How difficult is SPS compared with PSM I and PSPO I

SPS certification focuses on the development context of multiple Scrum teams.

The difficulty is higher than that of PSM I and PSPO I. A lot of questions are situations that need thinking.

In addition to Scrum Guide and Nexus Guide, the following book can provide you with a more complete knowledge of learning.

The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0134682661

Hi Ching-Pei, 

Would you be so kind to clarify, are all questions were related to NExus or maybe some questions were from PSM or PSPO? 

Maybe  a little bit silly question from my side, but anyway I will be very grateful for your answer. 

Hi Orkhan,

It's hard to say.

In my memory, about 90% of the exam questions are about multiple development teams. 

The Nexus is based on the Scrum Framework, so there are some basic concepts, such as technical debt, product backlog, self-organization, etc.

There are also Scenarios with multi-answer/multi-choice questions. 

It means that each scenario will be associated with multiple questions, and each question may be multiple-choice or multi-answer.

Thanks a lot, Ching-Pei.

Ching is correct The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum must read to pass because it gets you thinking scaled.

The Nexus guide is a must read.

All the white paper resources are good to.

This is a good practice test, but it does not have scenarios. Like the SPS does. 

http://mlapshin.com/index.php/scrum-quizzes/scaled-scrum-quiz/

Experience helps. What's funny is I scaled the same way Nexus scales in 2009 before it even existed but I still found it sort of difficult. 

I took my vacation from work in order to do an immersion in Scrum,So in two weeks I took both the Scrum masters,Product owners and Kanban paths,read all the articles and books advised for the exams.

For me it made sense,since having an holistic view could help me in each exam individually,

Then I took the three exams in 5 days and passed PSM1 WITH 98,8%,PSPO1 with 97,5 % and PSK1 with 90,1%.

If You're not goint to take Scrum classes from SCRUM.ORG,the minimum you should  do is read the books they advice,memorizing answers that you read in the Internet is not a good way.

You memorize The tree is green and in the exam they ask:Is the woody perennial plant blue?

It obvious,but some people did not realize yet that memorizing is different than learning.

Study to know the subject targeting being a good Scrum practitioner instead of passing the exam,it worked for me.

Buying the vouchers some months before can take out the pressure of "loosing 200 U$" also.

Just passed  SPS with 92.5% (It was the most difficult exam so far),at least twelve complex questions(question with several lines with answers with several lines).

The free assessment did not help much.

Read the NEXUS guide many times and the book :The Nexus framework for  scaling scrum, at least two times. 

Congrats, that’s an awesome score—especially on such a tough exam! Totally agree, SPS is on another level compared to PSM I or PSPO I. Those multi-layered questions can really throw you off if you're not deep into the material. Great job sticking with the Nexus guide and the book—that kind of prep clearly paid off!

Thanks.

In fact I normally don´t read the books twice before an exam,I did it this time because of advices in this forum saying that things would be tough.