Professional Scrum Master I study plan
5 sessions, about 2.3 hours in total. Each one ends at 85% — the mark PSM I actually requires — so you find out you have not understood something while it is still cheap to fix.
Empirical Process Control & Scrum Theory
Master empirical process control and the three pillars of Scrum.
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Read
- The Three Pillars of Empiricism · The Five Scrum Values · Why Predictive Planning Fails in Complex Work · The Definition of Done
- Practise
- 10 questions on Scrum Theory, Scrum Values
- Move on at
- 85%
The Scrum Team and Its Accountabilities
The three accountabilities inside one Scrum Team: the Product Owner, the Scrum Master and the Developers — and why none of them is a manager of the others.
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Read
- Developers: One Team, Shared Accountability · The Product Owner: Accountable for Value · The Scrum Master: A True Leader Who Serves · Why the Scrum Team Has No Hierarchy
- Practise
- 10 questions on Scrum Team, Coaching & Facilitation
- Move on at
- 85%
The Scrum Events
Every Sprint follows a repeatable cycle: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Read
- The Sprint: A Fixed-Length Container · Sprint Planning: Why, What and How · The Daily Scrum: A 15-Minute Plan for the Day · The Sprint Review: Inspecting the Increment with Stakeholders · The Sprint Retrospective: Inspecting How the Work Is Done
- Practise
- 10 questions on Scrum Events
- Move on at
- 85%
Scrum Artifacts & Transparency
The three artifacts and the commitment attached to each: the Product Backlog with its Product Goal, the Sprint Backlog with its Sprint Goal, and the Increment with its Definition of Done.
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Read
- The Product Backlog: An Ordered, Emergent List · The Sprint Backlog: The Developers’ Plan · The Increment and the Definition of Done · Monitoring Progress Toward a Goal
- Practise
- 10 questions on Scrum Artifacts, Done & Quality
- Move on at
- 85%
Final Assessment
A full-length assessment across the whole framework, scored at the real pass mark, to show whether you are ready to sit PSM I.
- Time
- about 60 minutes
- Practise
- 80 questions on Scrum Theory, Scrum Values, Scrum Team, Scrum Events, Scrum Artifacts, Coaching & Facilitation, Done & Quality, Scaling & Adoption
- Move on at
- 85%