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Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM)

Question 1: What is the course length

15 hours

Question 2: Is there any prerequisites to attend the course

Two years of experience working on an agile team in a leadership role, like Disciplined Agile Scrum Master, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Architecture Owner, etc.

Question 3: What is covered in the course:

Course Description

Do you want to take Disciplined Agile to a new level? Are you looking for tools to solve complex problems and enhance your organization’s agility? Do you want to learn how to lead your team to excellence?

Expand your knowledge and build practical skills around Disciplined Agile, business agility, leadership, and team development.

Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master is a nine-lesson, instructor-led course that shows you how to use the Disciplined Agile tool kit to solve a variety advanced problems, work with allies within your organization, and optimize how teams work. You will gain knowledge in planning, reporting, and metrics, and coordinating activities, as well as how to meet challenges in these areas. And you’ll develop the skills you need to foster emotional intelligence, resolve conflicts, and lead high-performance teams at any stage of development.

Filled with activities, supplemental reading, and more, this course will prepare you to take the Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) exam and, equally important, start using Disciplined Agile immediately within your leadership role.

Pre-Course - Work

Emotional Intelligence for High-Performance Team
Coordinating and Collaborating Across Teams
Conflict Management for High-Performance Teams

Day 1

Introduction to DASSM
Lesson 1: Team Development for High-Performance Teams
Lesson 2: Tactical Scaling in Complex Situations
Lesson 3: Optimizing How We Work with the Disciplined DevOps Layer

Day 2

Lesson 4: Optimizing How We Work with the Value Stream Layer
Lesson 5: Pragmatic Planning for Agile Teams
Lesson 6: Pragmatic Reporting and Metrics for Agile Teams

Question 4: Is certification test fee included in the registration fee?

Yes, you get one free attempt of the Disciplined Agile Certification Test.

Question 5: How is the test conducted?

Upon completing the DASSM training, you’ll be provided with instructions for registering and taking the exam. It is an online closed book multi-choice exam. 50 questions to be attempted in 60 min.

The DASSM exam is provided by PMI testing partner, Pearson Vue, and is a non-proctored online exam.

Question 6: What happens if you fail in the exam?

In case you do not pass the test on your first attempt, you can attempt again with no restrictions so far. The re-test fee is USD 150 paid directly to PMI.

Question 7: What is the name of the certification?

After attending the class and passing the exam you are awarded Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) designation.

Question 8: How is the class deliverable?

Class is designed is such a way that it can be delivered in-class in a structured classroom environment or Live online with a Virtual Instructor

Question 9: How many PDU we get?

On the PMI website under "Course Catalogue" https://ccrs.pmi.org/search is the breakdown of the Technical/Leadership and Strategic hours claimed for each of the workshops.

DASSM https://ccrs.pmi.org/search/course/475207

NOTE: For the course students will need Choose Your WoW!: A Disciplined Agile Delivery Handbook for Optimizing Your Way of Working (WoW) by Scott Ambler & Mark Lines

pdf version of the book will be provided to the students

Hardcopy is available on Amazon. for CDN$ 25.20

If you have any questions, please contact us on the clubagile.com website or send an email to admin@clubagile.com

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