PSM II Exam Prep

What you will be able to do

• You will be able to choose the right Scrum Master stance (teaching, coaching, mentoring, facilitating) for a given scenario, which is the core skill the PSM II assessment tests.
• You will be able to facilitate the Scrum events as a neutral servant-leader, protect each timebox, and recognize over-facilitation as an anti-pattern.
• You will be able to distinguish coaching from mentoring and teaching, and apply non-directive coaching skills such as powerful questions and active listening.
• You will be able to identify systemic organizational impediments and act as a change agent who influences without authority.
• You will be able to explain how value is maximized through the Product Goal, empiricism, and Evidence-Based Management's four Key Value Areas.
• You will be able to describe how Scrum scales to multiple teams on one product with a single Product Owner, Product Backlog, and Product Goal.
• You will be able to reason through 'BEST' and 'MOST appropriate' scenario questions the way the real PSM II assessment frames them.

What is inside

5 modules, 5 lessons. Each module ends in a graded quiz.

1. 01

   Advanced facilitation

   Facilitating the Scrum events as a neutral servant-leader: owning the process while the team owns the content, using proven facilitation techniques, and knowing when to step back so the team self-manages.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

2. 02

   Coaching & mentoring

   The Scrum Master's stances of teaching, mentoring, coaching, and facilitating, how they differ on the directive scale, and when to use each to grow individuals, the team, and the organization.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

3. 03

   Organizational impediments

   Recognizing and attacking impediments that live beyond the team, acting as a change agent, and influencing the wider organization without formal authority.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

4. 04

   Product value

   How Scrum maximizes value through the Product Owner, the Product Goal, and empiricism, and how Evidence-Based Management measures outcomes rather than output.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

5. 05

   Scaling

   How Scrum extends to multiple teams on one product: one Product Owner, Product Backlog, and Product Goal, the central challenge of dependencies and integration, and Nexus as Scrum.org's scaling framework.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions