Certification Industry: Agile
Certificate Name: Professional Scrum Product Owner -II (PSPO-II)
Certificate Issuing Authority: Scrum.org
Certification Price: 250 USD
Certificate Validity:
The PSPO II assessment is positioned between PSPO I and PSPO III in terms of difficulty and is an achievable certification for those that have attended a Professional Scrum Product Owner course and/or have sufficient real-world experience.
The Professional Scrum Product Owner level II (PSPO II) assessment is available to anyone who wishes to validate their advanced knowledge of Professional Scrum Product Ownership, the Scrum framework, and delivering valuable products. As per Scrum.org, a 2-day class will not be sufficient preparation for most people to pass the PSPO II. Passing the PSPO II will require to you call upon your own knowledge and experience.
Passing score: 85%
Time limit: 60 minutes
Number of Questions: 40
Format: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer
Difficulty: Advanced
Language: English only
Required course: None
Recommended courses: Professional Scrum Product Owner, Professional Scrum Product Owner, Mastering the Product Owner Stances
PSPO II without the course?
After doing the PSPO I, the PSPO II assessment went not so great. Due to corona, there were no in person trainings so I just went through all the resources on the product owner learning path (skipping all the videos >30mins). In the evenings I listened to "Planet Product owner" and "The Liberators Network" podcasts. After that I felt pretty confident to pass the test. Just to be sure, I went through the recommended book Professional Scrum Product Owner in record time.
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Andreas Worm
PSPO II Journey - from a SM Perspective
My preparation started in November 2019, in preparation for completing the PSM II course, I was studying all the suggested learning for it, which included the PSPO work. In doing so, I was passing the Scrum.org OPEN exam for PSPO at 100% pass rate, so I took the PSPO I certificate and passed.
...Then post the completion of attending the PSM II course, as my learning and growth continued, it was important to start looking at a holistic view of the Scrum Master, and how they can influence an organisation. This took my down the path of more and more reading, podcasts, youtube around Product Owners, Agile Leadership and truly looking at a Product with an empirical lense.
Some of the sources I recommend:
Medium, Serious Scrum. this is fantastic.
Good books: Scrum - a pocket guide, Agile Project Management, Scrum - Twice the work in half the time.
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Scott Richards