Closing Thoughts
We'd like to leave you with a few ideas around why you should consider adopting the Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit, where you can learn more about DA, and how you can get some help becoming more disciplined in your approach to agile solution delivery.
Why DA?
You should consider adopting a Disciplined Agile approach when:
•You want a flexible and pragmatic agile tool kit, rather than a purist agile method.
•You are successfully using Scrum or Scrum/XP and want to take it to the next level.
•You are using agile, but have not been getting the results that you expected.
•You are out of compliance with your PMO and want to incorporate some lightweight agile governance.
•You are using Scrum, but are unsure of how to scale up.
•You are using Scrum and are unsure of how to address fundamental activities such as architecture, testing, and analysis.
•You have looked at SAFe, but it appears to be too expensive and risky for your organization.
•You have looked at either SAFe or LeSS, but realize that DA's strategy of starting with the organization you have and evolving from there is less risky and more likely to succeed in your organization.
•Your organization has adopted SAFe, but run aground because you didn't have a solid foundation in place for your agile delivery teams.
•You need to support several approaches to agile/lean development within your organization.
•You need to understand how to effectively blend agile/lean initiatives with your teams that use a traditional approach.
How to Learn More
•As DA continues to evolve, the latest material can be found at PMI.org/disciplined-agile.
•The certification program and upcoming DA training can be found at the Disciplined Agile Hub, PMI.org/what-is-disciplined-agile.
•The PMI book Choose Your WoW! A Disciplined Agile Delivery Handbook for Optimizing Your Way of Working describes DAD in detail, showing how to take a guided continuous improvement (GCI) approach to improving your team's way of working (WoW).
•The PMI book An Executive's Guide to Disciplined Agile: Winning the Race to Business Agility provides an excellent overview of the tool kit.