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Lead your team to excellence with Disciplined Agile
The Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master certification is an advanced qualification for practitioners who want to lead one or several agile teams and accelerate their ability to manage high-profile initiatives critical to enterprise success.
The DASSM takes a deep dive into the DA toolkit, developing a comprehensive understanding of the hundreds of practices and strategies it contains, the trade-offs of applying them, and how to guide teams in choosing and evolving their best way of working in any situation. Attendees learn to solve complex challenges commonly encountered in both software and operational business teams, and to apply agile and lean techniques in a wide range of contexts, including non-software environments.
Delivered by Laurence Wood, Senior Agile Trainer and Leadership Coach, the course equips practitioners to lead key enterprise activities such as planning, coordinating, and reporting, and to show measurable improvements in areas where their organisation is struggling.
What your people will learn
- A deep dive into the DA toolkit to develop a comprehensive understanding of the hundreds of practices and strategies it contains, and the trade-offs of applying them
- How to apply the DA toolkit to guide teams in choosing and evolving their best way of working in any situation
- How to use the DA toolkit to solve complex challenges in software and operational business teams
- How to lead agile teams through key enterprise activities: planning, coordinating, and reporting
- How to improve value delivery for customers by empowering others, nurturing emotional intelligence, and resolving conflicts
- How to take business agility to the next level by applying agile and lean techniques in a wide range of situations
Why organisations choose DASSM
Organisations that need experienced agile leaders who can navigate complexity, coordinate across teams, and manage enterprise-level delivery benefit from DASSM-certified practitioners. The certification equips leaders to apply the DA toolkit in demanding situations and drive continuous improvement across the organisation.
For DASM-certified practitioners, the DASSM is the natural next step in the Disciplined Agile certification pathway.
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Team Excellence
- Team development for high-performance teams
- Emotional intelligence for high-performance teams
- Conflict management for high-performance teams
Scaling and DevOps
- Tactical scaling in complex situations
- Optimising how we work within a DevOps environment
- Optimising how we work within our value stream
Cross-Team Coordination
- Coordinating and collaborating across teams
- Managing dependencies and reducing friction
- Enterprise agile planning and coordination
Planning and Metrics
- Pragmatic planning for agile teams
- Pragmatic reporting and metrics for agile teams
- Demonstrating and measuring improvement
Who this course is for
- Experienced agile practitioners in leadership roles such as Scrum Master, Disciplined Agile Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Architecture Owner
- Those who want to lead one or several agile teams effectively
- Practitioners wanting to accelerate their ability to manage high-profile, enterprise-critical initiatives
- Those wanting to apply agile and lean techniques in non-software teams and complex business environments
- DASM-certified practitioners looking to progress in the Disciplined Agile certification pathway
- Agile coaches and consultants who want a deeper DA toolkit foundation
Certification and exam
Attendees who pass the DASSM exam earn the Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master certification from PMI. The certification demonstrates advanced capability to lead teams and manage complex agile delivery using the DA toolkit.
- Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) certification from PMI
- Online DASSM exam required to earn the credential
- Access to PMI membership benefits and professional development resources
- Authorisation to use the DASSM badge
What attendees get after the course
- Two days of instruction from a Senior Agile Trainer and Leadership Coach
- Course materials and access to the Disciplined Agile toolkit resources
- A complementary digital copy of Choose Your WoW
- Eligibility to sit the DASSM exam and earn the PMI Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master certification
- Authorisation to use the DASSM badge on passing
Prerequisites
Two years of experience working in an agile team in a leadership role is required. In addition, attendees should have an understanding of the DA toolkit fundamentals gained through one of the following: the Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) course; The Basics of Disciplined Agile online course; or reading section 1 or more of Choose Your WoW (a complementary digital copy is included with the DASSM course).
Delivery options
We offer this course as a private cohort for organisations, or as a public course where individuals can book a place alongside practitioners from other organisations. Both formats are available remotely or in person across the UK, Europe, and the USA.
Private delivery keeps the discussion grounded in your team's actual context. Public delivery is ideal where individuals want to train alongside peers from outside their organisation.
About PMI Disciplined Agile
PMI Disciplined Agile provides organisations and practitioners with a flexible, pragmatic toolkit for choosing the right way of working. The DA toolkit includes context for predictive approaches and hundreds of proven practices, making it one of the most comprehensive agile frameworks available for complex, enterprise-scale delivery.
Lead trainer
Laurence Wood
Senior Agile Trainer & Leadership Coach
Laurence is an experienced agile trainer and leadership coach specialising in Disciplined Agile delivery and organisational agility across a wide range of industries.