Professional Scrum Master II™ (PSM II) Training Course

Who should attend

The Professional Scrum Master II course is specifically targeted towards experienced Scrum practitioners.

Pre-requisites

Anyone attempting the PSM II should have in-depth knowledge and experience with Scrum and/or have taken the Professional Scrum Master course prior to taking this assessment. However, simply attending a course is not a guarantee for certification. The PSM II assessment is difficult, and consists of multiple-choice questions based on your knowledge of Scrum and how you would handle real-world situations.

Prior to course attendance, you will get the most out of your training if you:

• Have studied the Scrum Guide (required)
• Have passed the Scrum Open assessment
• Have a solid understanding of Scrum either through working on a Scrum Team
• Have been involved in building or enhancing product (e.g. software application/service) using Scrum
• Have read one of the Scrum books of Ken Schwaber

All participants completing the Professional Scrum Master II course will receive a password to attempt the Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) assessment and are also entitled to a 40% discount on the PSM III assessment. These industry-recognized PSM certifications require a minimum passing score.

Students attending Scrum.org training classes learn the importance of inspection, adaptation, and fast feedback cycles. To reinforce these concepts, students who attend a class, and achieve less than 85% on the corresponding assessment within 14 days from when their initial password e-mail is sent, will be given a 2nd attempt at no cost.

PDU Credits

Students of Scrum.org courses are able to claim Project Management Institute (PMI) PDU credit: 14 PDUs after attending the two-day Professional Scrum Master (PSM). Please note that PMI PDUs are earned for course attendance and not for passing a Scrum.org assessment. Students can claim PDUs under PMI’s "Education courses provided by other third-party providers” category.

On-site PSM Training

We have a great track-record delivering PSM training for a number of blue-chip organisations. Please give us a call or drop us a line if you would like to discuss having this course delivered at your offices. It can be very beneficial for teams to undertake this training all together prior to commencing the first Scrum.

Professional Scrum Master II Training Course Syllabus

Over the 2 days, students will learn about areas critical to growing as a successful Scrum Master such as how the principles and values of Scrum help guide Scrum Masters in the decisions they make and how the Scrum Master can help change the environment of Scrum Teams, creating an environment for agility to thrive. The Scrum Master role is complex and often, a Scrum Master must be able to apply different stances in order to be effective, such as:

• The Scrum Master as a Teacher
• The Scrum Master as a Coach & Mentor
• The Scrum Master as a Facilitator
• The Scrum Master as a Change Agent

As a Scrum Master, being able to identify, and effectively apply, which stance would benefit your team the most depending on the situation or circumstance could prove to be the key to the success of your team.

As a Scrum Master, part of your role is to help management and other stakeholders across your organization understand the benefits of Scrum and Agile. Therefore, it is imperative that you have the information and background that is needed to gain credibility in order to be an effective change agent. Throughout the class, your PST will provide stories, exercises, facilitation techniques (such as “Liberating Structures”), resources and more.

There will also be time in class for the Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) to provide coaching on challenges that you and your classmates may be experiencing today or may in the future.