“Measure progress with work not with time spent !
I like this quote as I believe in smart work than hard work. I wish to share my acquaintance here – 70% of my students pass SAFe SSM certification exam within one week time.
I wish to share the same tips/tricks with you all whatever I share with my students. This will focus on core subject of SAFe SSM which will be helpful for your exam/career and also, reduces your time/effort by 50%.
SAFe SSM certification is considered professionalcertification for the role of Scrum masters. Here, we see how to study for the SAFe SSM certification exam:
10 stepping stones to get success in SAFe SSM certification exam:
10 stepping stones to get success in SAFe SSM certification exam:
- Start your SSM exam journey by reading all SAFe glossary terms. This will make you comfortable with SAFe terminologies.
Time Duration : 30 mins | SAFe Glossary Terms - Prepare your expectations on this training. Go through the workbook PDF of SAFe SSMand get to know the contents of each chapter.
Time Duration: 1 hour | SAFe Website→ My Classes →SSM Class → Download workbook PDF - On Training first day, connect with your trainer on your current level/role experience on SAFe Agile so that he/she will guide you in this SSM course. And also, share your expectations on this training so that Trainer can facilitate as per your knowledge level.
Be attentive all through the sessions which helps you to save preparation time. Make sure, you takes notes in separate notebook for future reference. Open your PDF document in MS edge browser and annotate in respective page to take notes.
Time Duration: 16 Hours training | SAFe Website→ My Classes →SSM Class → Download workbook - Go through the workbook pages that are covered during the class. Please make a note of concepts that are not clear.
Time Duration: 1 hour | SAFe Website→ My Classes →SSM Class → Download workbook - After the completion of your training, complete reading all five chapters in the workbook. This will take minimum 2 days to complete if you dedicate 3 hours/day.
Time Duration: 4 hours | SAFe Website→ My Classes →SSM Class → Download workbook - Then, go to study guide material present in Scaled website and start reading the links present in each chapter. Read each page and this will take approximately 2 days to complete if you dedicate 3 hours/day.
Time Duration: 6 Hours | SAFe Website→ My Learning→SSM Class →Study guide - Study and practice to draw Essential configuration in scaled agile framework website to understand the role of Scrum Master. Click each and every icon in essential picture to know the concepts in detail. Avoid reading other configurations as of now.
Time Duration: 1 hour | https://www.scaledagileframework.com/ - Concentrate on these following topics:
• Chapter One
• SAFe Manifesto &principles
• Roles/Responsibilities of SM/Agile teams
• ART and ART events
• Chapter Two
• Responsibilities of SM
• SM traits & attributes
• Team events/challenges
• Dysfunctions of a team
• Chapter Three
• PI Day 1 & 2 Agenda
• ART planning Board
• Estimation of user stories
• Dependencies & ROAM Risks
• Chapter Four
• Best behaviors and anti-patterns for - Iteration planning
- Product Backlog refinement
- Team sync
- Iteration Review/Retrospective
• Devops
• Chapter Five
• IP Iteration calendar
• Inspect & adapt workshop
Time Duration: 2 hours | Concentrate on these above topics - Take practice test from Scaled agile website. After completing the practice test, check the topics that you missed to score and read those topics again.
Make sure you click on practice test and write. Students may do mistake of clicking real exam link instead of Practice test.
Time Duration: 2 hours | SAFe Website → Login → My Learning →SSM Class → Practice Test - Now, you are all set to go for SAFe SSM exam. Be fresh, cool and relax. You have 90 mins to complete 45 questions and 73% is required to pass the exam(which means 33 out of 45 needs to be correct). First, complete all questions that you are sure and then, concentrate on tough questions by bookmarking.
Mark your question using bookmark so that you can revisit those questions. Read all choices carefully and then, select the answer by the method of elimination. Try to answer all questions as there are no negative marks.
Time Duration: 1.5 hours | SAFe Website → Login → My Learning →SSM Class →SSM Exam
With these stepping stones, you are guaranteed to pass the SAFe SSM exam with good score.
