PSM I preparation

All,

I cleared PSM I certification with 92% in my first attempt. I took 2 weeks to prepare and found discussions on this forum helpful.

Sharing my preparation details:

Step I. Study Scrum Guide - first read
Step II. Gave open assessments a couple of times --> wasn't scoring 100%
Step III. Study Scrum Guide - second read, a good slow read
Step IV. Gave open assessment again --> was scoring 100% almost every time now
Step V. Gave few free mocks at http://www.europeanscrum.org/
Step VI. Gave quizzes at http://www.testtakeronline.com/welcome.htm --> took a paid membership of 30 days
Step VII. Study Scrum Guide - third read
Step VIII. Gave few more quizzes at testtakeronline, gave open scrum developer assessment a couple of times, studied scrum guide again and all the notes I had prepared during my learning process.

I also read about burn down/up charts, scaling scrums online.


Some feedback about resources:
- Scrum Study Guide - very informative and the only reliable resource, everything here is important
- europeanscrum mock tests - personally, didn't find too useful
- testtakeronline - the biggest value was that it forced me to do a more thorough reading of the scrum guide. quizzes helped to get immediate feedback on my mistakes. I did not like their mock tests format. I think sometimes the language or presentation was wrong, the test format wasn't too clear and they rate students low. Per testtaker, I wasn't prepared to take my test but I still went ahead and gave it - and gave it good.

HTH