• Introduction to Project Management (6%)  
• Project Environment (6%)  
• Role of the Project Manager (7%)  
• Project Integration Management (9%)  
• Project Scope Management (9 
• Project Schedule Management (9%)  
• Project Cost Management (8%)  
• Project Quality Management (7%)  
• Project Resource Management (8%)  
• Project Communication Management (10%)  
• Project Risk Management (8%)  
• Project Procurement Management (4%)  
• Project Stakeholder Management (9%)  

• Introduction to Project Management (6%)  
• Project Environment (6%)  
• Role of the Project Manager (7%)  
• Project Integration Management (9%)  
• Project Scope Management (9 
• Project Schedule Management (9%)  
• Project Cost Management (8%)  
• Project Quality Management (7%)  
• Project Resource Management (8%)  
• Project Communication Management (10%)  
• Project Risk Management (8%)  
• Project Procurement Management (4%)  
• Project Stakeholder Management (9%)  

• Introduction to Project Management (6%)  
• Project Environment (6%)  
• Role of the Project Manager (7%)  
• Project Integration Management (9%)  
• Project Scope Management (9 
• Project Schedule Management (9%)  
• Project Cost Management (8%)  
• Project Quality Management (7%)  
• Project Resource Management (8%)  
• Project Communication Management (10%)  
• Project Risk Management (8%)  
• Project Procurement Management (4%)  
• Project Stakeholder Management (9%)  

• Introduction to Project Management (6%)  
• Project Environment (6%)  
• Role of the Project Manager (7%)  
• Project Integration Management (9%)  
• Project Scope Management (9 
• Project Schedule Management (9%)  
• Project Cost Management (8%)  
• Project Quality Management (7%)  
• Project Resource Management (8%)  
• Project Communication Management (10%)  
• Project Risk Management (8%)  
• Project Procurement Management (4%)  
• Project Stakeholder Management (9%)  

Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master certification is a credential offered by the Project Management Institute. DASSM (Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master) is an advanced program of Disciplined Agile that will help you in positioning yourself to successfully lead an Agile team (or multiple teams) and effectively take on more complex and key initiatives for your organization.

This DASSM course is ideal for the professionals who have been working with Agile approaches for more than two years and played leading roles like Disciplined Agile Scrum Master, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Architecture Owner, etc. and now want to understand how Disciplined Agile helps in achieving enterprise-level agility.

Requirement

• Two years of experience working in an agile team in a leadership role, like Disciplined Agile scrum master, scrum master, product owner, architecture owner, etc.
• Understanding of the fundamentals of the DA tool kit by having done one or more of the following:
• Taken the Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) course
• Taken The Basics of Disciplined Agile online course
• Read section 1, or more, of Choose Your WoW—Complementary digital copy included with DASSM
• To determine if you’re ready, you can take our quick Disciplined Agile Knowledge Check. If you score 75% or more you’re ready. If you score less, consider taking the Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) certification course.

Learning Objectives

Accelerate your ability to lead high-profile initiatives that are critical to enterprise success. 

• Take a deep dive into the Disciplined Agile tool kit to develop a comprehensive understanding of the hundreds of practices and strategies it contains and the trade-offs of applying them.
• Apply the Disciplined Agile tool kit in hands-on exercises to guide your team in choosing and evolving your best way of working (WoW) in real- life situations.
• Use the tool kit to solve complex challenges commonly encountered in development and operational teams, the value stream, and at the enterprise level.
• Learn how to design and implement metrics that measure your improvements in areas where your teams are struggling.
• Understand how to nurture emotional intelligence.
• Feel confident empowering others on your team(s).
• Learn how to lead your teams in any situation to improve value delivery for your customers.
• Apply the Disciplined Agile tool kit to guide your team in choosing and evolving the best way of working (WoW) in the situation you face.
• Be prepared to take the Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) exam and earn valuable, credible certification. Your exam fee is included in the tuition.

Program Agenda

DAY1 

Lesson 1: Team Development for High-Performance Teams 

• Four stages of team development (Bruce Tuckman)

o Forming 

o Storming 

o Norming 

o Performing 

• Decision-making methods for teams

Lesson 2: Emotional Intelligence for High-Performance Teams 

• What is emotional intelligence?
• Why is it essential to team performance?
• Intelligence Quotient (IQ) versus Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
• What are the quadrants that make up emotional intelligence?
• How does psychological safety foster team performance?
• Building emotional intelligence

Lesson 3: Business Agility and Tactical Scaling 

• Business agility
• How functional areas can leverage agile and lean practices
• Strategic scaling vs. tactical scaling
• Tactical scaling factors
• How scaling factors impact process goals

Lesson 4: Optimizing How We Work with the Disciplined DevOps Layer 

• The purpose and scope of the Disciplined DevOps layer of the DA tool kit
• How to use the DA tool kit to optimize how a team works with the Disciplined DevOps layer
• How use the Disciplined Agile tool kit to identify and help resolve challenges teams face in the Disciplined DevOps layer
• The test-first method

 DAY 2 

Lesson 5: Optimizing How We Work with the Value Stream Layer 

• Value streams
• Value stream layer
• Using the value stream
• DA tool kit
• MBIs and MVPs
• Portfolio management
• Using the DA tool kit

Lesson 6: Coordinating and Collaborating Across Teams 

• Teams, flow and value realization
• Coordinate Activities process goal and decision points
• Exploring options
• Improving the value realization structure of teams
• Activity: Using the DA tool kit to coordinate activities

Lesson 7: Conflict Management for High-Performance Teams 

• Healthy and unhealthy conflict
• Recognizing the need for healthy conflict
• Understanding the levels of conflict
• Taking steps to protect yourself and your team
• Problem-solving steps

Lesson 8: Pragmatic Planning for Agile Teams 

• Planning
• Agile modelling
• Sufficient planning
• Dependencies
• Gantt charts
• Release planning
• Improving planning

Lesson 9: Pragmatic Reporting and Metrics for Agile Teams 

• Understanding metrics
• How teams approach metrics
• How organizations approach metrics
• Effective ways to measure and report
• Use the DA tool kit to solve measurement and reporting challenges
• How to choose and design the metrics you need

Are you struggling with finding the most appropriate Agile framework to fit your team’s context? If you’re looking for ways to break free from frameworks and evolve the best way of working (WoW) for you and your team, then Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) is the course for you. Disciplined Agile is not a framework, but rather a toolkit that focuses on the decisions you need to consider, the options available to you, and the trade-offs associated with these options. It shows you how to effectively combine strategies from multiple agile and lean approaches in a tailorable and scalable manner.

Organizations that adopt Disciplined Agile go to market sooner, deliver value faster and make their customers happier. You will develop the strategies to improve your processes and drive better team results with the Disciplined Agile toolkit. 

Disciplined Agile enables you to improve your team’s performance by introducing strategies from leading agile and lean approaches like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe®, and more. This frees you from any single agile framework and opens your options. 

Filled with activities, animations, supplemental reading, and more, this 14 PDU course will prepare you to take the DASM exam and start using Disciplined Agile immediately, setting yourself up for career success. 

Who should attend

While this course provides an opportunity to certify as a DA Scrum Master, the skills learned are valuable to any team member. Anyone interested in learning Agile methodology 

• Anyone who wishes to build a career in Agile
• Any stakeholder who interacts with Agile projects in their business environment 

PS: No agile experience is required. 

Learning Objectives

Understand the Disciplined Agile mindset and its underlying principles, such as pragmatism, the power of choice and adapting to context. 

• Explore multiple leading agile and lean approaches like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe® and more.
• Learn about the fundamentals of agile and lean, and how to use both approaches effectively.
• Understand how to put these strategies into action on your agile team and ensure effective implementation.
• Learn how to apply the Disciplined Agile tool kit to discover the best way of working (WoW) for you and your agile team in your unique situation.
• Be prepared to take the Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) Certification exam.

Program Agenda

• All About Agile  
• Agile and Beyond  
• Building a Disciplined Agile Team Choosing Your WoW!  

• Tailoring Your Practices: Inception Phase  
• Tailoring Your Practices: Construction Phase 
• Tailoring Your Practices: Transition Phase 
• Tailoring Your Practices: Ongoing Influence Outside the Team 

If you’re experienced using agile approaches, have good collaboration skills, eagerly embrace complexity and thrive on rapid response times, then your talents are in demand. From the people who brought you the PMP® , the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) formally recognizes your knowledge of agile principles and your skill with agile techniques. Show your peers, employers, and stakeholders that your agile knowledge runs deep.

Who should attend

If you work on agile teams or if your organization is adopting agile practices, the PMI-ACP is a good choice for you. The PMI-ACP is evidence of your real-world, hands-on experience and skill as part of an agile team.

Prerequisites

• Secondary degree
• 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
• 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP.
• 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years

Learning Objectives

• Accelerate your ability to lead high-profile initiatives that are critical to enterprise success.
• Take a deep dive into the Disciplined Agile tool kit to develop a comprehensive understanding of the hundreds of practices and strategies it contains and the trade-offs of applying them.
• Apply the Disciplined Agile tool kit in hands-on exercises to guide your team in choosing and evolving your best way of working (WoW) in real-life situations.
• Use the tool kit to solve complex challenges commonly encountered in development and operational teams, the value stream, and at the enterprise level.
• Learn how to design and implement metrics that measure your improvements in areas where your teams are struggling.
• Understand how to nurture emotional intelligence.
• Feel confident empowering others on your team(s).

Program Agenda

• • Agile Framework
  • Introduction of scrum
  • Users Story
  • Agile Estimation
  • Value Based Prioritizations

If you’re experienced using agile approaches, have good collaboration skills, eagerly embrace complexity and thrive on rapid response times, then your talents are in demand. From the people who brought you the PMP® , the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) formally recognizes your knowledge of agile principles and your skill with agile techniques. Show your peers, employers, and stakeholders that your agile knowledge runs deep.

Who should attend

If you work on agile teams or if your organization is adopting agile practices, the PMI-ACP is a good choice for you. The PMI-ACP is evidence of your real-world, hands-on experience and skill as part of an agile team.

Prerequisites

• Secondary degree
• 21 contact hours of training in agile practices
• 12 months of general project experience within the last 5 years. A current PMP® or PgMP® will satisfy this requirement but is not required to apply for the PMI-ACP.
• 8 months of agile project experience within the last 3 years

Learning Objectives

• Accelerate your ability to lead high-profile initiatives that are critical to enterprise success.
• Take a deep dive into the Disciplined Agile tool kit to develop a comprehensive understanding of the hundreds of practices and strategies it contains and the trade-offs of applying them.
• Apply the Disciplined Agile tool kit in hands-on exercises to guide your team in choosing and evolving your best way of working (WoW) in real-life situations.
• Use the tool kit to solve complex challenges commonly encountered in development and operational teams, the value stream, and at the enterprise level.
• Learn how to design and implement metrics that measure your improvements in areas where your teams are struggling.
• Understand how to nurture emotional intelligence.
• Feel confident empowering others on your team(s).

Program Agenda

• • Agile Framework
  • Introduction of scrum
  • Users Story
  • Agile Estimation
  • Value Based Prioritizations

Our Project Management training is customized towards imparting global Project Management best practices on participants. The Project Management workshop will give participants an overview of the entire project management process, gain a strong working knowledge of the basics of project management as well as key project management tools that they can use every day. 

Duration:

4 days (2 weekdays/2 weekends)

Date: 12th – 13th & 19th – 20th December

Who should attend

• Project Management professionals
• Managers at any level
• Entrepreneurs
• Company owners
• PMO Executives

Learning Objectives

• Identify and apply project management process groups and knowledge areas. 
• Identify and apply Project Management best practices to real world project scenarios. 
• Learn all project management knowledge areas. 
• Define a project’s scope and write a project plan 
• Build a work breakdown schedule 
• Create a project budget 
• Identify and manage risks 
• Perform a project needs assessment and write goals, requirements, and deliverables 
• Create key project documents. 
• Build a project schedule by estimating time, costs, and resources 
• Understand and use the work breakdown structure 
• Create project planning documents, such as a schedule, risk management plan, and communication plan 
• Establish and use baselines 
• Monitor and maintain the project 
• Perform basic management tasks, including leading status meetings and ensuring all documents are complete at the end of the project 

Program Agenda

• MODULE 1 Creating a High-Performing Team – This lesson addresses tasks from the people domain of the PMP Exam content outline. Topics 
  1. Build a Team
  2. Define Team Ground Rules
  3. Negotiate Project Agreements
  4. Empower Team Members and Stakeholders
  5. Train Team Members and Stakeholders
  6. Engage and Support Virtual Teams
  7. Build a Shared Understanding about a Project

  MODULE 2 

  Starting the Project – This lesson addresses tasks from the process domain of the PMP Exam content outline. 

  Topics 

  1. Determine Appropriate Project Methodology/Methods and Practices
  2. Plan and Manage Scope
  3. Plan and Manage Budget and Resources
  4. Plan and Manage Schedule
  5. Plan and Manage Quality of Products/Deliverables
  6. Integrate Project Planning Activities
  7. Plan and Manage Procurement
  8. Establish Project Governance Structure
  9. Plan and Manage Project/Phase Closure

  MODULE 3 

  Doing the work – This lesson addresses tasks from the process domain of the PMP Exam content outline. 

  Topics 

  1. Assess and Manage Risks
  2. Execute Project to Deliver Business Value
  3. Manage Communications
  4. Engage Stakeholders
  5. Create Project Artifacts
  6. Manage Project Changes
  7. Manage Project Issues
  8. Ensure Knowledge Transfer to Project Continuity

  MODULE 4 

  Keeping the team on track – This lesson addresses tasks from the people domain of the PMP Exam content outline. 

  Topics: 

  1. Lead a Team
  2. Support Team Performance
  3. Address and Remove Impediments, Obstacles, and Blockers
  4. Manage Conflict
  5. Collaborate with Stakeholders
  6. Mentor Relevant Stakeholders
  7. Apply Emotional Intelligence to Promote Team Performance

  MODULE 5 

  Keeping the business in mind – This lesson addresses tasks from the Business Environment domain of the PMP Exam content outline. 

  Topics 

  1. Manage Compliance Requirements
  2. Evaluate and Deliver Project Benefits and Value
  3. Evaluate and Address Internal and External Business Environment Changes

Our Project Management training is customized towards imparting global Project Management best practices on participants. The Project Management workshop will give participants an overview of the entire project management process, gain a strong working knowledge of the basics of project management as well as key project management tools that they can use every day. 

Duration:

4 days (2 weekdays/2 weekends)

Date: 21st – 22nd & 27th – 28th November

Who should attend

• Project Management professionals
• Managers at any level
• Entrepreneurs
• Company owners
• PMO Executives

Learning Objectives

• Identify and apply project management process groups and knowledge areas. 
• Identify and apply Project Management best practices to real world project scenarios. 
• Learn all project management knowledge areas. 
• Define a project’s scope and write a project plan 
• Build a work breakdown schedule 
• Create a project budget 
• Identify and manage risks 
• Perform a project needs assessment and write goals, requirements, and deliverables 
• Create key project documents. 
• Build a project schedule by estimating time, costs, and resources 
• Understand and use the work breakdown structure 
• Create project planning documents, such as a schedule, risk management plan, and communication plan 
• Establish and use baselines 
• Monitor and maintain the project 
• Perform basic management tasks, including leading status meetings and ensuring all documents are complete at the end of the project 

Program Agenda

• MODULE 1 Creating a High-Performing Team – This lesson addresses tasks from the people domain of the PMP Exam content outline. Topics 
  1. Build a Team
  2. Define Team Ground Rules
  3. Negotiate Project Agreements
  4. Empower Team Members and Stakeholders
  5. Train Team Members and Stakeholders
  6. Engage and Support Virtual Teams
  7. Build a Shared Understanding about a Project

  MODULE 2 

  Starting the Project – This lesson addresses tasks from the process domain of the PMP Exam content outline. 

  Topics 

  1. Determine Appropriate Project Methodology/Methods and Practices
  2. Plan and Manage Scope
  3. Plan and Manage Budget and Resources
  4. Plan and Manage Schedule
  5. Plan and Manage Quality of Products/Deliverables
  6. Integrate Project Planning Activities
  7. Plan and Manage Procurement
  8. Establish Project Governance Structure
  9. Plan and Manage Project/Phase Closure

  MODULE 3 

  Doing the work – This lesson addresses tasks from the process domain of the PMP Exam content outline. 

  Topics 

  1. Assess and Manage Risks
  2. Execute Project to Deliver Business Value
  3. Manage Communications
  4. Engage Stakeholders
  5. Create Project Artifacts
  6. Manage Project Changes
  7. Manage Project Issues
  8. Ensure Knowledge Transfer to Project Continuity

  MODULE 4 

  Keeping the team on track – This lesson addresses tasks from the people domain of the PMP Exam content outline. 

  Topics: 

  1. Lead a Team
  2. Support Team Performance
  3. Address and Remove Impediments, Obstacles, and Blockers
  4. Manage Conflict
  5. Collaborate with Stakeholders
  6. Mentor Relevant Stakeholders
  7. Apply Emotional Intelligence to Promote Team Performance

  MODULE 5 

  Keeping the business in mind – This lesson addresses tasks from the Business Environment domain of the PMP Exam content outline. 

  Topics 

  1. Manage Compliance Requirements
  2. Evaluate and Deliver Project Benefits and Value
  3. Evaluate and Address Internal and External Business Environment Changes