Hi everyone, I wanted to talk about the materials in preparation for the PSM II certification from Scrum.org. I would be very happy if you share your experience too :)
Sidenote: if you are an apologist for the “certificates have lost their value” movement, I will agree with you. And with regard to PSM I, everything is quite simple - certification says that you understand how the framework works in general terms. PSM II is already working with experience gained in the use of scrum in battle, so it (certification) is more serious. But there is nothing supernatural in this exam either. By the way, now in the world of 6793 PSM II owners.
Preparing for PSM II
As Denis Salnikov wrote , it will be good to pass Scrum.org open assesments before passing several times to 100%
- PSPO open - because there are questions so that you understand how to coach PO and how the work with value is going. (By the way, if you got to PSM II, you can pass the PSPO without suffering, which I did).
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Page for buying attempts: https://www.scrum.org/professional-scrum-master-ii-certification
Price, time, passing score are all the same: $ 250, 90 min, 85%.
The delivery process itself is well written by Denis Salnikov (aka Agile Expat).
There is more than enough time, the test from 2018 has become a little easier, as a result, I passed with one error:
Fuh, I hope this helps someone :) Good luck and fortitude! I repeat that there is nothing directly complicated in this exam.