Professional Scrum with Kanban

Demonstrates the ability to apply Scrum with Kanban effectively at an advanced level—managing workflow, optimizing value delivery, facilitating collaboration between stakeholders and development teams, visualizing and improving work in progress, refining and prioritizing product backlogs, and enabling the delivery of meaningful, high-value outcomes through iterative, incremental, and flow-based practices in real-world organizational environmen

The Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) training course and certification exam provide an advanced foundation to elevate your career in agile delivery and flow-based value management. By earning the PSK certification, you demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and practical understanding that organizations recognize and trust to optimize workflow and value delivery—combining Scrum principles, Kanban practices, backlog management, and stakeholder collaboration with advanced decision-making, continuous improvement, and organizational practices to enhance product outcomes and sustain business value.

The Exams and recommended training

The Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) training course and certification exam provide an advanced foundation to elevate your career in agile delivery and value management. By earning the PSK certification, you demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and practical understanding that organizations recognize and trust to optimize workflow and maximize value delivery—combining Scrum principles, Kanban practices, backlog and work-in-progress management, and stakeholder collaboration with advanced decision-making, continuous improvement, and organizational practices to enhance product outcomes and sustain business value.

Possible job roles

Senior Flow Coach / Agile Value Facilitator – Supports multiple Scrum or Kanban teams or larger initiatives, defines and communicates workflow and product value, manages WIP limits and process policies, coaches teams and stakeholders on advanced flow and value delivery practices, and ensures sustainable, high-value outcomes across products or programs.

PSK Practitioner (Advanced / PSK) – Applies Scrum with Kanban principles at an organizational or multi-team level, mentors other Product Owners or flow facilitators, aligns stakeholder expectations with workflow and delivery strategy, and drives continuous improvement in value delivery across releases, increments, and flow metrics.

Agile Product / Program Flow Analyst – Monitors workflow and product progress across multiple teams or programs, promotes transparency with Kanban boards, metrics, and advanced product artifacts, identifies systemic bottlenecks and impediments, and supports flow optimization and predictability.

Flow Operations Coordinator (Advanced) – Coordinates large-scale workflow planning and backlog refinement sessions, ensures adherence to Kanban and Scrum process policies across teams, assists with reporting dashboards and metrics, and facilitates cross-team communication and alignment to maximize value delivery.

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for the PSK (Professional Scrum with Kanban) certification exam. However, it is recommended that candidates already hold a PSPO-I or equivalent Scrum Product Ownership experience and have practical experience applying Scrum with Kanban in real-world team or organizational settings, including managing work-in-progress, visualizing and optimizing flow, collaborating with stakeholders, coaching teams on value delivery, and ensuring meaningful outcomes before attempting the exam.

Active Status

The PSK (Professional Scrum with Kanban) certification, like other Scrum.org certifications, does not require renewal or ongoing maintenance, as Scrum.org certifications are valid for life. However, professionals are encouraged to stay current with evolving Scrum with Kanban practices, advanced agile principles, flow-based delivery, scaling frameworks, and real-world multi-team workflow management to ensure their knowledge remains relevant, effective, and aligned with modern agile delivery and organizational value delivery standards.

Recertification

There are no required continuing education or renewal activities for PSK (Professional Scrum with Kanban), as Scrum.org certifications are valid for life. However, ongoing learning through the Scrum Guide, advanced Kanban and flow-based practices, multi-team workflow management, stakeholder collaboration, and real-world agile delivery is recommended to keep skills current and maintain effectiveness in complex organizational and multi-team environments.