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Professional Scrum Master I

Standardize your team on Professional Scrum Master I with a structured Scrum.org training path — virtual labs and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.

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Difficulty
Difficulty: 1 of 5 (Easy)
Easy
Exam cost
$200
Courses on path
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Official source
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Exam code
  • PSM

Exam datasheet

Exam length
60 minutes
Questions
80
Passing score
85%
Prerequisites
No official prerequisites
Recommended experience
Basic knowledge of Scrum framework and practices
Recertification
Indefinite
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Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Professional Scrum Master I path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    PSM I

    Master the Scrum Framework and earn your PSM I certification in this expert‑led Professional Scrum Master I course. You’ll learn Scrum’s core principles (empirical process control, self-organization, collaboration, value-based prioritization, time-boxing, and iterative development) and how to coach, lead, and empower self‑managing teams. You’ll also develop skills in product vision, backlog management, continuous integration and delivery, and fostering agility across the organization. With bite-sized engaging lessons taught by experienced project manager Bob Mahler, you'll prepare for the PSM exam and build the Agile skills you need to lead with confidence.

    Bob Mahler
    8h
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Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
Certification practice exams
Per-team completion reporting

Scrum.org career ladder

Where Professional Scrum Master I sits in your team's Scrum.org progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Professional level

    3 certs

    Professional Scrum Master I

    PSM I

    You are here

    Professional Scrum Master II

    PSM II

    You are here

    Professional Scrum Product Owner I

    PSPO I

    You are here
Customer outcome

Make PSM a coverage number your auditor can quote

Professional Scrum Master I certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

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1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

Make PSM a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on PSM gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives Scrum.org incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

Credential: Professional Scrum Master I

Exam
  • PSM

Frequently asked questions about Professional Scrum Master I training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Professional Scrum Master I training for their team.

How does Professional Scrum Master I fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the Professional Scrum Master I path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on Professional Scrum Master I?

IT Directors typically frame Professional Scrum Master I ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new Scrum.org hires, and certification coverage by role.

How does CBT Nuggets Professional Scrum Master I training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets Professional Scrum Master I courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.

How do I assign and track Professional Scrum Master I training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the Professional Scrum Master I path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

How long does it take to certify a team on Professional Scrum Master I?

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level Scrum.org certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if Scrum.org updates the Professional Scrum Master I exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Scrum.org course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When Scrum.org restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

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Build Professional Scrum Master I capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT Directors plan and track Professional Scrum Master I training across the team — labs, practice exams, and reporting included.

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