Hi everyone!
I have finally cleared the PSM I exam from www.scrum.org/user/218878 website and would like to share the experience of how I have prepared to pass it. Maybe it can be beneficial to someone.
Before that you can read why I have chosen to become Certified Scrum Master with this organization HERE
1. I was reading Scrum Guide until I thought I know it. Then I wrote this short version of it HERE
2. Then I did Scrum Open Assesments few times. What I noticed then was that I did not read/learn Scrum Guide detailed enough.
3. I returned to studying Scrum Guide in more details, thinking about possible questions to each sentence, which was helping me memorize each rule easier.
4. I have read Essential Scrum book https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Scrum-Practical-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0137043295 It has helped me clear out any misunderstanding (Notice, the book is published in 2012 and the Scrum Guide is from 2016. When you come up to any difference between the two, give preference to Scrum Guide).
5. After this I have read once more the Scrum Guide, just to make sure that I did not learn anything wrong (old) from the book.
6. Then I read the Nexus Guide as approximatelly 8 questions on the exam were about the Scaled Scrum.
7. After this I was doing Scrum Open Assesments until I could reach 100% in less then 5 minutes. Approximatelly 10 questions on the exam were exactly the same as those in the Open Assesment.
8. Next to Scrum Open Assesment I was checking Developer and Product Owner and Nexus Open Assesments but was not scoring 100% on any of those.
9. Next to these the only other online exam that was with the correct and uptodate questions and answers was the one from http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/
10. After that came the exam which was not easy, so you need to be well prepared and rested.
Shortly about the exam itself.
I have finally cleared the PSM I exam from www.scrum.org/user/218878 website and would like to share the experience of how I have prepared to pass it. Maybe it can be beneficial to someone.
Before that you can read why I have chosen to become Certified Scrum Master with this organization HERE
2. Then I did Scrum Open Assesments few times. What I noticed then was that I did not read/learn Scrum Guide detailed enough.
3. I returned to studying Scrum Guide in more details, thinking about possible questions to each sentence, which was helping me memorize each rule easier.
4. I have read Essential Scrum book https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Scrum-Practical-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0137043295 It has helped me clear out any misunderstanding (Notice, the book is published in 2012 and the Scrum Guide is from 2016. When you come up to any difference between the two, give preference to Scrum Guide).
5. After this I have read once more the Scrum Guide, just to make sure that I did not learn anything wrong (old) from the book.
6. Then I read the Nexus Guide as approximatelly 8 questions on the exam were about the Scaled Scrum.
7. After this I was doing Scrum Open Assesments until I could reach 100% in less then 5 minutes. Approximatelly 10 questions on the exam were exactly the same as those in the Open Assesment.
8. Next to Scrum Open Assesment I was checking Developer and Product Owner and Nexus Open Assesments but was not scoring 100% on any of those.
9. Next to these the only other online exam that was with the correct and uptodate questions and answers was the one from http://mlapshin.com/index.php/psm-quiz/
10. After that came the exam which was not easy, so you need to be well prepared and rested.
Shortly about the exam itself.
- You have 1 hour for 80 questions
- Questions are either to chheck one answer from multiple or to check multiple answers (exact amount of right answers is given in the question - like "select 2 correct answers")
- It is done online from your home so no one is controlling you if you are using Scrum Guide while taking the exam (but pay attention that you have less then a minute per question)
- If you are not sure about some question, you can answer it with what you think is right and also check the Bookmark question checkbox and you can return to those questions at the end of the exam if you have time.
Feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or if you need help passing the exam.
