Disciplined Agile Certification

Disciplined Agile

Disciplined Agile (DA) and FLEX are PMIs latest acquisition of industry thought leaders and their work in Agile, Flow, Lean, Theory of Constraints and Organizational Development.  PMI Chicagoland Chapter is excited to partner up with Vitality Chicago to provide DA training offerings to its members and the PM Community in the Chicagoland. 

 What is Disciplined Agile and DA Tool kit

The Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit provides straightforward guidance to help organizations streamline their processes in a context-sensitive manner, providing a solid foundation for business agility. It does this by showing how the various activities such as Finance, Portfolio Management, Solution Delivery (software development), IT Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Vendor Management and many others work together. DA also describes what these activities should address, provides a range of options for doing so, and describes the trade-offs associated with each option.

DA’s fundamental advice is to start where you are, do the best that you can given the situation that you face, and always strive to get better.

Diagram below shows PMI Agile Certifications Journey. 

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To Get Certified in DA:

Instructor-led Workshops – attend Instructor-led DA Online training to pursue obtaining DA certifications.  Currently there are two DA Online training courses available.  Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) and Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASSM) are both 2-Day classes (14 PDUs).

DASM – introduces you to the basics of agile and the Disciplined Agile toolkit to put them into action.

DASSM – teaches you to tailor your approach and upskill as well as lead your team.

Note: PMI is currently in the process of updating content for the DASM and DASSM courses.  The following schedule is forecast based on the expected availability of DASM and DASSM training content.  If DA training content is not available in time for DA training, then DA training may be rescheduled.

Chapter members and non-members will be able to take advantage of special early-bird discount when they register 4 weeks prior to training start date. 

Additional DA training courses Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) and Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) will be made available when they are released from PMI in Q1 2021.

DAC – allows you to steer your organization and others to true business agility by coaching teams to apply Disciplined Agile.

DAVSC – equips you to help organizations choose the way of working that’s best for them so they can deliver value faster right across their business

Each of these certifications put you on the path to building true business agility.  So start with the one that’s right for you, for your team, and for your organization

Just to learn more about Disciplined Agile:

Basics of Disciplined Agile online course

• This is an 8-module, self-paced and scenario-based introduction to how Disciplined Agile works. See https://www.pmi.org/da-basics for more information.

DA Book

• Purchase copy of Choose Your WoW book by Scott Ambler and Mark Lines from Amazon.com
• Download eBook. PMI members can download the Choose Your WoW book from pmi.org: 
• https://www.pmi.org/disciplined-agile/books/dad-handbook

PMI Websites:

• Agile Certification Site: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/agile-certifications 
• DA blog https://www.projectmanagement.com/blogs/611075/Disciplined-Agile 

For any questions, please contact Jonathan Lee at [email protected]