PECB Certified PSM Basic case studies
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The PECB Certified PSM Basic is an entry-level Scrum credential offered by PECB (Professional Evaluation and Certification Board) under its Professional Scrum Master programme. It is aimed at people who are new to Scrum or who work alongside Scrum Teams - developers, business analysts, project coordinators, product owners in the making, and managers who want a shared vocabulary before moving to more advanced PECB Scrum certifications. The PECB Certified PSM Basic case studies are 5 cases and about 4,712 words.
1Ninety-Two Percent Forever
Meridian Health's claims team runs Scrum with seven Developers on two-week Sprints. Its Definition of Done requires code review and a passing automated build, but says nothing about regression testing, accessibility checks or release notes.
931 words, about 5 min2The Must-Have That Arrived on Wednesday
Northline Retail's checkout team has six Developers and two-week Sprints. On Monday the team agreed a Sprint Goal: 'A returning customer can pay with a saved card on mobile web.' On Thursday morning, day four, the sales director tells the Product Owner that a competitor has launched one-click reordering and that the board meets in ten days.
908 words, about 5 min3The Scrum Master Who Signs the Appraisals
At Vantage Insurance the Scrum Master of the Policy Servicing team is also the Engineering Manager for five of the team's eight Developers. She runs their one-to-ones, signs off annual ratings and bonus, and approves training and leave.
885 words, about 4 min4One Test Environment, Four Teams
Four teams of 4, 5, 6 and 4 Developers build one claims platform for a single Product Owner. Each has its own Scrum Master and two-week Sprints.
945 words, about 5 min5The Sprint Review That Nobody Uses
At a public-sector agency a nine-person team has run three-week Sprints for eighteen months. The Product Owner is a business liaison from the policy division who must obtain steering-group approval before accepting any Product Backlog item above a cost threshold; she attends Sprint Planning but says little.
1,043 words, about 5 min