Professional Scrum Master

IamtheWalrus · 02-12-2016 9:16pm #1

I am doing the 2 day Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master course I soon. I'd like to get a head and learn the material right away.

Have any of you done this course and taken the exam and can recommend how I can get cracking right away?

Stheno · 02-12-2016 9:21pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I am doing the 2 day Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master course I soon. I'd like to get a head and learn the material right away.

Have any of you done this course and taken the exam and can recommend how I can get cracking right away?

Download the scrum guide

http://www.scrumguides.org/

Failure rate on the exam is high enough

IamtheWalrus · 02-12-2016 9:30pm

Stheno wrote: »

Download the scrum guide

http://www.scrumguides.org/

Failure rate on the exam is high enough

Is that because it's very difficult? I know the pass is 85%.

Stheno · 02-12-2016 9:32pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Is that because it's very difficult? I know the pass is 85%.

It's difficult enough I also think it's done in such a way that if you do badly in an area it delves deeper with more questions

IamtheWalrus · 02-12-2016 9:40pm

Stheno wrote: »

It's difficult enough I also think it's done in such a way that if you do badly in an area it delves deeper with more questions

Have you done it?

Stheno · 02-12-2016 9:42pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Have you done it?

Yes

IamtheWalrus · 02-12-2016 9:55pm

Stheno wrote: »

Yes

And you passed?

So you're saying the best prep for me is the scrum guide? It's only 16 pages. Is it mostly driven by professional scrum experience? My course is next week and I was hoping to take the exam before the end of this year.

uck51js9zml2yt · 02-12-2016 10:02pm

When I did the exam for Scrum MAster was open book.
Certified Product Owner is just the course and no exam....at least it was when I did it!

Stheno · 02-12-2016 10:06pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

And you passed?

So you're saying the best prep for me is the scrum guide? It's only 16 pages. Is it mostly driven by professional scrum experience? My course is next week and I was hoping to take the exam before the end of this year.

Yes no experience for scrum and I self studied

I've a lot of project management experience though

Where are you doing the course?
Fairly sure there are a couple from sample exams onlibe

IamtheWalrus · 02-12-2016 10:09pm

Stheno wrote: »

Yes no experience for scrum and I self studied

I've a lot of project management experience though

Where are you doing the course?

http://dcmlearning.ie/courses/agile-project-management/psm%E2%84%A2-certified-professional-scrummaster-course/

IamtheWalrus · 18-12-2016 9:29pm

Been recommended this:

https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Scrum-Practical-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0137043295

Worth reading 504 pages for the exam?

IamtheWalrus · 29-12-2016 5:39pm

Anyone have this in pdf?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scrum-Practice-Publishing-Verheyen-Paperback/dp/B00ZVO7R0Q/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483020956&sr=1-4&keywords=scrum+pocket+guide

zweton · 05-01-2017 9:38pm

can the exam be booked using pearson vue or who did you go through?

IamtheWalrus · 06-01-2017 2:57am

zweton wrote: »

can the exam be booked using pearson vue or who did you go through?

If it's a scrum.org exam (as opposed to scrum alliance), then you pay for, and take, the exam on the scrum.org site. When you pay for it, they email you a password. Just use that to start the exam any time you like.

razor12345 · 06-01-2017 6:30pm

Did you pass the exam, what additional reading did you do?

IamtheWalrus · 06-01-2017 7:27pm

razor12345 wrote: »

Did you pass the exam, what additional reading did you do?

Yes I did.

I read about half of this:
https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Scrum-Practical-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0137043295

But tbh you don't need to. It's a large book. I'd read the scrum guide, in detail, every line is important. Understand why they're saying each line. There's a valid, important and more importantly, an exam-questionable reason for each line. <-- drill this in.

I also did a 2 day course but I wouldn't bother with that either. It was expensive.

Check out sample exams:
http://mplaza.pm/professional-scrum-master-certification-preparation-program/ (pay)
http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/ (free)

Exam-type question practice is probably the most important resource.

razor12345 · 06-01-2017 11:22pm

Many thanks

I'm planning on taking the exam in the next couple of weeks

Cheers

Ray

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Yes I did.

I read about half of this:
https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Scrum-Practical-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0137043295

But tbh you don't need to. It's a large book. I'd read the scrum guide, in detail, every line is important. Understand why they're saying each line. There's a valid, important and more importantly, an exam-questionable reason for each line. <-- drill this in.

I also did a 2 day course but I wouldn't bother with that either. It was expensive.

Check out sample exams:
http://mplaza.pm/professional-scrum-master-certification-preparation-program/ (pay)
http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/ (free)

Exam-type question practice is probably the most important resource.

jams100 · 24-05-2020 1:40am

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Yes I did.

I read about half of this:
https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Scrum-Practical-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0137043295

But tbh you don't need to. It's a large book. I'd read the scrum guide, in detail, every line is important. Understand why they're saying each line. There's a valid, important and more importantly, an exam-questionable reason for each line. <-- drill this in.

I also did a 2 day course but I wouldn't bother with that either. It was expensive.

Check out sample exams:
http://mplaza.pm/professional-scrum-master-certification-preparation-program/ (pay)
http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/ (free)

Exam-type question practice is probably the most important resource.

Thanks,
I'm going to doing this in the next 2 or 3 weeks

If anyone has anymore useful information or good links I'd appreciate it. In two minds as to whether or not to book one the online courses, they seem a little on the expensive side

Professional Scrum Master

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