or PO with the pink strides on?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS0bGISoHAE


People think we have no sense of humour when it comes to Scrum ;-)

Scrum Master Accredited Certification

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I would like to solicit opinions on getting Scrum Master Accredited Certification from International Scrum Institute. Is this certification truly recognized?

Open assessment VS Practitioner Open assessment

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I am preparing for PSM I certification. I read everywhere that we need to pass Open assessment with a score of 100%, which I do regularly. I also try the Practitioner Open assessment which is more difficult. I can't get more than 93%, even after 20 attempts. I have an idea of the questions I have problem with, but since there is no feedback one the test is passed, it is very difficult to learn what I am missing.

I have two questions. How necessary is it to achieve 100% on Practitioner Open assessment to have good chances to pass the PSM I certification? And, any clue how to get answers to the Practitioner Open assessment?

Scrum Team without Scrum Master?

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Hi everybody,

One question about Scrum framework.

Could a mature Scrum Team work without a Scrum Master?

Thank you in advance.

Scrum Practitionner Open assessment answer back

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Hi Ken,

Why you do not supply the correction with the right answers to this assessment as for the Scrum open

All practitionners need to inspect their missunderstnding about some situation and to correct their mistakes with the detailed answer feedback !

Cheers

Denis

PSPO Open Assessment

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When it's coming up on scrum.org site for training puposes

Multilanguage Assesment ?

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Hi Guys,

Is it possible to pass the PSM or PSPO Assesment (scrum.org) in other languages than english.

I have french colleagues that have followed Product Owner Trainings and they want to pass the certification - in french.

If not, do you have a plan to translate the assesement in other languages in the future?

Thank you,

Have a great day,
Viorel

Role of the PMO?

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Hello,

I am wondering what is the answer to this question from the Practitioner Open:

Q: Which best describes the role of the PMO in an organization that uses Scrum?

A) There is no role for a PMO in scaled Scrum

B) The PMO may be tasked with higher level optimizations for program and portfolio management, based on effective application of techniques that compliment Scrum

C) The PMO transitions all of its project managers to Product Owner, but other than that, its role does not change

D) The PMO transitions all of its project managers to Scrum Masters, but other that that, it's role does not change

I tried with there is no such role but after that I read some articles (like: http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/articles/the-roles-of-the-project-management-office-in-scrum) and now I'm wondering what's the correct answer.

There are some other questions from the Practitioner Open that I'm wondering about because most of the topics are not mentioned in the Scrum Guide or in testmaker. Do we actually need the Practitioner Open to pass PSM 1?

Thanks in advance for all your comments.

What is Sprint 0?

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Hi,

Could any one tell about the Sprint 0?

Passed PSM-I, but...

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Hello all,

I have been silent, but went through the forum and other tips to pass the assessment very often.
I would like to thank you all for your comments, tips, Q&A you provided on this website.

I did a few mistake at the test, and ended with 89%.

Unfortunately I cannot check my test to finalize my PSM I learning. It is weird, as SCRUM is based on empiricism, that we cannot ourselves progress through our own empiricism and errors at the test. I trully believe that I will learn from them to see were my gaps are, as I did with the Open assessment.

Anyhow, I'm glad to have it done in a few days.

Cheers, and I may start posting more as I fell more conformtable to do so now :)

Eric

PSM 1

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Hi guys,
can i retry the PMS 1, with the same subscritption, if i fail it? Or i will need to repay for a new chance?

Tnk a lot,
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