My experience with the PSM II certification...

Thanks Sante & Andrew!

Let's put it in perspective - the ACP is a longer exam, but covers a broader base of material and hence can't get into as much detail as the PSM II does.

The passing requirements for the PSM II are also higher than those (I assume) for the ACP - the former is 85% out of 30 questions whereas I'm guessing the ACP is closer to 60% out of 120 questions.

The PSM II exam has many questions which ask you to pick two or three choices from a list of four or five possible answers. I find those types of questions to be harder than PMI's standard one out of four. It did, however, have a couple of True/False questions.

I wrote the ACP in a little under 45 minutes out of three hours. The PSM II took me roughly the same time out of 1.5 hours for a quarter of the number of questions as the ACP.

It's possible the ACP might get tougher after March 26, but right now, I felt the PSM II was at least twice as hard...

Kiron

Thanks Riyadh - you'll need to translate that last part for me :-)

Thanks Vincent - having got the ACP & CDAP/CDAI but wanting to get past those gatekeepers who insist on a Scrum-based credential, it was a choice between Scrum Alliance's credentials and Scrum.org.

The former uses credentials as a way to sell training whereas the latter doesn't require a candidate to take their courses.

Having worked with Scrum for over a decade, I didn't see the value in paying for a costly two day course which wasn't going to teach me something new so I decided to align with Scrum.org which cost me only $400 for two credentials (PSM I and PSM II).

I would still feel the ACP is the one credential "to rule them all" until the Agnostic Agile movement comes out with its own credentials...

Kiron

Thanks Riyadh - you'll need to translate that last part for me :-)

Thanks Vincent - having got the ACP & CDAP/CDAI but wanting to get past those gatekeepers who insist on a Scrum-based credential, it was a choice between Scrum Alliance's credentials and Scrum.org.

The former uses credentials as a way to sell training whereas the latter doesn't require a candidate to take their courses.

Having worked with Scrum for over a decade, I didn't see the value in paying for a costly two day course which wasn't going to teach me something new so I decided to align with Scrum.org which cost me only $400 for two credentials (PSM I and PSM II).

I would still feel the ACP is the one credential "to rule them all" until the Agnostic Agile movement comes out with its own credentials...

Kiron