PSM II

Professional Scrum Master II study plan

3 sessions, about 2.2 hours in total. Each one ends at 85% — the mark PSM II actually requires — so you find out you have not understood something while it is still cheap to fix.

  1. Advanced Scrum Mastery

    What a Scrum Master actually does once the mechanics are in place and the hard problems are organisational.

    Time
    about 20 minutes
    Read
    Stances of the Scrum Master · Self-Management Is Grown, Not Declared · Facilitation Without Steering · Measuring a Scrum Master’s Effectiveness
    Practise
    10 questions on Coaching & Mentoring, Facilitation & Conflict, Servant Leadership
    Move on at
    85%
  2. Coaching the Organisation

    The impediments that matter most at PSM II level sit outside the team, in structures nobody has been asked to justify.

    Time
    about 20 minutes
    Read
    Organisational Impediments · Working with Managers, Not Around Them · Evidence-Based Change · Scaling Without Losing Scrum
    Practise
    10 questions on Organisational Impediments, Scaling & Multi-Team, Evidence & Metrics, Product Ownership Support
    Move on at
    85%
  3. Final Assessment

    Time
    about 90 minutes
    Practise
    30 questions on Coaching & Mentoring, Facilitation & Conflict, Organisational Impediments, Scaling & Multi-Team, Servant Leadership, Evidence & Metrics, Product Ownership Support
    Move on at
    85%