Disciplined Agile(R) Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) Practice Exam
Disciplined Agile(R) Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) Practice Exam
About Disciplined Agile(R) Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) Exam
The Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) exam focuses on developing practices including Flow, Lean, the Theory of Constraints, and Organizational Development into Disciplined Agile together with the tools for optimizing enterprise-wide value streams. The Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) exam helps in developing skills to accelerate value delivery at scale by moving beyond individual teams and applying Disciplined Agile across the organization.
DAVSC Eligibility Requirements
DAVSC certification exam requires the candidates -
- To complete the Disciplined Agile(R) Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) instructor-led three-day course offered virtually by a PMI Authorized Training Provider (ATP).
- To be eligible for the DAVSC certification, the candidate needs to have three years of agile experience
- To qualify for Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) certification to ensure in-depth knowledge of the DA tool kit, along with the practices and strategies it contains.
Applying for DAVSC Exam
On completing the three months of membership in the DAVSC Community of Practice, candidates will become eligible to register for the DAVSC exam. All DAVSC exams are delivered online through Pearson Vue.
Exam Validity and Renewal
- Candidates will be granted a 1year period to pass the examination.
- Candidates can take the examination up to 3 times within the eligibility period of 1 year
- Candidates can renew the DAVSC certification (after one year of validity) by earning and reporting 7 PDUs related to agile content and submitting the annual renewal fee.
Exam Details
- Exam Name: Disciplined Agile(R) Value Stream Consultant
- Exam Code: (DAVSC)
- Total Questions: 40
- Exam Duration: 90 mins
- Result Declaration: Immediately
- Pass Score: PASS/FAIL
- Exam Validity: 1 year
Knowledge Gained
- Candidates will learn to identify the best place for an organization to start.
- Candidates will be equipped to develop an organization’s improvement plan depending on requirements and organizational culture.
- Candidates will learn to accelerate the realization of value by your customers at scale.
- Candidates will learn to identify the most effective practices for each situation using DA™ tool kit - In case of a new Agile transition or continuing a stagnated SAFe or Spotify approach.
- Candidates will be able to train an organization to continue to improve on their own.
Course Outline
The Disciplined Agile(R) Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) Exam covers the following topics -
Domain 1 - Assess Goals and Strategies (7.5%)
1.1 Describe the Clients and (internal and external) motivation and expectations
1.2 Determine extent or scope of engagement and possible transformation
1.3 Facilitate client discussion, share, and align approaches with stakeholders based upon findings
Domain 2 - Identify and Analyze the Value Stream (27.5%)
2.1 Identify the value stream
2.2 Identify organizational structure and culture
2.3 Identify motivation
2.4 Describe the value creation structure
2.5 Explain where agile budgeting and funding strategy activities take place in the value stream
2.6 Map ‘as is’ end-to-end process
2.7 Walk the floor to determine correctness of map and identify constraints and restraints
2.8 Analyze and illustrate value stream metrics (cycle time, lead time, etc.)
2.9 Advise stakeholders on backlog of improvements and prioritize
2.10 Describe how an MBI is used in a Disciplined Agile workflow – including who uses it and why it is used
Domain 3 - Optimize and Improve the Value Stream (25%)
3.1 Demonstrate quick feedback cycles across the value stream
3.2 Demonstrate explicit workflow so people can understand what the agreements are between the groups
3.3 Apply a holistic view
3.4 Use a combination of eliminate delays, quick feedback, visibility and focus on value to align people across the organization
3.5 Explain how visual controls can be used to keep people coordinated with fewer meetings
3.6 Identify strategies for risk issues and opportunities (internal and external)
3.7 Describe each role and its range of influence and participation across the value stream
3.8 Describe value stream-aligned teams and how they are aligned within an organization using the DA FLEX approach
3.9 Identify and describe strategies, systems, processes, and tools that reduce and remove dependencies
3.10 Explain how the use of MBIs can coordinate people and teams around the flow of work in order to improve the flow of value
Domain 4 - Creating the improvement of backlog (20%)
4.1 Identify areas needed for improvement
4.2 Create areas of improvement for backlog
4.3 Advise stakeholders and teams (organizational enablers) who will support value stream enhancements or improvements
4.4 Understand the relationship between culture, management, and visual controls
4.5 Align value stream to portfolio – project to product
4.6 Establish a continuous pipeline (customer service after implementation, continuous implementation)
Domain 5 - Managing the transitions and ongoing improvement (20%)
5.1 Understand the neutral zone
5.2 Model a cadence of improvement and acknowledge success and pivot on failures
5.3 Understand different types of starting and agree on pace of adoption
5.4 Apply methods to create backlog to do guided continuous improvement
5.5 Organize teams to coordinate and facilitate the transition
5.6 Explain to stakeholders how improvements are focused around increased value
5.7 Attend to operations, enabling and supporting value streams
5.8 Prepare organization to sustain new changes (validate progress and added value)
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- Full-Length Mock Test with unique questions in each test set
- Practice objective questions with section-wise scores
- In-depth and exhaustive explanation for every question
- Reliable exam reports evaluating strengths and weaknesses
- Latest Questions with an updated version
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What are our Practice Exams?
- Practice exams have been designed by professionals and domain experts that simulate real-time exam scenario.
- Practice exam questions have been created on the basis of content outlined in the official documentation.
- Each set in the practice exam contains unique questions built with the intent to provide real-time experience to the candidates as well as gain more confidence during exam preparation.
- Practice exams help to self-evaluate against the exam content and work towards building strength to clear the exam.
- You can also create your own practice exam based on your choice and preference
