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Passed PSM I and PSPO I in same week

Last post 03:29 pm July 25, 2016 by Saurabh Shukla
4 replies
11:58 pm June 8, 2016

I just wanted to pass on my experiences preparing for and succeeding in passing the PSM I (95%) and PSPO I (90%) assessments in the same week.
First off, I have more history as an agile PM than a business analyst. The PSM I assessment was more 'logical' for me because of my background. My challenges on the PSPO I assessment I think were more to lack of experience. But I work at a place where the lines between agile PM and BA are blurry, and while they are not scrum (yet), I knew the certifications would help my thinking and focus. (and I chose scrum.org over the other certification groups for the obvious, well documented reasons)

Anyway, preparing for the exams, I followed all the good words of advice on this forum, and by extensively searching. I spent a month of my free time, reading the recommended books and articles many times, taking the open assessments at scrum.org and at a few other places (search for them) and taking them repeatedly until I scored 100% on at least 3 attempts. After taking the open assessments at scrum.org and reading materials, you do get a sense of which other assessments out there are good and which are not so good.

I chose to take the PSPO exam right away because a) it was going to have many questions be very similar to the PSM I exam, b) the study resources were very similar, c) the material was all fresh on my mind, so why not, and d) I could afford the $200.

In preparing for the PSPO I exam, I knew I needed to find different materials to help me study than for the PSM exam. I found a great checklist of PSPO I study tips at scrumcrazy.com (Charles Bradley, who contributes on here frequently). He has a really helpful article called 'The New New Product Owner'. I read it many times and it helped me focus and made the PSPO assessment easier. (Also, it's a great, well-written read, and useful even if you don't take the exam or as reference material later or for prepping for a job interview, which I did).

There is a lot of helpful material out there, and so spending time for a month at least preparing for the exams, reading, absorbing, digesting, letting info stew, was real helpful to learn the material well, reduce the stress during the assessment which can lead to poor choices, and use each confident answer to your benefit. Good Luck!


09:39 am June 9, 2016

Congratulation joseph. Can you please tell me which open assessment to practice for PSM1. There are 4 different assessment on scrum.org. 1) Scrum open 2) nexus open 3)product owner open and 3) developer open.

Thanks


02:23 pm June 13, 2016

Joseph,

Glad you found value and thank you for the nice words.

My PSPO I study tips can be found here:
http://scrumcrazy.com/PSPO1


06:13 pm July 14, 2016

Hi, I just have to second the comments made by Joseph, especially regarding scrumcrazy.com. Also, congrats!

I followed a very similar path, except I took an extra week between the PSM and PSPO, simply because I wanted to be as confident as possible I would not have to spend an extra $200 on the PSPO assessment.

The recommended material helped, the scrumcrazy study tips kept me organized and focused and provided a framework for passing, however, having some real world experience was certainly fundamental, for me at least.

So, Charles, you can add me to a long list of people you have helped prepare for these assessments.

Thank you.


03:29 pm July 25, 2016

Congrats!!!
Can you suggest some good sites for full length (80Que) practice test??


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