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Cleared PSM I With 92.5%

February 3, 2016, 3:14 pm
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Hi all,
yesterday I cleared PSM I with 92.5% on my first try.
This is what I did:
- Read Scrum Guide both in english and in my native language, taking notes to memorize every concept.
- Did the Scrum Open Assesment 3/4 times until I was scoring 100%.
- Did the Product Owner Open Assessment 3 times until I was scoring 100%.
- Did Mikhail's quiz (http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/) twice in learning mode and twice in quiz mode until I got 100%.
- Read the Scrum Glossary (https://www.scrum.org/Resources/Scrum-Glossary)
- Re-reading Scrum Guide chapters every time I got wrong answer on open assessment and quiz.
- Took PSM I and scored 92.5%.

I'm totally new to Scrum and I never (formally) worked in Scrum or Agile environment, but I'm very interested in the subject (reading blogs, books, etc) and I hope to have the opportunity to work with this framework sooner or later, but I think this test is not so difficult if you focus carefully on the Scrum Guide, trying to understand every aspect of it and to think as a Scrum Master should do.

Hope it helps!

Cheers!

Andrea
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PM1 Exam able to skip and come back?

April 12, 2016, 2:49 am
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Just curious if you are able to skip a question and come back to it later. I've been studying and feel I have a good understanding but if I don't know a question and want to make sure I finish the exam in the allotted time I want to know that I could come back to a question later.

Thanks.
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PSM Test Failed

January 13, 2014, 10:36 pm
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I'm so depressed, I studied and studied, and work as a Scrum Master. Both times I got an 83% on the test.

What am I doing wrong?
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PSM II - Assessment Preparation

April 14, 2016, 4:27 pm
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Hi , every body. I am preparing for PSM II assessment and would like to know:
1) what is the best way to prepare for it in general?
2) and how to prepare for the essay questions specifically?
3) what kind of essay questions one can expect? (perhaps you could give some examples)?
Thank you so much, Akbar
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Scope of Sprint backlohg

April 15, 2016, 3:31 pm
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Hi All,

I have gone through the scrum guide and other tests multiple times,but I couldn't get clear idea on below statements from scrum guide.

Development team collaborate with the product owner to negotiate the scope of sprint backlog within the sprint and development team can change sprint backlog through out the sprint??.

As per my understanding dev team can change the tasks/work in sprint backlog but guide says sprint backlog can be changed through out the sprint..can any one explain me this in detail.

Also what s the scope DEv team and PB negotiate?

Thank you
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Calrifiation on Sprint back log

April 15, 2016, 5:36 pm
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Hi All,

I have a few doubts on sprint backlog from the guide.

1)Scope can be re negotiated with the PO during the sprint?May I know what it exactly means
2)Dev team can change sprint backlog through out the sprint?Sprint backlog is not only tasks/work ,guide states its PBI's and plan to deliver .so only work can be changed as per my understanding,but guide says entire sprint backlog can be changed during the sprint.Can some one clarify on this?

Thank you
shalini
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Passed PSM1 90%

April 17, 2016, 1:18 am
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Hi All,

Cleared my PSM1 test today with 90% .

I dont have any experience in Scrum or Agile projects so I felt ,its hard for me to achieve this.But the exam is not too hard as discussed everywhere,its really a good one which tests your scrum knowledge ,when you understand the concept of scrum,its really easy ..don't blindly read scrum guide 6 or 7 times..just understand the concepts behind them..
After going through most of discussion forums,I got really discouraged and postponed several times.Once you feel you understand the concept ,please go ahead and take your test ,don't get discouraged by multiple opinions.
once you are done with your initial reading of scrum guide ,pls do some mock tests available and then go ahead reading once again the guide,so that you can notice a change in your reading style .
I suggest
Scrum Guide
Scrum open assessments is very important.please don't skip this.
Also Mikhail Lapshin mock test is really helpful,it resembles the level of difficulty we face in the real test upto 70%t.
http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/learning-mode/.
Scrum training series is also a good one.
http://scrumtrainingseries.com/.
Apart from this i understood clearly the Definition of done and acceptance criteria by izenbridge video which helped me to answer few questions and clear the concept of DoD.
http://www.izenbridge.com/blog/acceptance-criteria-definition-done/?utm_content=buffer53235&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer.
Optional you can take you can also try Mplaza simulation tests ,but i noticed few flaws in mplaza material like sprint backlog is frozen .

Thank you.All the best !!
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Just Passed PSM I first attempt! 92.5%.Feel Relieved!

April 18, 2016, 5:27 am
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Just passed the PSM I exam. All the advice in these forums really helped. For me one of the most useful sites ofr practice questions is http://scrumstar.com/exam (besides the Open Assement)
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Why cover Scrum Asset in PSM 1 preparation?

April 18, 2016, 10:39 am
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Hi, I want to know from those who are PSM 1, I have heard from someone and from this link:

http://manasbhardwaj.net/pass-professional-scrum-master-psm-certification/


I have to do the "Developer Open" as preparation for PSM 1, I know it is too much important the Scrum master Open but I want to know if I really need to practice the Developer Test because it is too much different if I compare it with Scrum Master Open test.

I just to be sure I am investing my time in the correct path to PSM 1.
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PSM 1 Test Passed

April 18, 2016, 4:15 pm
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Hi All,
I passed the PSM 1 test with 99%. Got 1 question wrong and I have no idea which one, which is quite a bummer.

My preparation included:
- Reading the Scrum Guide and understanding the concepts
- Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber
- This forum, on and off
- Taking the Scrum Open assessments.

I prepared for about 2 weeks, reading the Guide mostly and understanding the concepts, more than anything else.

The questions were relatively harder than the Open Assessments, although there were a few questions from the Open Assessment on there. You really do need to understand the fundamentals to do well in the test. There were also a few questions on Burn down charts, so you may want to read up and understand what they are and why they are used.

All the best to anyone else considering taking the test.

Thank you,
Chandini Paterson
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Sprint Goal

April 23, 2016, 4:04 am
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Can someone explain me what the following means?

"The sprint goal gives the development team some flexibility regarding the functionality implemented within the sprint"

Thank you.

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PSM I Passed with 95%

April 25, 2016, 4:51 pm
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Hello Friends, I owe to write my experience in detail as I was referring this forum to get useful information during preparation period.

First of all I haven't worked in scrum team, Working in Support project for last 6 years so no development exposure however I have attended few scrum meeting from outside and observed even scrum master not following basic rules.

I have almost 10years of IT experience basically in traditional software development methodology.

To boost my career-growth I wanted to take this exam , I attended two days Scrum training(mar 2015) in my company premises hosted by In-house trainer. After that could not dare to take on exam as pass mark creates doubt in mind.

I was referring scrum guide after every 3-4 weeks , I read it almost 15-20 times then free assessment and had 100% all the time but still doubted myself as no experience of scrum. Then I started collected free materials over web. Management plaza training material which is very and detailed is good to read(at least 3 times) .

I was still not sure and not confident and wanted to try more questions so finally bought management plaza course on 17th april 2016 at 8PM in 37Euro (after company agreed to approve this ) and tested myself with their three practice sets (250 questions).

I just tried 3 times all three sets and at 12PM I purchased test and at 1 PM on 18th april 2016 I just rushed to complete it as I had delayed it for over an year and was frustrated reading same thing.

When I attended the test, I felt questions are not direct but similar and you can definitely answer if you have read at least those two books.

There were questions from mplaza practice set also but not that much. questions are pretty simple(except 2-4) so you need to have confidence.

Initial phase I bookmarked 8 questions and was thinking remaining 72 may have 3-4 wrong too. when I rechecked I was confident that I have answered 72 questions correctly and had doubt on 8.

When I clicked I was hoping 90% but got 95% ..:) ...first I saw 76 out of 80 correct and my mind was blank...I thought I am failed as I got 76% only ...but then saw 95% score card....


So my tips (for newbie to scrum like me (2 days training was not that in my mind after 1 yr) or for one who is experienced ) : -

1. read scrum guide - (no need to remember just understand , my count 10-15 times)
2. Free material of mplaza ...
3. free assessment on scrum.org
4. Practice more questions, if you can....
5. Don't delay....else it will get delayed always...the moment you feel comfortable just book the test and get it.
6. If you can manage mplaza practice question it would be good , else you can seek any oter source..

Hope this helps

If anyone require any help from my side , I would be glad to help them.... :)
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PSM 1 Passed in 24 hours 92%

April 24, 2016, 1:23 am
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Hi Everyone

Just wanted to tell those who are willing to take this exam for the preparation:

1. Read Scrum Guide - 10 times , until you read the first line and you can recall the rest of the paragraph without looking at it.

2. Under Scrum Guide , make sure you understand the Agile Manifesto , what makes Scrum to be different than others.

3. Attend this : http://mlapshin.com/index.php/2015/09/08/psm-exam/

4. Attend this : capeprojectmanagement.com , only 10 bux for 250 questions, some of the questions are poorly articulated that might hamper your conceptual understanding but many will help you to relate artifacts with roles and activities.

5. Run through Nexus Guide , quick just to make sure you know enough about it.

6. Attend Open assessments PSM one as many times as you can until you get 100% each time. https://www.classmarker.com/online-test/start/?quiz=vek54a6ec10658ef


AND DONT BELIEVE ANYONE IN THIS FORUM WHO IS TRYING TO SELL YOU A COURSE AND MAKE YOU READ SOME HEAVY MATERIAL FOR NOTHING.



And one more thing to the designer of the framework:

These are some of the short comings that I found throughout the framework:

1. At the start it shows its completely independent from software development but then when you read NEXUS guide and you see explicit mentioning of software development in couple of places.

2. There is overwhelming stress over the time boxed events duration but there is no mention of why 4 hour is 4 hour and why the other is 3 hour, and Sprint is of one month. I think there should be logical reasoning to tie time frame to the process itself. It looks very subjective just like human calendar and the naming of the days. Having quantitative background myself this was something that I kept thinking lol (but it doesnt matter as far as PSM 1 goes )

3. If you have gone through six sigma and other agile framework theories before you will notice how Scrum tried to be independent from all of them by using its own terminologies and process labels but you still see some of the common denominator as if the designer took the inspiration from process control theory but avoided all normal distribution, standard deviation statistical stuff. I know it makes it simpler but it makes many of us wonder (especially those who are not accustomed to process control theory) about how process variations are being minimized.

4. NEXUS framework which sounds like its a scum of scrums increases the complexity of process control theory to exponential level because now you have NxN relationship of independent variables and multivariate distribution would be the only way to reduce these deviations (honestly speaking these process control frameworks are mostly applicable to production facilities not to the software development because operation research revolves around the concept of similar products being produced consecutively vs project management in which a unique undertaking is considered, so the process itself doesnt exist in project management.

5. Having worked in quantitative finance for couple of years while maintaining good contact with software development teams , I dont think anyone in the industry follows Scrum fully , to be honest , mostly its all about new buzz words in the technology teams in the all top tier financial institutions where I worked.


Overall I appreciate the effort of Creators of Scrum atleast they helped people to get away from documentation and process oriented developments (trust me if you work in industry for a while how you hate PMO chasing you for the documents and templates that even they dont have any idea of their usage)

Good Luck!
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Study Tips for the PSM I

January 18, 2013, 12:59 am
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I feel like we need a thread for the study tips for the PSM I.

So, here are some links that should help folks prepare:

http://scrumorakel.de/blog/index.php?/archives/30-How-to-prepare-for-the-Professional-Scrum-assessments.html

http://blog.rueedlinger.ch/2011/04/how-to-pass-professional-scrum-master-i-psm-i/

http://www.webgateinternational.com/2012/03/how-to-pass-the-professional-scrum-master-i-psm-i-assessment/

I hope others will add more links and study tips.
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Help with Agile and PSM2 distinctions.

April 28, 2016, 11:57 pm
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please give me some insight about the perspective of the validator who is validating candidates perceptions.Does the PSM2 strictly maintain its own scrum members interpretation only.

1) Does it accept the reasoning and rationale recommendations of other agile practices in industry in the essay .
2) I am trying to stick with jeff sutherland/kevin schwabber/henrik from scrum point of view.
3) Common Agile leadership/communications/stakeholder/techniques i was using industry standards alternatives for preperation and broaden my understanding of agile. Would that work for psm2?
Any other tips from successful psm2 aspirants




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Scaled Scrum - trusted source of information for PSM I exam

April 30, 2016, 4:57 pm
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Hello Everybody,

I am currently studying to take the PSM I exam.

I am struggling a bit on the "scaled Scrum" part. It seems different authors have different approaches to Scaled Scrum.

I read a couple articles and books about this topic but I would like to know if you could give me recommendations of what to read that is aligned with the Scrum.org vision (on the scaled scrum topic).

Is the Nexus Guide enough?

I am asking this because I did, several times, the scaled scrum open exam and I feel that I still don't "master" this topic.

Thank you.
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PSM 1 Passed, here is my path

May 2, 2016, 11:18 pm
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I have passed the test with 86.5, these are my tips and details:


I have not been working with scrum before, just familiar with some topics but very far away of the real topics and sense.

I read for a 3 weeks the scrum guide, at least 7 times (in all the month I just take it easy, without ruushing).

I started to read after read many times de scrum guide and did a lot of times the Open tests (open, developer and product owner) Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber but I feel it too heavy and feel like I wasn't learning a lot for the time that I had to invest for reading the whole book, so I left it appart.

I secured that I reach at least 90+ in all the open test from scrum.org.

I did this (very good): http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/learning-mode/ until reaching 90+.

I read the mplaza notes from scrum.

I bought this mock test, just for 1 week (the longer you take the expensive is)
http://www.agileprojectmanagementtraining.com/agile-exam-resources/
It is not very good but in case you need to gain some confidence I would help you, the first time I did it I reach 85%, after that 93+ , I did it just 3 times, the questions are random, but I feel it like it needs to improve that mock.

In the exam (at least in my expirience) there are no question about Continous Integration, TDD, Test fist case, and topics that you would find in the developer test.

Almost final advice: There is no need for reading heavy books, you would invest that time after improving your agile knowledge and all those HOWs that framework let us to decide.

Final advice: follow the advice about when you are reaching 100 in the open test, you are getting ready, I feel like I wasnt' but whe you understand:

Roles, events, artifacts.
Self organization and cross functional.
Let the creativity emerge.
Do not be a boss.
Gain productivity.
The whole process must be transparent
Introspection an adaptation.














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PSM 1 Passed, here is my path

May 2, 2016, 11:19 pm
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I have passed the test with 86.5, these are my tips and details:


I have not been working with scrum before, just familiar with some topics but very far away of the real topics and sense.

I read for a 3 weeks the scrum guide, at least 7 times (in all the month I just take it easy, without ruushing).

I started to read after read many times de scrum guide and did a lot of times the Open tests (open, developer and product owner) Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber but I feel it too heavy and feel like I wasn't learning a lot for the time that I had to invest for reading the whole book, so I left it appart.

I secured that I reach at least 90+ in all the open test from scrum.org.

I did this (very good): http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-q...ning-mode/ until reaching 90+.

I read the mplaza notes from scrum.

I bought this mock test, just for 1 week (the longer you take the expensive is)
http://www.agileprojectmanagementtr...resources/
It is not very good but in case you need to gain some confidence I would help you, the first time I did it I reach 85%, after that 93+ , I did it just 3 times, the questions are random, but I feel it like it needs to improve that mock.

In the exam (at least in my expirience) there are no question about Continous Integration, TDD, Test fist case, and topics that you would find in the developer test.

Almost final advice: There is no need for reading heavy books, you would invest that time after improving your agile knowledge and all those HOWs that framework let us to decide.

Final advice: follow the advice about when you are reaching 100 in the open test, you are getting ready, I feel like I wasnt' but whe you understand:

Roles, events, artifacts.
Self organization and cross functional.
Let the creativity emerge.
Do not be a boss.
Gain productivity.
The whole process must be transparent
Introspection an adaptation.







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Emergent architecture: possible inconsistency in Developer Open questions

September 5, 2013, 4:28 pm
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I recently did the Developer Open test. There were a couple of questions which seem to establish a contradictory position regarding how architecture develops.

First question: When is a system's architecture decided?

A) In the beginning of the project, during Sprint 0.
B) Throughout the project, as understanding emerges and the Development Team learns more about the project.
C) Whenever the assigned architect can join the Development Team.
D) It is designed along with the vision, before the first Sprint.

The correct answer is listed as B. That's fair enough. An emergent architecture is reasonable proposition in an agile way of working.

Second question: What are two (2) ways a Development Team can ensure a good application architecture?

A) The Development Team plans a Sprint 0 at the beginning of a project with the objective of developing an architecture model used during the following Sprints.
B) A Development Team doesn't need an architecture model in Scrum. The architecture emerges automatically as the Development Team adds functionality.
C) The Development Team should have a set of guiding architecture principles that every Development Team member understands and follows when writing code.
D) The Development Team should assign someone to the role of software architect whose job it is to makes sure a consistent architecture is developed.
E) The Development Team plans some time each Sprint to discuss the architecture needed for the features planned in that Sprint.

The correct answers are listed as C and E. This means that having guiding architectural principles (C) is considered a more appropriate answer than having an emergent architecture (B). The position established therefore seems to be inconsistent with that of the previous question.
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Self organizing teams

July 11, 2015, 7:01 pm
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Dear people,

I made the PSM 1 exam and unfortunately failed by scoring 83%. The graph provided by Scrum shows that I scored bad on the self steering / self organizing team topic with a score of 71%.
I was looking for more information about self organizing teams, but I can't find much in the scrum guide or on this forum.
Can anyone give me some tips in where I can find more material related to self organizing teams in Scrum?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Robert
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