The EXIN Agile Scrum Master is a unique certification that combines understanding of agile principles and applying scrum practices. It tests the competences required to facilitate, coach and enable a cross-functional team as a Scrum Master.
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Who is this certification for?
The certification is suitable for professionals working in an Agile context and who have the ambition to facilitate a Scrum Team by assuming the role of a Scrum Master.
EXIN ASM Exam Summary:
| Exam Name | EXIN Agile Scrum Master |
| Exam Code | ASM |
| Exam Price | $265 (USD) |
| Duration | 90 mins |
| Number of Questions | 40 |
| Passing Score | 65% |
| Books / Training | Why EXIN Agile Scrum? By Lutz Weigelt (Managing Director, New Horizons Hamburg) Agile Scrum Program Vision Agile Basic Concepts Explained |
| Sample Questions | EXIN ASM Sample Questions |
| Practice Exam | EXIN ASM Certification Practice Exam |
EXIN ASM Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Topic | Details | Weights |
| Agile Way of Thinking | 10% | |
| Agile Concepts | The candidate can… – explain the Agile way of thinking. – explain how Agile brings predictability and flexibility. – describe how to establish continuous improvement. – differentiate other Agile frameworks and methodologies: Crystal, Extreme Programming (XP), DSDM, LeSS, SAFe and Kanban. |
10% |
| Scrum Master Role | 27.5% | |
| Responsibilities and Commitment | The candidate can… – explain which tasks and responsibilities belong to the Scrum Master role. – analyze a scenario for the best solution to a problem typical to Scrum Masters. – explain which tools to use to facilitate the team. |
12.5% |
| Facilitating and Coaching the Team | The candidate can… – explain how to facilitate the team by removing roadblocks. – explain how to coach and train the team. |
7.5% |
| Other Roles (Product Owner, Developers) | The candidate can… – explain all roles within the Scrum framework. |
7.5% |
| Agile Estimating, Planning, Monitoring and Control | 32.5% | |
| Writing and Maintaining the Product and Sprint Backlog | The candidate can… – explain why a good definition of done (DoD) is so important. – explain how to write good user stories for services or products. – explain how to maintain the product backlog and how to add product backlog items. |
7.5% |
| Agile Planning | The candidate can… – explain planning of portfolio, products, and roadmaps. – explain the role of the Scrum Master in the sprint planning. |
5% |
| Agile Estimation | The candidate can… – explain how to use story points, ideal hours, ideal days and velocity during planning. – recognize errors in estimation. |
5% |
| Tracking and Communicating Progress | The candidate can… – identify impediments, deviations, roadblocks and other obstacles that influence the progress positively and negatively – explain how to create information radiators, how to interpret them and how to act on the results. – explain how to interpret commonly used tracking methods (burn-down chart, velocity, et cetera). |
10% |
| Staying in Control | The candidate can… – explain how to manage issues and bugs and how to inform stakeholders. |
5% |
| Complex Projects | 12.5% | |
| Scaling Agile Projects | The candidate can… – explain how to use the product backlog in a scaled environment. – explain how to scale Scrum using Nexus |
5% |
| Suitability of Agile for Different Types of Projects | The candidate can… – explain in which cases it is not possible to use Agile. – explain why having a small team is beneficial for any project. |
5% |
| Agile Administration in Tooling and Tool Integration | The candidate can… – explain which tools can help a team to use or adopt Agile and thereby increase the quality of the development process |
2.5% |
| Adopting Agile | 17.5% | |
| Introducing Agile | The candidate can… – explain how some project management activities are transferred to the Scrum Master role after the transition to Scrum. – identify what can go wrong when transitioning to Scrum. – explain how to deal with resistance to change. |
7.5% |
| Self-management | The candidate can… – explain what self-management means for a team. – explain what it means to have a cross-functional team. |
5% |
| Agile Requirements and Proper Environment | The candidate can… – explain what changes in culture must be made before adopting Agile. |
5% |
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