Attend a Professional Agile Leadership™ Evidence-Based Management™ course

The best way to learn about the principles of empirical organizational management is to attend a Professional Agile Leadership™ Evidence-Based Management™ course.

The course focuses on understanding principles, setting strategic goals and measuring organizational agility.

The price of the course includes one attempt at the certification assessment. If you attempt it within 14 days after the course and fail to pass, you will get automatically another attempt for free.

About the exam

You take the exam online at your computer.

You do not need to have your video camera turned on, no one will check you during the exam. Scrum.org trusts its students.

Whenever you want. It takes 60min.

Start the exam whenever you feel ready. Once you start it, you have a limit of 60min. The remaining time will be displayed on the screen.

40 multiple choice questions.

You choose one or more options. For most questions, it is stated how many options are correct. (E.g. "choose two best answers".)

Evaluated immediately.

You will see the result immediately after submitting the test. At the same time, you will receive feedback on which areas you did well and where you still have gaps.

Focus of the exam

The questions focus primarily on:

• Benefits of agile approach at the organizational level
• Strategic decision-making based on metrics and data
• Measuring current and unrealized customer value

Questions are mostly situational and examine what aspects of organizational agility you will focus on and what metrics you will use.

You don't need to know Scrum in detail, but it's good to understand its basics.

What if I fail the exam?

If you attempt the exam within 14 days after the course and fail to pass, you will get automatically another attempt free of charge. You can then take the exam again anytime you feel ready. Otherwise, you can buy another attempt directly from Scrum.org.

Key resources

To prepare for the certification assessment, we recommend studying from these resources:

Training materials

Go through the official training materials and your notes. We will share with you photos of everything we create during the training. Refresh and strenghten your knowledge.

Evidence-Based Management Guide

Read the official Evidence-Based Management Guide↗. A large part of the questions is oriented towards the appropriate use of metrics in various situations.

Evidence-Based Management Open

EBM Open

A good idea of what to expect is provided by the official sample assessment Evidence-Based Management Open↗. It is free, takes 30 minutes and contains 15 randomly selected questions from a larger pool, some of which may appear in the real assessment.

• Go through sample assessment several times to get familiar with all the questions in the pool.
• Pay attention to the detailed explanation of each answer in the assessment results.

The sample assessment is generally easier than the actual certification exam. If you have trouble getting 100% in less than 10 minutes, you are not yet ready for the certification exam.

Additional resources

Agile Leader Learning Path

Go through the resources in the official Agile Leader Learning Path↗ on Scrum.org. Focus on the areas you struggled with in the sample test. Continue studying the resources even after passing the assessment. The knowledge you gain will be most useful in your practice.

What to avoid

Unlicensed preparation courses

Avoid preparation courses led by unlicensed trainers. They usually focus only on drilling test questions and do not explain Scrum and its application in practice. At the same time, you cannot be sure about the quality of the trainer and their knowledge.

Unauthorized sample questions

Avoid sample test questions if they do not come directly from Scrum.org or licensed Professional Scrum Trainers. Similarly to unauthorized preparation courses, you cannot be sure whether the questions correctly represent the certification exam questions and correct answers.