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CSM-001 Exam Topics and Domains
CSM-001 is organized into 3 weighted domains. Expect to work with Quality assurance, Agile mentoring, Backlog management, Backlog refinement, and more.
Scrum Framework
The Scrum Team
- Describe the responsibilities and accountabilities of the scrum team
- Describe the responsibilities and accountabilities of the scrum master
- Describe the responsibilities and accountabilities of the developers
- Describe the responsibilities and accountabilities of the product owner
- Discuss at least two reasons why the product owner is a single person
- Discuss how and why the product owner maintains authority over the product backlog
Scrum Events and Activities
- Identify how a scrum team could inspect and adapt at each event
- Perform a sprint planning
- Perform a sprint review
- Perform a sprint retrospective
- Describe effects of skipping the sprint retrospective
- Explain how developers conduct a daily scrum
- Discuss ways daily scrum differs from status meeting
- Explain conditions for sprint termination
- Explain advantages of strong definition of done
- Outline ways to create definition of done
Scrum Master Core Competencies
Facilitation Skills
- Describe situations where scrum master serves through facilitation
- Demonstrate techniques for group decision making
- Discuss how facilitating, teaching, mentoring, and coaching differ
Service to Team, Product Owner, and Organization
Service to Scrum Team
- Describe scenarios where scrum master acts as leader
- Explain impact of technical debt
- List development practices for quality and debt reduction
Service to Product Owner
Explain ways scrum master supports product owner
Service to Organization
- Describe organizational impediments affecting teams
- Discuss ways scrum master assists with impediments
- Apply techniques for impediment resolution
- Summarize organizational design changes from scrum
- Discuss why scrum has no project manager
How do I earn this certification?
Passing CSM-001 earns the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification. It sits in the Scrum Master track.
- CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner
- CSD - Certified Scrum Developer
- A-CSM - Advanced Certified ScrumMaster
- CSP-SM - Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster
- CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner Complementary Product Owner skills
- CSD - Certified Scrum Developer Technical Scrum practices
- PSM I - Professional Scrum Master IAlternative Scrum certification path
- SAFe-SM - SAFe Scrum MasterEnterprise-level Scrum
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What's changed on this exam?
- ACTIVE
- Last content update: 2022-01-01
- Scrum Guide 2020 Current exam based on 2020 version • Release date: 2020-11-01
- Learning Objectives 2022 Current exam blueprint • Release date: 2022-01-01
Who should take this exam?
This exam is typically taken by Aspiring Scrum Masters and Project Managers transitioning to Agile.
- Basic understanding of software development
- Interest in agile methodologies
- Team collaboration experience