IIABC.org certificates can be obtained online by taking online exams. This also applies to the online Scrum Master exam. Having a certificate is one of the conditions to guarantee the quality of your title as an Agile process supervisor or Scrum Master. The quality image of your company will be taken to a higher level by working with certified employees. In order to call yourself a certified Scrum Master, you must pass the relevant online Scrum Master exam. This blog provides 5 steps prior to passing an online Scrum Master exam through IIABC.org.
IIABC.org refers to the Scrum Master exam as the Agile Business Advanced – Facilitating the Process exam.
Why would you take an online Scrum Master exam?
- Flexibility: first of all, it is nice to know that an exam can be taken digitally. With today’s busy schedule, it is useful to be able to arrange things online. You can purchase and take the Scrum Master exam online at various institutions. If you successfully complete the online exam, you will immediately receive a certificate.
- Advantageous: classroom training certainly has more far-reaching advantages than just taking an online exam. However, classroom training is also expensive. Not everyone can afford such training at any time, making an online Scrum Master exam a wise alternative.
- You already have practical experience: we often see that people have gained practical experience with Agile working in practice, sometimes even as a Scrum Master. When this practical experience has been gained in a relatively mature Agile environment, it is not necessary to follow a classroom training. You can immediately take an online Scrum Master exam and you are certified.
What does an online certified Scrum Master do?
The Scrum Master takes on a facilitating role in Agile working. According to the Agile Business Body of Knowledge (ABBoK), the Scrum Master ensures that everyone knows the theory, customs, rules, and values of the Scrum framework. The Scrum Master is a serving leader of the Scrum team. In addition, the Scrum Master ensures that stakeholders outside the Scrum team understand Scrum. The Scrum Master strives for optimal cooperation in the Scrum team, in order to deliver maximum value.
The Scrum Master helps the organization by:
- Guide the organization in the adoption of Scrum;
- Teach employees and other Stakeholders what Scrum and empirical product development are;
- Implement improvements in the organization, increasing the productivity of Scrum teams;
The Scrum Master helps the Product Owner with:
- Ensure that project objectives and scope are known to the Scrum team;
- Effectively manage the Product Backlog;
- The Scrum team the importance of clear and well-defined Product Backlog items;
- Understanding of product and project planning in an empirical environment;
- Prioritize the Product Backlog;
- Agility concept (Agile);
- Facilitating meetings, when necessary or on request.
The Scrum Master helps the Development Team with:
- Function as a multidisciplinary and self-organizing team;
- Removing obstacles;
- Functioning in an organization where Scrum is not (yet) fully understood;
- Facilitating meetings, when necessary or on request.
- Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of Scrum in the organization.
Practice questions online Scrum Master exam
At IIABC.org the exam for Scrum Masters is called the Agile Business Advanced – Facilitating the Process exam. To successfully complete the online Scrum Master exam, please study the Agile Business Body of Knowledge thoroughly. You can make these practice questions to estimate whether you are ready to take the exam.
The IIABC.org offers Agile and Scrum certifications for people who work with Agile or Scrum in a non-IT context. View the various certification options on this page or navigate directly to one of the specific certifications via the overview below.