Professional Scrum Product Owner -I (PSPO-I)

I have passed PSM I and approximately 1 month later, PSPO I. This one I passed with 96.3%. I have used the following to prepare:

• Scrum Guide
• Scrum Glossary
• EBM Guide
• Scrum.org blogs (searching for "product" keywords)
• Product Owner Learning path from scrum.org
• Same practice tests as per PSM I, namely M. Lapshkin, Volkedron (the free ones), and of course scrum.org open assessments

The exam is quite similar to PSM I, but the questions are more focused on the PO role and mindset. More scenario-based questions than PSM I, and 5-7 tricky.

When you want to be PSPO-I certified, It helps a lot that you have thorough scrum knowlegde. What I can advise is:

Have a good understanding of the scrum framework
* By getting the PSM-I certificate
* By reading a lot of blogs/podcasts/books about scrum (Liberators/Gunther Verheyen/Geoff Watts and more)
* By doing an official scrum training

After that, focus on the PO specifics, like optimizing value.
* By reading a lot of blogs/podcasts/books about the PO role

And, do a lot of open practice exams on scrum.org!

For me, it was about learning about the role some more. The result was getting certified. It was also the check if I did understand what I learned. The certificate as the only goal is not the way to go ;-).

Because i want to help other professional passionate of Agile and Scrum to pass successfully their PSPO 1 certification, please find below some recommendations that helped me to pass successfully my examination: 

1. Study all the materials proposed in the PSPO Learning Path. It's really complete, important and useful. Understand the PSPO Competencies.

2. Read carefully this book it will help you to understand better the Scrum guide and each role  responsibilities, especially the role of Product Owner: "The professional Product Owner" by Don McGREAL and Ralph JOCHAM https://i.imgur.com/xXbXH1E.png.

3. Study and understand EBM (Evidence Based Management). There are some questions related to product value and how to order the Product Backlog Items;

4. Take the Open Assessments for PSM and PSPO. Most questions in the real exam are harder than in the Open Assessment. So, don't underestimate it.

5. Additionally, i bought this course on Udemy.com to practice my knowledge https://i.imgur.com/jMVYG1N.png. I passed all the tests one time after that i revised all my incorrect questions 2 or 3 times.

6. I passed 2 times this test on Mikhail Lapshin blog: shorturl.at/lozN1. Also, i would recommend to read the discussions on these questions https://mlapshin.com/index.php/blog/scrum-questions/comment-page-9/https://quizlet.com/br/328978106/psm-i-e-pspo-i-flash-cards/.

7. Also, i think these book "PSM and PSPO exam question bank" is very good, because i saw meny similar questions with real assessment shorturl.at/hlsHN.

If you will follow as minimum all these recommendations, i think you have all chances to pass the examination with a very very good score.

Good luck!

I am a business analyst from last 6 years and I was thinking of some certification to start with and I heard about PSPO. PSPO 1 provides you basic knowledge of Scrum and Product Owner. 

Though I had some idea about Scrum and Product Owner, I thought its good to do a training to attain fundamental knowledge. I had attended 2 days virtual training via Simplilearn(AgileMania). It was a very good training where I learnt all the concepts with real time examples provided by the trainer.

I also went through some blogs and various tests online(Especially mlaphsin) for PSPO. Scrum.org provides open assessments which is very useful for the exam and also the Scrum guide.

Do the assessments on Scrum. org till you attain 100%. Read the Scrum guide thoroughly which is available on Scrum.org website.

1. Read throughly each and every line of scrum guide. Understand the meaning.

2. Give the Product owner and developer open assesment exam on the scrum.org untill you get 100% . It helped a lot as few of the questions were from the open assesment.

3. I has taken the CSPO training earlier last year. Its a teo day workshop and its was really enriching experience.

4 A big chunk of the questions were revolving around product backlog, role of product owner, how many product backlogs for multiple teams working on single product, product and project management diff, some scenario based questions.

5. Pass %is really high and make sure to prepare well before giving the exam . Rule of elimation aleays help in MCQ type of exams.

All the very best!! If I can , so can you!