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Exam Details

• Exam Name: Scrum Master Certified Expert (SMCE)
• Exam Format: Multiple choice, online with remote supervision (proctoring)
• Exam Delivery: Safe Exam Browser
• Number of Questions: 50 questions: 70% scenarios / 30% conceptual
• Exam Duration: 90 minutes
• Passing Score: 70% (35 out of 50 correct answers)
• Available Languages: Spanish / English
• Attempts: Maximum 2 attempts (minimum 15 days between attempts)
• Validity: 3 years · 15 CPD credits per year

Main Subjects

• The Scrum Master role and mindset (12%): True leaders who serve; Accountability; Scrum values.
• Coaching the Product Owner and the Developers (18%): Coaching and mentoring; Product Backlog management; Self-management.
• Advanced facilitation of Scrum events (20%): Purpose of each event; Time-boxing; Anti-patterns.
• Impediments, conflict and team dynamics (20%): Removing impediments; Conflict management; Team dynamics.
• Metrics, flow and continuous improvement (16%): Empirical metrics; Workflow; Effective retrospectives.
• Change agent, scaling and ethics (14%): Organizational adoption; Multiple teams; Professional ethics.

Who is this certification for?

• Practicing Scrum Masters: Who want to validate their expert level.
• Project managers and consultants in transition: Who are moving from a predictive approach to serving leadership.
• Agile coaches and agile leaders: Who want to prove their facilitation and impediment-removal skills.

Prerequisites

Mandatory: Scrum Foundations Certified Associate (SFCA). CertJoin Scrum path: Foundations, then Developer or Master, then Product Owner (SPOCE) and Advanced (ASCE).