== What is Scrum and who is the Scrum Master? ==
Scrum is a framework in which people can deal with complex problems while delivering valuable products. Scrum is straightforward to understand but very difficult to master. Scrum has been used for managing work on complex products since the early 1990s. Scrum is nor a method neither a technique; it is a framework.
The Scrum Master is said to be a servant leader for the Scrum Team. Also mentioned in the Scrum Guide, Scrum Master helps everybody to understand Scrum values, rules, and theory. Scrum has been used in almost everything we use in our daily life to develop software, hardware but also in marketing or other areas.
== The Scrum Master role ==
If you ever meet a Scrum Master in your life, you may feel that you also want to do the same job. You would desire to become a Scrum Master once after meeting one of them. This job is inspirational because of the type of work required.
It enables you to earn as well as impact others. This job will teach you how you can help a team to work correctly and efficiently and even much more.
They should have an agile mindset and willing to share their knowledge to get the job done in a better way. If you have made up your mind to become a Professional Scrum Master, then you have to learn many useful techniques. Typical problems include removing hurdles or restrictions that stop the teamwork and train them enough to make them a team, who will be self-organized and self-empowered.
It is highly recommended to you that you should get sufficient training to take PSM ® exams. The syllabus of PSM I ® includes a vast knowledge about Scrum, which is available in Scrum Guide. You need to get some time to train yourself seriously on Scrum open assessments.
Learning of Scrum is like how the Scrum originates or how it evolved and about its progressive development. Scrum Master learning path is also beneficial, which is a set of professional Scrum competencies, each containing a number of the focus area.
Once you have completed this Scrum course, you can attempt to get the certificate. But this training is not compulsory; it is entirely optional. However, exams are mandatory to get certified. Professional Scrum Masters are all-rounder, helpers, problem solvers, enablers, and their main characteristics are influencing the minds of their team workers.
== About the PSM I ® exam ==
After you have finished your preparation, you can register for the exam. If we talk about the exam fee, it's $150 for every attempt, and if you attend a Scrum . org training center, then your first attempt would be free. All you get is a personal password without expiration date through which you can get connected to their page and can give exams.
The main topics covered in the PSM ® (Professional Scrum Master ®) exams are:
There is a tip: work on Scrum open assessment, to pass the PSM ® (Professional Scrum Master ®) exam in your first attempt. Once you start getting 100% on every effort, consider yourself ready for the test.
== Do I need to be a Scrum Master to take the PSM I ® exam ? ==
The question is that, who is this certification for? This course and certification are for those who are interested in working within an Agile team.
You can be an aspiring Business Analyst, Project Manager, Product Owner, or Developer. You don't need to be a Scrum Master or have the desire to become one. This will just certify your know-how.
Scrum is for those current Agile team members who wish to extend their knowledge of the Agile process or want to gain knowledge.
The practice tests are exhaustive and rigorous. The questions were designed to validate your knowledge as a Scrum Master. Many of them ask you to think about or interpret the meaning from the Scrum Guide, apply content from the PSM II subject areas, as well as application of your own experience. The questions cover topics from multiple focus areas defined by the Professional Scrum Competencies and detailed on the PSM II suggested reading page of Scrum(.)org.
