And from having worked with a team long enough, some of these Scrum Masters learn enough about the product, industry, users and such to become good product owners. I consider the roles equivalent in a typical organizational hierarchy.īut some Scrum Masters learn that they care deeply about the thing being built rather than the process of building the thing. I don’t want to imply that a product owner role is above the Scrum Master role in an organization. Those Scrum Masters become good candidates to become product owners. Other Scrum Masters, however, learn that they love what their team is building more than the act of creating it. The Scrum Master who loves the process more than the product is a likely candidate to follow a career path into becoming an agile coach or mentor. Think about the radio DJ who just loves being a DJ and doesn’t care if he’s playing classic rock, the current top 40, or classical music. Some Scrum Masters enjoy the process of enabling creativity among development teams so much that it almost doesn’t matter what the product is. This is an appropriate path for Scrum Masters who have learned that their true passion is the creative act of developing a product-largely independent of whatever the product may be. Because of this, I think of these individuals as having become agile mentors. Much of the benefit these experienced individuals provide comes through them offering guidance (“I suggest you do it this way”).
Personally, I’m partial to such individuals mentoring rather than just coaching. In many organizations, this role would be called an Agile Coach, with the most common job description being that an agile coach coaches Scrum Masters (and their teams). This will especially be true and feasible as the Scrum Master gains skills and experience. MentorĪ Scrum Master who has been successful in a variety of different contexts and teams, might choose to move into a role as a mentor to other Scrum Masters. This leads to the philosophy that success is often rewarded with additional challenges. But, to go from good to great, the Scrum Master will need to learn to work under more complex conditions.
That will mean working with a team that has neither any difficult personalities nor unrealistic delivery expectations. When developing new Scrum Masters, I prefer to put the person in a position to most likely succeed. Often the logical next step is to begin working with multiple teams concurrently or from working with more demanding teams or products. After a while that team becomes less time-consuming to work with, as issues are resolved and the team takes on more responsibilities itself.Īt that point, a good Scrum Master will seek additional challenges. This course has practice tests that have been designed to simulate the same level as the proper exam of scrum(.)org.A typical career path for a Scrum Master will start with serving one team.
The questions cover topics from multiple focus areas defined by the Professional Scrum Competencies and detailed on the PSM I suggested reading page of Scrum(.)org. Some of the questions check the basics of the Scrum Guide, but most of them ask you to think about or interpret the meaning from the Scrum Guide and how you would apply Scrum within a Scrum Team. The practice tests are not that easy and preparation is required to achieve a passing score. Product Owner open assessment (free easy tests)įor further advice you can refer to the "Suggested Reading: Professional Scrum Master I" page The latest version of the Scrum Guide 2020 We advise studying from the official page of Scrum(.)org:
We designed these questions based on real life scenarios, experience and the latest version of the Scrum Guide as well as the Scrum Competencies. These practice tests are not affiliated with Scrum(.)org or any other institutions. Acknowledgment: Scrum(.)org is protected brand.