Happy to report that I took the Certified Scrum Profession (CSP) exam this morning and passed with flying colors! My biggest reason for working towards the exam was using it as a forcing function to do a whole lot of reading about a variety of agile subjects. Over the past 8-9 months, I read the following titles and added to my knowledge base using mind mapping software (I love iThoughtsHD on the iPad):
- Agile Software Development with Scrum - Ken Schwaber
- Agile Retrospectives: Making Teams Great - Esther Derby
- Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum - Mike Cohn
- Agile Estimating and Planning - Mike Cohn
- Test Driven Development: By Example - Kent Beck
- Agile Product Management with Scrum - Mike Cohn
- Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Martin Fowler
While I have been doing the Agile and Scrum thing for 9+ years now, there's no substitute for continuous learning. So, thanks to these authors and Scrum Alliance for a great excuse for upping my agile game.
