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PMI Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) Certification Training
Disciplined Agile Coach is the logical next step after our popular DA Senior Scrum Master Course
This course will coach and guide you on how to:
- Understand how to align teams with organizational strategies and goals to enable agile transformation.
- Facilitate culture change and transformation within and across teams.
- Coach disparate teams and groups of teams, to identify the most appropriate way to work and learn together given the situation they currently face.
- Master the Disciplined Agile tool kit and thereby accelerate process improvement by leveraging proven practices and strategies in context.
- Be prepared to take the Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) exam and earn a valuable, credible certification. Your exam fee is included in tuition.
Agile certifications are becoming the standard for all types of knowledge work. Get the gold standard in certification with PMI Disciplined Agile Training by Tactec!
Key Info
Available virtually via zoom or in-person
2 day course – 14 hours live instruction (14 PDUs)
3 years of agile coaching experience required
12 months access to Tactec’s online learning platform
Upcoming Course Dates
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Date | Time (PDT) | Course Length | Price | Delivery | |
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Sept 12th & 14th 2023 | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm | 2 Days | Now 1120 USD | 1528 CAD
| Virtual via Zoom | |
Oct 17th & 19th 2023 | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm | 2 Days | Now 1120 USD | 1528 CAD
| Virtual via Zoom |
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Course Introduction
Coach Your Team with Disciplined Agile and Take the Knowledge and Experience to the Next Level
Certification Path
By taking this course – and becoming DAC certified – you’ll understand how to coach large and complex teams, helping them to implement improvements and successfully guiding them to Enterprise Agility.
Move into a consultant role implementing value streams across organizations by becoming Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC).
Course Requirements
- Three years of agile coaching experience
- The Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) certification to ensure in-depth knowledge of the DA tool kit and the hundreds of practices and strategies it contains
Course Outline
Pre-workshop (Phase 1, asynchronous learning):
- The Disciplined Agile Coach
- Working toward the end goals of DA™ coaching
- Coaching teams within the context of their organization
- Coaching teams through their transformation journey
Workshop (Phase 2, in-class learning):
- Working with your existing governance/PMO team
- Determining improvement opportunities
- Creating a coaching playbook
- Visualizing and removing impediments
- Guiding teams through the change process
- Overcoming barriers to decision making
Your Instructor
Brent Reed
Enterprise Transformation, Coach & Instructor, DAVSC, DAC, DASSM, CSM
An author, consultant, instructor and agile architect! Brent is an Advisor to the PMI DA Board and an Advisor and Instructor for the PMI Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant Community of Practice. He has been teaching the DAC Certification since its inception and has extensive real world experience that he applies to every class!
How Does the Course Work?
After purchasing your course, you will gain access to our NEW learning platform, providing access to the instructor portion of the course plus additional content, resources, study guides, videos and more!
- Prepare ahead of time for your Instructor-led class.
- Follow along in the class with course material.
- Complete and save course activities.
- Easily access all exam study material and resources.
- Instantly communicate with your Instructor.
- Download your course certificates.
Why Choose Tactec?
- Experts not just trainers – We have consulted, coached and worked for some of the largest companies in the world: IBM, Vodafone Global, Stantec, Comcast, Heathrow, BC Government and more.
- Immersive and modern human centric learning approach - Over 300 recent students taught. Our average is 4.8+ rating on knowledge and delivery.
- Senior leadership experience with many roles – from Business Analysts to Portfolio Managers, Project Managers to IT Directors and Managers. Authors of DevOps and Agile books, articles and blogs used by Forrester, RedHat, PMI and many others.
- Course resources and Flash Cards to help accelerate your learning and provide exam support.
- 150+ years combined experience - training, consulting, and coaching across industries (Finance, Telecom, Healthcare, Aerospace and many more)
- PMI DA Advisors Board Member and recommended by Mark Lines and Scott Ambler – Founders of DA
What Our Students Are Saying
5 Star Rating (5/5)
"Very informative, Structured. A lot of learning in course facilitation and co-creation. Promotion of understanding of how to apply DA on improvement. The usefulness of discussions by experienced coaches, and Continuous learning through the community."
Hiromi Nakatani – Axis International Corporation
"I enjoyed that the 2 days were all group activities. It allowed me to apply the knowledge I learned from the reading material and also learn in a collaborative manner from the other students."
Marco San Juan
"There was some really good content in the course. DA takes a practical, pragmatic approach to delivering value. The activities and Miro were helpful."
Scott Hayward
"Brent was extremely knowledgeable and was able to draw on relevant real-world experience."
Thomas Bueno-Schonig – Alpha Hound, Inc
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What Do I Need to Know?
You will start receiving correspondence from the following email address: [email protected]. You may need to check your junk folder.
*Please see our refund policy. Tickets are non refundable. They are however fully transferable to another attendee if you do not yet have your courseware.
We require a minimum of registrations for this class so that you can fully benefit from the activities included in the class. If the minimum number is not met, the class will be cancelled or combined with the next class. Registrants will be contacted.
Still Have Some Questions?
Not sure if this is right course for you or need some more information?
Have a read through our FAQs or contact us and we will be more than happy to help
Not sure if this is right course for you or need some more information?
Contact us and we will be more than happy to help
Frequently Asked Questions
- Three years of agile coaching experience
- The Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) certification
Your courseware is included in the price of the course, however you will need to download the material from the PMI website. Once you have purchased the course, Tactec will order the courseware for you and you will receive an email from PMI with your access code. Please note that the access code will expire in 30 days and can only be used once.
We would like you to feel comfortable and be engaged in the learning process. Students are encouraged to post their questions on the Parking Lot in the miro board and those questions will be answered during the course. We try to take a five minute break every hour so that you can stretch your legs, grab a beverage, and get a quick snack. Then we get right back to the course, since we have a lot of material to cover. We usually take a 20 or 30 minute break for lunch.
The DAC exam draws on your DA knowledge, experience and coaching practice to answer the questions successfully. You need 3+ years agile coaching experience before you can write the exam.
You are provided with the DAC exam blueprint and case study resources to help you prepare for the exam.
After you have finished the DAC course, we will notify PMI that you have successfully completed the course.
You must complete an application prior to writing your exam. After your application has been approved, you have 12 months to write your exam.
PMI will notify you directly that you have been approved to write the exam and any other applicable details.
Please add the PDU’s from your dashboard when logging into pmi.org.
Use the Company Provider name as Tactec Strategic Solutions and course name Disciplined Agile Coach.
Please see our refunds and conditions policy.
