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Professional Scrum Master II (PSM)
Bob Mahler
85 videos10hScrum.orgProfessional
Professional Scrum Master II
Standardize your team on Professional Scrum Master II with a structured Scrum.org training path — virtual labs and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.
1
Course
$250
Exam cost
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
ModerateExam cost
$250
Courses on path
1
Official source
Exam code
- PSM
Exam datasheet
- Exam length
- 90 minutes
- Questions
- 30
- Passing score
- 85%
- Format
- Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer, True/False
- Prerequisites
- No official prerequisites
- Recommended experience
- PSM I certification
- Recertification
- Lifetime
Training path
Your team's training path
One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Professional Scrum Master II path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.
- Open course
Scrum.org career ladder
Where Professional Scrum Master II 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.
Professional level
3 certsYou are hereProfessional Scrum Master I
PSM I
You are hereProfessional Scrum Master II
PSM II
You are hereProfessional Scrum Product Owner I
PSPO I
Customer outcome
Make PSM a coverage number your auditor can quote
Professional Scrum Master II 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.
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 II
Exam
- PSM
Frequently asked questions about Professional Scrum Master II training
Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Professional Scrum Master II training for their team.
How does Professional Scrum Master II 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 II 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 II?
IT Directors typically frame Professional Scrum Master II 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 II training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?
CBT Nuggets Professional Scrum Master II 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 II training for my team?
From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the Professional Scrum Master II 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 II?
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 II 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.