PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER I CERTIFICATION
Scrum Alliance CSM vs Scrum.org PSM I - Answers - Scrum Alliance: CSM Certified
Scrum.org: Professional Scrum Master
There are lots out there, but these two are the main & most renowned. To get CSM,
must have taken an expensive Scrum Alliance training course + cert has to be renewed
every 2 years.
Scrum.org was founded by Ken Schwaber, one of the co-founders of Scrum - high
credibility.
PSM I never expires.
Scrum.org PSM I Exam - Answers - -$200 USD per attempt (November 1st 2023)
- Covers the content of The Scrum Guide
- Online
- Open book
- 60 minutes
- 80 questions
- Exam code never expires
- Multiple choice
- Multiple answers
- True / False
- Passing Score: 85% (min. 68 correct questions)
- English only
The Scrum Guide - Answers - Freely available document that describes and defines the
rules of Scrum - written by both co-creators of Scrum, Ken Schewaber & Jeff Sutherland
v1 - 2010, most recent November 2020
Udemy Course Structure - Answers - - Advised to read sections of the Scrum Guide
through the course
- Focus only on Scrum.org material to help pass PSM I assessment
[Scrum Glossary] Burn-down Chart - Answers - a chart which shows the amount of work
which is thought to remain in a backlog. Time is shown on the horizontal axis and work
remaining on the vertical axis. As time progresses and items are drawn from the
backlog and completed, a plot line showing work remaining may be expected to fall. The
amount of work may be assessed in any of several ways such as user story points or
task hours. Work remaining in Sprint Backlogs and Product Backlogs may be
communicated by means of a burn-down chart. See also: Burnup Chart
,[Scrum Glossary] Burn-up Chart - Answers - a chart which shows the amount of work
which has been completed. Time is shown on the horizontal axis and work completed
on the vertical axis. As time progresses and items are drawn from the backlog and
completed, a plot line showing the work done may be expected to rise. The amount of
work may be assessed in any of several ways such as user story points or task hours.
The amount of work considered to be in-scope may also be plotted as a line; the burn-
up can be expected to approach this line as work is completed
[Scrum Glossary] Coherent/Coherence - Answers - The quality of the relationship
between certain Product Backlog items which may make them worthy of consideration
as a whole. See also: Sprint Goal.
[Scrum Glossary] Daily Scrum - Answers - Scrum Event that is a 15-minute time-boxed
event held each day for the Developers. The Daily Scrum is held every day of the
Sprint. At it, the Developers plan work for the next 24 hours. This optimizes team
collaboration and performance by inspecting the work since the last Daily Scrum and
forecasting upcoming Sprint work. The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place
each day to reduce complexity.
[Scrum Glossary] Definition of Done - Answers - is a formal description of the state of
the Increment when it meets the quality measures required for the product. The moment
a Product Backlog item meets the Definition of Done, an Increment is born. The
Definition of Done creates transparency by providing everyone a shared understanding
of what work was completed as part of the Increment. If a Product Backlog item does
not meet the Definition of Done, it cannot be released or even presented at the Sprint
Review.
[Scrum Glossary] Developer - Answers - any member of a Scrum Team, that is
committed to creating any aspect of a usable Increment each Sprint regardless of
technical, functional or other specialty.
[Scrum Glossary] Emergence - Answers - the process of the coming into existence or
prominence of new facts or new knowledge of a fact, or knowledge of a fact becoming
visible unexpectedly.
[Scrum Glossary] Empiricism - Answers - the philosophy that all knowledge originates in
experience and observations. It's a cornerstone of the scientific method and underlies
much of modern science and medicine. In the context of Scrum, empiricism refers to the
idea that solving complex problems, or doing complex work, can only be done using an
exploratory process rather than relying on predetermined plans.
[Scrum Glossary] Engineering standards - Answers - a shared set of development and
technology standards that Developers apply to create releasable Increments of
software.
, [Scrum Glossary] Forecast (of functionality) - Answers - the selection of items from the
Product Backlog Developers deems feasible for implementation in a Sprint.
[Scrum Glossary] Increment - Answers - Scrum Artifact that defines the complete and
valuable work produced by the Developers during a Sprint. The sum of all Increments
form a product.
[Scrum Glossary] Product Backlog - Answers - A Scrum Artifact that consists of an
ordered list of the work to be done in order to create, maintain and sustain a product.
Managed by the Product Owner.
[Scrum Glossary] Product Backlog refinement - Answers - the activity in a Sprint through
which the Product Owner and the Developers add granularity to the Product Backlog.
[Scrum Glossary] Product Owner - Answers - Role in Scrum accountable for maximizing
the value of a product, primarily by incrementally managing and expressing business
and functional expectations for a product to the Developers.
[Scrum Glossary] Refinement - Answers - the activity in a Sprint through which the
Product Owner and the Developers add granularity to the Product Backlog.
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum - Answers - Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps
people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex
problems as defined in the Scrum GuideTM.
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum Board - Answers - a physical board to visualize information for
and by the Scrum Team, often used to manage Sprint Backlog. Scrum boards are an
optional implementation within Scrum to make information visible
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum Guide™ - Answers - the definition of Scrum, written and
provided by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, co-creators of Scrum. This definition
consists of Scrum's accountabilities, events, artifacts, and the rules that bind them
together.
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum Master - Answers - Role within a Scrum Team accountable for
guiding, coaching, teaching and assisting a Scrum Team and its environments in a
proper understanding and use of Scrum
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum Team - Answers - a self-managing team consisting of one
Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers.
[Scrum Glossary] Product Goal - Answers - The Product Goal describes a future state of
the product which can serve as a target for the Scrum Team to plan against. The
Product Goal is in the Product Backlog. The rest of the Product Backlog emerges to
define "what" will fulfill the Product Goal.
Scrum Alliance CSM vs Scrum.org PSM I - Answers - Scrum Alliance: CSM Certified
Scrum.org: Professional Scrum Master
There are lots out there, but these two are the main & most renowned. To get CSM,
must have taken an expensive Scrum Alliance training course + cert has to be renewed
every 2 years.
Scrum.org was founded by Ken Schwaber, one of the co-founders of Scrum - high
credibility.
PSM I never expires.
Scrum.org PSM I Exam - Answers - -$200 USD per attempt (November 1st 2023)
- Covers the content of The Scrum Guide
- Online
- Open book
- 60 minutes
- 80 questions
- Exam code never expires
- Multiple choice
- Multiple answers
- True / False
- Passing Score: 85% (min. 68 correct questions)
- English only
The Scrum Guide - Answers - Freely available document that describes and defines the
rules of Scrum - written by both co-creators of Scrum, Ken Schewaber & Jeff Sutherland
v1 - 2010, most recent November 2020
Udemy Course Structure - Answers - - Advised to read sections of the Scrum Guide
through the course
- Focus only on Scrum.org material to help pass PSM I assessment
[Scrum Glossary] Burn-down Chart - Answers - a chart which shows the amount of work
which is thought to remain in a backlog. Time is shown on the horizontal axis and work
remaining on the vertical axis. As time progresses and items are drawn from the
backlog and completed, a plot line showing work remaining may be expected to fall. The
amount of work may be assessed in any of several ways such as user story points or
task hours. Work remaining in Sprint Backlogs and Product Backlogs may be
communicated by means of a burn-down chart. See also: Burnup Chart
,[Scrum Glossary] Burn-up Chart - Answers - a chart which shows the amount of work
which has been completed. Time is shown on the horizontal axis and work completed
on the vertical axis. As time progresses and items are drawn from the backlog and
completed, a plot line showing the work done may be expected to rise. The amount of
work may be assessed in any of several ways such as user story points or task hours.
The amount of work considered to be in-scope may also be plotted as a line; the burn-
up can be expected to approach this line as work is completed
[Scrum Glossary] Coherent/Coherence - Answers - The quality of the relationship
between certain Product Backlog items which may make them worthy of consideration
as a whole. See also: Sprint Goal.
[Scrum Glossary] Daily Scrum - Answers - Scrum Event that is a 15-minute time-boxed
event held each day for the Developers. The Daily Scrum is held every day of the
Sprint. At it, the Developers plan work for the next 24 hours. This optimizes team
collaboration and performance by inspecting the work since the last Daily Scrum and
forecasting upcoming Sprint work. The Daily Scrum is held at the same time and place
each day to reduce complexity.
[Scrum Glossary] Definition of Done - Answers - is a formal description of the state of
the Increment when it meets the quality measures required for the product. The moment
a Product Backlog item meets the Definition of Done, an Increment is born. The
Definition of Done creates transparency by providing everyone a shared understanding
of what work was completed as part of the Increment. If a Product Backlog item does
not meet the Definition of Done, it cannot be released or even presented at the Sprint
Review.
[Scrum Glossary] Developer - Answers - any member of a Scrum Team, that is
committed to creating any aspect of a usable Increment each Sprint regardless of
technical, functional or other specialty.
[Scrum Glossary] Emergence - Answers - the process of the coming into existence or
prominence of new facts or new knowledge of a fact, or knowledge of a fact becoming
visible unexpectedly.
[Scrum Glossary] Empiricism - Answers - the philosophy that all knowledge originates in
experience and observations. It's a cornerstone of the scientific method and underlies
much of modern science and medicine. In the context of Scrum, empiricism refers to the
idea that solving complex problems, or doing complex work, can only be done using an
exploratory process rather than relying on predetermined plans.
[Scrum Glossary] Engineering standards - Answers - a shared set of development and
technology standards that Developers apply to create releasable Increments of
software.
, [Scrum Glossary] Forecast (of functionality) - Answers - the selection of items from the
Product Backlog Developers deems feasible for implementation in a Sprint.
[Scrum Glossary] Increment - Answers - Scrum Artifact that defines the complete and
valuable work produced by the Developers during a Sprint. The sum of all Increments
form a product.
[Scrum Glossary] Product Backlog - Answers - A Scrum Artifact that consists of an
ordered list of the work to be done in order to create, maintain and sustain a product.
Managed by the Product Owner.
[Scrum Glossary] Product Backlog refinement - Answers - the activity in a Sprint through
which the Product Owner and the Developers add granularity to the Product Backlog.
[Scrum Glossary] Product Owner - Answers - Role in Scrum accountable for maximizing
the value of a product, primarily by incrementally managing and expressing business
and functional expectations for a product to the Developers.
[Scrum Glossary] Refinement - Answers - the activity in a Sprint through which the
Product Owner and the Developers add granularity to the Product Backlog.
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum - Answers - Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps
people, teams and organizations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex
problems as defined in the Scrum GuideTM.
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum Board - Answers - a physical board to visualize information for
and by the Scrum Team, often used to manage Sprint Backlog. Scrum boards are an
optional implementation within Scrum to make information visible
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum Guide™ - Answers - the definition of Scrum, written and
provided by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, co-creators of Scrum. This definition
consists of Scrum's accountabilities, events, artifacts, and the rules that bind them
together.
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum Master - Answers - Role within a Scrum Team accountable for
guiding, coaching, teaching and assisting a Scrum Team and its environments in a
proper understanding and use of Scrum
[Scrum Glossary] Scrum Team - Answers - a self-managing team consisting of one
Scrum Master, one Product Owner, and Developers.
[Scrum Glossary] Product Goal - Answers - The Product Goal describes a future state of
the product which can serve as a target for the Scrum Team to plan against. The
Product Goal is in the Product Backlog. The rest of the Product Backlog emerges to
define "what" will fulfill the Product Goal.
