Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) Practice Exam

Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) Practice Exam

About Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) Exam

The Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) exam is suitable for candidates who wish to work as agile practitioners. The exam helps build skills to use the Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit for optimizing the functions of teams work, develop skills to work with allies within their organization, and solve a variety of advanced problems. The DASSM exam helps you prepare for the leadership role.

Knowledge Gained

• Candidates will learn about the DA tool kit and develop a thorough understanding of the hundreds of practices and strategies 
• Candidate develops skills to apply the DA tool kit to guide your teams in selecting and evolving your best way of working (WoW) in any situation.
• Candidates learn to use the DA tool kit to solve complex challenges commonly experienced in both software and operational business teams.
• Candidates learn to lead agile teams through key enterprise activities, such as planning, coordinating, and reporting
• Candidates develop skills to improve value delivery for customers by empowering others in the organization, nurturing emotional intelligence, and resolving conflicts.

Exam Prerequisites

Candidates are required to have atleast 2 years of experience working in an agile team, in a leadership role such as Disciplined Agile scrum master, scrum master, product owner, or architecture owner. 

Candidates are required to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of the DA tool kit -

• Taken the Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) course
• Taken The Basics of Disciplined Agile online course

Course Outline

The Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) exam covers the following topics - 

Domain 1 - Overview of Team Development for high-performance teams (14%)

• Learn to determine the Tuckman Team Development Model
• Learn to determine team development at each stage of the Tuckman team model
• Learn to determine and solve problems at different stages

Domain 2 - Overview of Emotional intelligence for high-performance teams (10%)

• Learn to define emotional intelligence
• Learn to determine each component of emotional intelligence
• Learn to determine and Identify why one should create psychological safety and embrace diversity

Domain 3 - Overview of Tactical scaling in complex situations (6%)

• Understand the significance of agility in an organization
• Learn to determine how to scale agility

Domain 4 - Removing Impediments (22%)

• Learn to determine the Disciplined DevOps layer
• Learn to determine the use of the DA toolkit to solve challenges in the DevOps layer
• Learn to optimize the delivery with the "test-first" method as it relates to the quality of requirements
• Learn to determine the criteria for what "done" might look like
• Learn to determine the value stream layer in the Scope of DA diagram
• Learn to determine the use of the DA toolkit to solve challenges in the value stream layer

Domain 5  - Coordinating and collaborating across teams (10%)

• Learn to determine the Coordinate activities process goal
• Learn to determine and identify how to improve the value creation structure of teams
• Learn to determine the use of the DA tool kit to optimize the flow of work and solve challenges related to coordinating and collaborating across teams

Domain 6 - Conflict management for high-performance teams (12%)

• Learn to determine examples of when conflict can be healthy
• Learn to determine the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict resolution model
• Learn to determine how to use healthy and unhealthy language to solve a conflict

Domain 7 - Pragmatic Planning and Reporting (26%)

• Learn to determine the concept of sufficient planning
• Learn to determine the five levels of scope including who focuses on each
• Learn to determine to solve a planning problem using the Release Planning goal diagram
• Learn to determine how organizations and teams approach metrics
  
• Learn to determine the types of measurement that work or do not work
• Learn to determine to choose and design specific metrics to measure improvements against areas related to team performance that need improvement (GQM, OKRs)
• Learn to determine to solve a measurement problem using the Govern Delivery Team goal

DASSM Eligibility Requirements

Candidates preparing for the DASSM certification are required to complete

• The instructor-led DASSM course is offered by a PMI Authorized Training Provider (ATP); or the DASSM eLearning Online Course.
• Candidates need two years of experience working in an agile team To be eligible for the DASSM certification in a leadership role such as Disciplined agile scrum master, scrum master, product owner, or architecture owner.

Candidates are also required to have an understanding of the fundamentals of the DA tool kit by having -

• Done the Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) course (recommended but not required)
• Done the Basics of Disciplined Agile online course