Disciplined Agile® Scrum Master (DASM) Certification

Target Audience for this Learning Includes:

• Un-experienced Practitioners who wish to learn the fundamentals of Agile
• Experienced Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Project Managers who wish to understand the Disciplined Agile Toolkit

• All about Agile
• Agile and beyond
• Building and supporting a Disciplined Agile team
• Choosing your way of working (WoW)
• Initiating your team: Tailoring a fit-for-purpose WoW
• Building a solution: Tailoring a fit-for-purpose WoW
• Deploying your solution: Tailoring a fit-for-purpose WoW
• Ensuring that your team improves, succeeds, and has fun doing so on an ongoing basis
• Influence outside the team

1. This course is delivered entirely online
2. The course is structured to consist of five workshops, each requiring a minimum of four hours to complete
3. The DASM exam is administered through Pearson VUE. The exam is an online, non-proctored test including 50 multiple-choice questions. The total exam appointment is 120 minutes—30 minutes for the introduction, tutorial, and survey and up to 90 minutes for completing the exam.
4. Exam fees are included in the course fees
5. Exam Retake Policy: DASM & DASSM: Upon submitting payment for the exam, candidates have 60 days to take the exam. In an unsuccessful exam attempt, candidates may submit payment to retake the exam. All candidates will receive an initial three exam attempts to pass the exam during the 60-day eligibility period. If you encounter three unsuccessful exam attempts, there will be a 45-day eligibility waiting period before submitting payment again for an exam retake.
6. Students will have 60 days from the time they receive the exam link to take the exam. They may retake it two more times within that 60-day period if they do not pass the first attempt. However, there is a $105.00 exam retake fee. Students can pay this fee directly via their myPMI dashboard. Upon payment, you can access the link to retake the exam. 
7. DASM certification is good for one year. To renew the certification, you must earn 7 PDUs in agile topics and pay the $35.00 renewal fee. Active PMI members can renew at the reduced price of $14.00 per year.
8. Flexible scheduling and convenient access to the course are designed to meet the needs of busy professionals
9. Upon passing the exam, participants will be certified as DASM.
10. We require a minimum of registrations for this workshop. If the minimum number is not met, the workshop will be cancelled. Registrants will be contacted. 

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the fundamentals of agile and lean, and how you can practically use both approaches to produce value for your teams.
• Explore multiple agile and lean techniques from methods such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe®, and more.
• Understand how to put these techniques into practice and ensure successful agile implementation.
• Appreciate the DA™ mindset and its underlying principles, such as pragmatism, the power of choice, and adapting to context.
• Learn how to apply the Disciplined Agile tool kit to discover the most effective way of working (WoW) for you, and your team in your unique situation.

•  14 Hours of training, delivered through 2 full days or 4 half days of training
• Bonus 2 hours workshop for out of scope discussions

Target Audience for this Learning Includes:

• Un-experienced Practitioners who wish to learn the fundamentals of Agile
• Experienced Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Project Managers who wish to understand the Disciplined Agile Toolkit

• All about Agile
• Agile and beyond
• Building and supporting a Disciplined Agile team
• Choosing your way of working (WoW)
• Initiating your team: Tailoring a fit-for-purpose WoW
• Building a solution: Tailoring a fit-for-purpose WoW
• Deploying your solution: Tailoring a fit-for-purpose WoW
• Ensuring that your team improves, succeeds, and has fun doing so on an ongoing basis
• Influence outside the team

1. This course is delivered entirely online
2. The course is structured to consist of five workshops, each requiring a minimum of four hours to complete
3. The DASM exam is administered through Pearson VUE. The exam is an online, non-proctored test including 50 multiple-choice questions. The total exam appointment is 120 minutes—30 minutes for the introduction, tutorial, and survey and up to 90 minutes for completing the exam.
4. Exam fees are included in the course fees
5. Exam Retake Policy: DASM & DASSM: Upon submitting payment for the exam, candidates have 60 days to take the exam. In an unsuccessful exam attempt, candidates may submit payment to retake the exam. All candidates will receive an initial three exam attempts to pass the exam during the 60-day eligibility period. If you encounter three unsuccessful exam attempts, there will be a 45-day eligibility waiting period before submitting payment again for an exam retake.
6. Students will have 60 days from the time they receive the exam link to take the exam. They may retake it two more times within that 60-day period if they do not pass the first attempt. However, there is a $105.00 exam retake fee. Students can pay this fee directly via their myPMI dashboard. Upon payment, you can access the link to retake the exam. 
7. DASM certification is good for one year. To renew the certification, you must earn 7 PDUs in agile topics and pay the $35.00 renewal fee. Active PMI members can renew at the reduced price of $14.00 per year.
8. Flexible scheduling and convenient access to the course are designed to meet the needs of busy professionals
9. Upon passing the exam, participants will be certified as DASM.
10. We require a minimum of registrations for this workshop. If the minimum number is not met, the workshop will be cancelled. Registrants will be contacted. 

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the fundamentals of agile and lean, and how you can practically use both approaches to produce value for your teams.
• Explore multiple agile and lean techniques from methods such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe®, and more.
• Understand how to put these techniques into practice and ensure successful agile implementation.
• Appreciate the DA™ mindset and its underlying principles, such as pragmatism, the power of choice, and adapting to context.
• Learn how to apply the Disciplined Agile tool kit to discover the most effective way of working (WoW) for you, and your team in your unique situation.

• Attend the 2 days workshop
• Pass the Exam

•  14 Hours of training, delivered through 2 full days or 4 half days of training
• Bonus 2 hours workshop for out of scope discussions