Scrum.org Professional Scrum with User Experience Book

Updated on 12 October 2026. What’s new: the assessment password has no expiry date and is valid for one attempt, and the certification is lifetime with no annual renewal fee.

When a product lead asks where UX work sits in Scrum, the answer Scrum.org gives is inside the Sprint, in the same Product Backlog and the same Increment as everything else, not in a phase that finishes before the Sprints begin. The Professional Scrum with User Experience (PSU I) assessment tests that answer: 60 questions in 60 minutes, USD $200 per attempt, and 85% to pass.

That framing matters for how you prepare. PSU I is not a design exam, and nobody asks you to draw a wireframe or name a research method from memory. It is a Scrum exam with a strong UX slant: the questions describe a team, a product and a design or discovery problem, and ask which choice keeps the work inside the framework. This guide walks through what the credential proves, how the assessment is built, what each focus area asks, how discovery and delivery fit into one Sprint, and a study order that works.

What does the PSU I badge prove that a general Scrum badge does not?

Scrum.org describes PSU I as proof of a fundamental understanding of how to integrate modern UX practices into Scrum and work effectively within Scrum Teams. A Professional Scrum Master badge says you know the framework. PSU I says you know where research, design and experiments live once the framework is running, and that is the gap many teams struggle with.