The Professional Scrum Master

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Scrum.org has designed the Professional Scrum Master (PSM) program to have the utmost rigor. The program's courses, assessments, and certifications give participants the knowledge they need to use Scrum effectively and the credentials they need to communicate this ability in the marketplace.

Audience

The audience of the PSM course includes those that help lead the software development process in an organization. PSM is specifically targeted at the role of the Scrum Master, but the lessons are applicable to anyone in a role that supports a software development team's efficiency, effectiveness, and continual improvement.

The Course

The Professional Scrum Master course is the first significant update of the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course that Ken Schwaber first created in 2002. This course covers Scrum basics, including the framework, mechanics, and roles of Scrum. But it also teaches how to use Scrum to optimize value, productivity, and the total cost of ownership of software products. Students learn through instruction and team-based exercises, and they are challenged to think on their feet to better understand what to do when they return to their workplaces.

Scrum.org maintains a defined curriculum for the Professional Scrum Master courses and selects only the most qualified instructors to deliver them. Each instructor brings his or her individual experiences and areas of expertise to bear, but all students learn the same core course content. This improves their ability to pass the Professional Scrum Master assessments and apply Scrum in their workplaces. 

Assessment and Certification

As a matter of principle, Scrum.org feels that certification should be available to all those who possess a particular level of knowledge -- not only to those who have taken a class. As a result, we offer the option of Professional Scrum Master I and II certification to the public -- not only to those who have taken the Professional Scrum Master course. The Professional Scrum Master program features two assessments and two levels of certification.

 

 

                 Register To Take The PSM I Assessment*             Register To Take The PSM II Assessment*

 

* Scrum.org assessments use the most recent version of the Scrum Guide (English version) as the source for all questions regarding the rules, artifacts, events, and roles of Scrum. In most cases, knowledge from other sources is required including, but not limited to, that gained from personal experience.