SKILL BENCHMARK
Scrum Team Member to Scrum Master Competency (Intermediate Level)
- 27m
- 27 questions
The Scrum Team Member to Scrum Master Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working knowledge of key Scrum concepts and terms. You will be evaluated on your ability to recall the traits, roles, responsibilities, and tasks of a Scrum Master, as well as facilitation techniques, coaching skills and models, team dynamics, and Scrum Master service to the Scrum team, product owner, and organization. A learner scoring high on this benchmark demonstrates an intermediate understanding of the role and responsibilities of the Scrum Master as a process owner, facilitator, and coach.
Topics covered
- describe the key roles and responsibilities of the Scrum master
- distinguish between coaching, facilitating, teaching, and mentoring
- distinguish between common coaching models for scrum master
- distinguish between the product vision and the product goal, including the scrum master's role in each
- identify approaches to scaling Scrum in an organization
- identify common challenges of facilitating groups with multiple perspectives
- identify common violations scrum masters may make
- identify effective sprint retrospective techniques
- identify key elements of the coaching stance for a scrum master
- identify key skills scrum masters must have for effective coaching
- identify steps to support organizational change as a scrum master
- identify techniques for removing impediments as a scrum master
- identify the key behaviors for servant leadership as a scrum master
- identify the key challenges of self-managing scrum teams
- identify the key elements of sprint planning
- identify the key tasks of Scrum masters
- identify the key ways the scrum master supports the product owner
- list the five stages of team formation
- outline effective facilitation techniques for scrum masters
- recognize advantages of understanding Scrum team dynamics
- recognize best practices for coaching as a scrum master
- recognize best practices for effective daily scrums
- recognize best practices for effective sprint planning meetings
- recognize best practices for effective sprint review meetings
- recognize key traits of effective Scrum masters
- recognize the benefits of self-managing scrum teams
- recognize the key metrics that are useful for scrum masters
