Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) Practice Exam

The Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) certification signifies your advanced proficiency in applying the Disciplined Agile (DA) toolkit to guide and lead Agile teams in complex environments. It validates your expertise in scaling Agile across an enterprise and tackling intricate situations beyond the capabilities of basic Scrum Master practices.

Who should consider DASSM Certification?

This certification is ideal for seasoned Agile practitioners, specifically:

• Senior Scrum Masters: Seeking to lead and coach teams through complex Agile transformations.
• Agile Coaches: Wanting to expand their knowledge and skill set beyond basic Scrum practices.
• Project Managers: Aiming to leverage Agile approaches in managing diverse projects.
• Change Leaders: Driving Agile adoption and scaling within organizations.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

DASSM professionals typically engage in diverse tasks, including:

• Leading and guiding Agile teams: Facilitating effective collaboration, team dynamics, and continuous improvement.
• Coaching individuals and teams: Fostering self-organizing teams and providing guidance for continuous Learning.
• Scaling Agile frameworks: Adapting and tailoring Agile approaches to specific contexts and organizational needs.
• Facilitating complex problem-solving: Identifying and resolving intricate challenges hindering Agile implementation.
• Communicating and collaborating with stakeholders: Bridging the gap between teams and leadership, ensuring alignment and buy-in.

Exam Requirements

• A minimum of two years of experience leading an agile team in a capacity such as product owner, architecture owner, scrum master, or disciplined agile scrum master is expected of candidates.
• It is necessary for candidates to gain a basic understanding of the DA toolkit.

              ○  completed the DASM (Disciplined Agile Scrum Master) course.

              ○  completed the online course "The Basics of Disciplined Agile"

Exam Details:

• Exam Name: DASSM Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master
• Exam Provider: Project Management Institute (PMI)®
• Format: Online, computer-based, multiple-choice questions
• Number of Questions: 50
• Duration: 90 minutes 
• Passing Score: Pass/Fail
• Delivery: Online proctored
  

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%)

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

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

• Learning to define emotional intelligence
• Learning to determine each component of emotional intelligence
• Learning 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
• Learning to determine how to scale agility

Domain 4 - Removing Impediments (22%)

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

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

• Learning to determine the Coordinate activities process goal
• Learning to determine and identify how to improve the value creation structure of teams
• Learning 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%)

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

Domain 7 - Pragmatic Planning and Reporting (26%)

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