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PMI has acquired Disciplined Agile. A big statement of intent...
Issue No. 172



Disciplined Agile and PMI


Hey Mike,
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It seems these days that the PMI is determined to remain in the news.
This week (9 August) brought us a new announcement, PMI has acquired Disciplined Agile. This is proof positive. Who can doubt PMI's commitment to put Agile on parity with traditional predictive methods?

With Disciplined Agile, PMI gets four things:
  1. A methodology for creating hybrid lifecycles
  2. A 5-tier set of certifications
  3. Training courses to support them
  4. A small (3,900) committed membership

For the DA team and its founders, Scott Ambler and Mark Lines, the transition gives:
  1. Resources to expand membership
  2. Support for developing methodology, the DA Toolkit
  3. Opportunity to reach a vastly wider base of organizations
  4. Acceleration of growth plan

You can read the PMI press release and Disciplined Agile's FAQs for yourself.

So, what is 'Disciplined Agile', Mike?
Disciplined Agile is a hybrid approach to developing IT solutions. It lets users adopt best practices from various agile and predictive methodologies. And it describes how you can combine them in a way that's tailored to the needs of your project.

What Does this Mean for the Project Management Profession?
PMI's new PMP Examination Content Outline puts a lot of emphasis on balancing predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches. Disciplined Agile offers a toolkit for building these hybrids.

I think this means two things:
  1. PMI is serious about leading the profession in the direction of hybrid approaches. We'll see moves towards new certifications that take the best from DA's 5 tiers and PMI's ACP.
  2. The profession will get the benefit of investment from PMI in the DA toolkit. This will both expand knowledge and methodology resources, and make them more widely available.

Open Questions
The BIG one is the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition. The 6th Edition came bundled with the Agile Practice Guide. PMI prepared that in association with the Agile Alliance. Will PMBOK 7 scrap that and integrate the DA's body of knowledge? And, if so, to what extent? Is Disciplined Agile Delivery set to become a global standard?

Other questions are:
  • What does this means for PMI's suite of qualifications?
  • How will DA Consortium's commercial activities fit with PMI's not-for-profit status?

As with all mergers and acquisitions, there will be a period of uncertainty and settling in. But, reading the DA FAQs on this, the acquisition certainly seems to be welcome on both sides.

I wish both parties well.

PS: Back to the PMP Exam...
Yes, the Exam will change from 16 December.
But no, you're not too late to take the current exam.

If you plan your preparation carefully and follow a structured plan diligently, you can pass in good time. And, to help you, Cornelius Fichtner and all our  friends at PM PrepCast are offering 10 per cent ($30) off the regular price of PrepCast Elite, which bundles:
  • PM PrepCast exam preparation course
  • PM Exam simulator

Use the coupon code Aug19pmp at checkout until 31 August.

Likewise, the CAPM Prepcast Elite bundle is also 10 percent off ($26), with coupon code Aug19capm.
Thanks in advance
Mike

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