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Exam Details

• Exam Name: Agile User Stories Certified (AUSC)
• Exam Format: Multiple choice, online with remote supervision (proctoring)
• Exam Delivery: Safe Exam Browser
• Number of Questions: 60 questions: 70% scenarios / 30% conceptual
• Exam Duration: 90 minutes
• Passing Score: 72% (44 out of 60 correct answers)
• Available Languages: Spanish
• Attempts: Maximum 2 attempts (minimum 15 days between attempts)
• Validity: 3 years · 15 CPD credits per year

Main Subjects

• User Story fundamentals and agile mindset (12%): INVEST; Stories versus requirements; User Stories in Scrum.
• Writing User Stories and acceptance criteria (22%): Standard format and roles; Gherkin; NFRs and Specification by Example.
• Splitting, estimation and agile planning (18%): Splitting patterns; Planning Poker; Uncertainty.
• Collaborative refinement and discovery (18%): Effective refinement; Three Amigos; Impact Mapping.
• Strategic prioritization and the Product Backlog (16%): Prioritization techniques; Healthy backlog; Kanban and flow.
• User Story Mapping, releases and flow metrics (14%): Jeff Patton’s Story Mapping; Release planning; Living documentation.

Who is this certification for?

• Product Owners and Product Managers: Who plan the product with stories.
• Developers and QA: Who take part in refinement and acceptance criteria.
• Business analysts and Scrum Masters: Who facilitate backlog refinement.

Prerequisites

No mandatory prerequisites: no prior experience, training or certification is required to take the exam. Recommended (not mandatory): experience in agile teams or projects and basic knowledge of product or requirements management.