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CSM Overview — What’s Tested & How to Prepare

CSM overview: what the Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster exam emphasizes and how to prepare efficiently.

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CSM is a fundamentals exam. Expect questions about what Scrum says, how the roles/events/artifacts work together, and how a Scrum Master responds to common team anti-patterns.

What to prioritize

  • Scrum accountabilities: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Developers.
  • Events + purposes: why each event exists and what “good” looks like.
  • Artifacts + commitments: Product Backlog / Product Goal, Sprint Backlog / Sprint Goal, Increment / Definition of Done.
  • Empiricism + values: transparency, inspection, adaptation; commitment, focus, openness, respect, courage.

Exam reminder: the real goal isn’t memorizing terms — it’s choosing the action that preserves empiricism and team ownership.

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