Professional Scrum Master I Review
Review Scrum as described in the 2020 Scrum Guide: empiricism, values, accountabilities, events, artifacts and commitments. Enough to approach Scrum.org's PSM I knowing why each rule exists. Voyelle is not affiliated with Scrum.org. Professional Scrum Master and PSM are trademarks of their respective owners.
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The outline, topic by topic
Each topic is weighted the way the exam weighs it.
- Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework60 %
- Developing People and Teams20 %
- Managing Products with Agility20 %
A few cards from the deck
How does the 2020 Scrum Guide define Scrum?
- A complete methodology that describes every software development practice
- A predictive process for delivering a scope fixed in advance
- A lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems
- A set of ceremonies reserved for software development teams
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A lightweight framework that helps people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems
The Guide presents Scrum as a lightweight and purposefully incomplete framework: it doesn't spell everything out, it provides a structure in which the team adds its own practices. It targets complex problems, where not everything can be predicted, and it applies far beyond software.
What are the three empirical pillars of Scrum?
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Transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
The three pillars build on each other: transparency enables inspection, and inspection enables adaptation. Without transparency, inspection is misleading; without adaptation, inspection is pointless.
The Scrum Master serves the Scrum Team by … of impediments to the Scrum Team's progress.
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The Scrum Master serves the Scrum Team by causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Team's progress.
The Guide's wording, "causing the removal of impediments," means the Scrum Master does not necessarily remove every impediment personally but makes sure it gets removed. The self-managing Developers handle what is within their reach themselves.
According to the Scrum Guide, how does the Scrum Master serve the Scrum Team? (Choose two.)
- By assigning Sprint tasks to the Developers
- By approving each Increment before the Sprint Review
- By causing the removal of impediments to the team's progress
- By coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
- By writing the Product Backlog items
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By causing the removal of impediments to the team's progress · By coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
The Scrum Master coaches the team in self-management and cross-functionality, helps it focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the Definition of Done, causes the removal of impediments, and ensures the events run well. The Scrum Master does not assign tasks.
What are the five Scrum values?
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Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect, and Courage.
The Guide states that successful use of Scrum depends on people becoming more proficient in living these five values. They give direction to the Scrum Team's work, actions, and behavior, and they support the empirical pillars.
According to the Scrum Guide, inspection that does not lead to any … is considered pointless.
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According to the Scrum Guide, inspection that does not lead to any adaptation is considered pointless.
Inspecting only makes sense if you act on what you discover. The Guide says so explicitly: inspection without adaptation is considered pointless. That is why every Scrum event is a formal opportunity to inspect and adapt.
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