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NEWSLETTER

November 2020

Hello Ava,

• As we enter the final few weeks of the year, we wanted to acknowledge that 2020 has been full of changes for Disciplined Agile (DA) as we continue to integrate DA into PMI. Thank for you for your patience and for sticking with us! 

  Here's a roundup of some recent changes and updates to be aware of: 

• Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) workshops and exams are now available! For more information and to find a training partner and enroll in a workshop click here. 
• As part of the new Agile Certification Journey roll out, the Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master certification will replace the existing Disciplined Agile Lean Scrum Master certification. Therefore, DALSM workshops scheduled after November 1, 2020, have been cancelled or transitioned to teach Disciplined Agile Scrum Master coursework. 
• Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) training workshops and exams will begin being offered in December. We will continue to alert you as training workshops are available for registration.  
• As we continue to integrate Disciplined Agile into PMI, we are transitioning current DA certifications to the new certifications in the next few weeks. If you are a current DA certification holder, you will receive an email communication soon with instructions on how to access your new Credly certification badge. The Credly badge is a new benefit that provides employers and peers credible evidence of your skills and credential and makes it easy to share your abilities online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real-time. 

In the meantime, here is what you can expect from the certification transition: 

• Current Certified Disciplined Agilists (CDA) will automatically become Disciplined Agile Scrum Masters (DASM).
• Current Certified Disciplined Agile Practitioners (CDAP) will automatically become Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Masters (DASSM).
• Current Disciplined Agile Lean Scrum Masters (DALSMs) will automatically become Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Masters (DASSM). DASSM has the same two year experience requirement that DALSM had.
• Current Certified Disciplined Agile Coaches (CDACs) will have the opportunity to migrate to the new Disciplined Agile Coach certification when the product is available in market in Q1 2021. 

Feel free to contact us at DACertifications@pmi.org anytime.

Stay safe and take care, 

The Disciplined Agile Team

 

Notes by Mark Lines:

We have some great new and updated case studies on PMI.org/disciplined-agile in the Resources/Success Stories section. Check out the great video testimonial interview with our CEO, Sunil Prashara, and Gary Eastwood, Chief Information and Technology Officer, ICBC, discussing ICBC's journey to enterprise-wide agility with DA.

Notes by Scott Ambler:

Check out a recent article I wrote for PMO Journal about embracing disciplined agile in our "new normal."  You may have noticed that we''ve been updating the Disciplined Agile material on PMI.org.  We''re working in an evolutionary manner and good things are coming.

BLOG Posts:

Manifesting Business Agility 

This blog concerns itself with organizations moving to business agility-the quick realization of value predictably and sustainably, and with high quality. It includes all aspects of this-from the business stakeholders through ops and support. Topics will be far-reaching but will mostly discuss FLEX, Flow, Lean-Thinking, Lean-Management, Theory of Constraints, Systems Thinking, Test-First and Agile.

• Six steps to improving SAFe with concepts from Disciplined Agile FLEX
• Are we Ready to Go Agile? That Depends Upon What You Mean by Agile
• How to manage complexity - don''t
• Improving Scrum by Attending to Flow, not Merely Using It

Disciplined Agile

Curated by Scott Ambler with discussions and experience shared by trusted experts.

Recent posts:

• An overview of the Disciplined Agile (DA) milestones by Scott Ambler
  
• The parachute mind and other ways to improve group decision-making by Klaus Boedker
• Why doesn''t Disciplined Agile use the term "predictive"? by Scott Ambler

A Solid Foundation for Business Agility with Disciplined Agile

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NEWSLETTER

July 2020

Hello Ava,

First and foremost, we hope that you and your families are all staying safe given the current crisis around COVID-19.  We have some important news this month for you, particularly around how we're bringing the DA Partner program into the overall PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP) program.  This is going to bring consistency across our overall partner strategy which I'm sure partners will appreciate.  This month we're moving forward on the long-awaited merging of DA membership into the overall PMI membership, which is exciting as current DA members will now gain the full benefits of PMI membership.  And, of course, we have the usual links to great writings about DA.  Excelsior!

Stay safe & take care,

Mark & Scott

PS:  We''d like to give back to the agile community.  If you work in the automotive industry, please consider filling out this survey for a Masters student. The survey is regarding how agile may be applied to improve quality, timeliness and overall value for delivering innovation in the automotive industry. 

REMINDER: if you require professional development hours for your certification renewal, you may view any of our listed Webinars.  Follow the instructions to receive credit.  See our schedule for Webinars, Speaking Engagements and where to Find Training.

Free webinars are available on the DA Youtube channel.

We welcome your feedback and your comments related to Certification, Membership and the evolution of Disciplined Agile.

Feel free to contact us anytime.

The Disciplined Agile Team

Integration of DA Partner Program into PMI's ATP Program

This August, we are officially integrating the DA Authorized Partner program into PMI's Authorized Training Partner (ATP) program. We just informed all DA Authorized Partners about this news, but we wanted to ensure you knew, as well.

For current DA Authorized Partners and Instructors, there are many benefits to this integration including:

• Recognition from PMI customers as an approved training provider or instructor
• Redesigned, PMI-branded DA content to teach for a better student experience and sleeker look
• Streamlined administrative processes using new technology portals from Logical Operations
• Getting in early on the ATP program, which will be the vehicle for which all future PMI instructor-led courses are delivered

We trust that your current partner will move to PMI's ATP program.

For those of you familiar with the ATP program, you may be asking yourself "Will I need to take the Train the Trainer course that instructors offering PMP exam prep courses need to take in the ATP program?" The answer is - no. Unless you plan to deliver PMP exam prep training. Existing Certified Disciplined Agile Instructors will be "grandfathered" into the program without needing to take a Train the Trainer session. We're still working on a solution for how to certify new DA Instructors, but we'll share more information about it soon.

While this is an exciting change, we know you have questions. We're hosting a webinar to introduce you to the ATP program, go over the benefits and requirements, and to - most importantly - answer your questions. Please check your email for your invitiation.

We're looking forward to hearing from you during the webinars. If you have any imminent questions that can't wait, please ask the DA Authorized Partner. Your first point of contact is the Partner you are associated with. If you have further questions, please contact ATP Coordinator, Marlene.Hunsberger@pmi.org. However, please know, we're still figuring out a lot of the integration details and logistics so we appreciate your patience if we can't answer your questions immediately. We'll keep you updated every step of the way.

DA/PMI Migration

We have great news! Beginning 6 July, current Disciplined Agile (DA) active members will receive an email from PMI offering one complimentary year of PMI Membership, a $139 value, as a welcome to PMI.

The complimentary membership is a limited-time offer, so we are asking that DA members take action once they receive this email. DA members will be directed to PMI.org to redeem their personalized promo code, included in the email, in order to receive the complimentary PMI membership.

Effective 6 July, Disciplined Agile Consortium (DAC) will no longer offer an annual paid membership.  However, attendees completing workshops will still be granted an account and will be listed with their designations in the online Disciplined Agile directory. 

As DA migrates into PMI''s processes and systems, access to DA benefits will be enabled through your PMI membership. These benefits currently include: webinars, free PDF downloads of DA books, and access to the DA Browser. Additional benefits will be communicated as they are released.

Resources on the DAC website are gradually being migrated over to the PMI website and will only be available there in the future. 

If DA members have questions about the complimentary PMI membership, they can send emails to welcometopmi@pmi.org.

Attached are some FAQs in case you receive questions from active certified DA members about the complimentary membership.

IN THIS ISSUE:

KEEPING UP WITH DA & FLEX:

Recent Articles

• Disciplined Agile: Championing Choice, Rejecting Rigidity

Blog posts:

• Attending to Cause and Effect in Complex Systems
  
• Framework Proponents

UPCOMING:

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

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FIND TRAINING:

Please check Find Training for an opportunity that fits your schedule by filtering on Select Country or Virtual as "Virtual Live".

Not sure if virtual training is for you? View examples of effective & engaging virtual training from the Foundations of Disciplined Agile module:

• Lifecycles of Disciplined Agile (9 mins)
• Choose Your WoW! (8 mins)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

If you would like Disciplined Agile represented at your event, please Contact Us We are accepting virtual engagements as fits our calendars.

MEMBERSHIP WEBINARS:

Active Members may view any of our Recorded Membership Webinars to receive 1 hour education toward your recertification requirements.

Public webinars are available on the DA YouTube channel.

RESOURCES:

Streamline How You Work with the Industry-Leading Process-Decision Toolkit

Learn A Cohesive Methodology to Agile Solution Delivery

Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) is a people-first, learning-oriented hybrid agile approach to IT solution delivery. It has a risk-value delivery life cycle, is goal-driven, is enterprise aware, and is scalable.

Discover A Goal-Driven Approach to Process-Related Decisions

Disciplined Agile teams are guided through choosing their way of working (WoW) via straightforward process goal diagrams. Better process decisions lead to better outcomes. Because each agile team is unique, the DA toolkit helps you find a way to effectively tailor the way that they work to best face that situation.

Adapt for Each Situation: Guided Continuous Improvement (GCI)

By understanding that every practice has trade-offs and works well in some situations, and poorly in others, the DA toolkit helps you identify the right process for the moment at hand.

Unlock the Capacity to Scale Agility as an Enterprise

A Disciplined Agile Enterprise (DAE) can sense and respond swiftly to changes in the marketplace with an organizational culture and structure that facilitates change within the context of the situation that it faces.

Tap into the Knowledge of Disciplined Agile

Disciplined Agile is recognized as the most widely adopted agile tool kit. Find training, coaching, and consulting services through PMI Authorized Training Partners  to help your organization benefit from Disciplined Agile.

Published Case Studies

Keeping up with Disciplined Agile & FLEX:

Notes by Scott Ambler:

I've lately been working on a new book with Al Shalloway and Mark Lines that is tentatively titled The Disciplined Agile Transformation Playbook.  I suspect that title will stick, but you never know. We're evolving the advice that Mark and I wrote up in chapters 7&8 of An Executive's Guide to Disciplined Agile, some great strategies that Al and his folks applied at various organizations over the years, and of course PMI's Brightline.

What I think many people will find refreshing, although not surprising by long-time Disciplined Agilists, is that in the book we work through the implications of several common transformation paths.  Many people have developed single-path transformation roadmaps, some even look like snakes, but as we all know a true roadmap shows many routes that you can possibly take.  Different organizations will follow different paths - because context counts it is good to have several options to choose from, and to understand the trade-offs associated with each.

Note: Please keep your eye out for a call for volunteers to be a book reviewer as we'd love to hear your feedback.

Al Shalloway's Monthly Musings:

Bringing Science Into Agile 

I feel Agile has thrown out the baby with the waterfall bathwater. Agile has gotten to mean teams can do what they want. Complexity means we can't know what's going on. We can't work on non-deterministic things in a well-defined manner.  I disagree with all of these. 

While science does not imply determinism, there are patterns it can uncover and explain. It provides us a way to learn and to make use of our learnings. Agile requires discipline, Complexity has patterns. And being well-defined just means you can see if what you're doing is working or not.  

I like Will Roger's observation - There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. 

Science provides us objectivity, a way to overcome our cognitive bias, a way to validate, via feedback, what we think we know and how our work is going.  This attitude is needed now more than ever.  

BLOG Posts:

 Disciplined Agile Applied 

• by Scott Ambler, Chief Scientist, Disciplined Agile
• This blog explores pragmatic agile and lean strategies for enterprise-class contexts.

• RECENT POSTS

The Team Lead Role: Different Types of Teams Need Different Types of Leaders

 Manifesting Business Agility 

• by Al Shalloway, Training Lead for Agile at Scale Programs
• This blog concerns itself with organizations moving to business agility-the quick realization of value predictably and sustainably, and with high quality. It includes all aspects of this-from the business stakeholders through ops and support. Topics will be far-reaching but will mostly discuss FLEX, Flow, Lean-Thinking, Lean-Management, Theory of Constraints, Systems Thinking, Test-First and Agile.

• RECENT POSTS

The Most Compelling Reasons for Using the Minimum Business Increment

"Executing a plan" Agile style 

Dealing with Complexity is Complicated

 Disciplined Agile

• Curated by Scott Ambler with discussions and experience shared by trusted experts.
• We encourage you to share your experiences.
• Please contact us with your ideas.

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AUTHORIZED PARTNERS

Many organizations around the world have selected Disciplined Agile as their standard agile/lean way or working for implementation of their IT solutions.  The Disciplined Agile Authorized Partner programs provides service providers and educators an opportunity to demonstrate to these organizations that they have the required delivery skills, experience, and delivery capacity to meet the needs of these customers.

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Are you interested in becoming an Authorized Disciplined Agile Partner?  We would love to have a chat!  Please contact John Munro to see how we can help you enable your clients toward true business agility.

BOOKS:

Choose Your WoW!: A Disciplined Agile Delivery Handbook for Optimizing Your Way of Working (WoW) - April 2020 by Scott Ambler (Author) & Mark Lines (Author), available in two formats: 

• Paperback
• Kindle

An Executive''s Guide to Disciplined Agile: Winning the Race to Business Agility (Vol 1)

Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery 2nd Edition: A Small Agile Team''s Journey from Scrum to Disciplined DevOps

A Solid Foundation for Business Agility with Disciplined Agile

Tap into the industry-leading process decision toolkit that describes how agile software development, DevOps, IT, and business teams work in your enterprise.

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