Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) is a people-first, learning-oriented hybrid agile approach to IT solution delivery. It has a risk-value delivery lifecycle, is goal-driven, is enterprise aware, and is scalable. DAD is one aspect, and arguably the first level, of the Disciplined Agile (DA) Framework.
Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)
This content is organized into the following categories:
Getting Started with DAD
There are several good resources available to you to help you get started learning about DAD. We recommend that you work through these resources in order:- Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD): A Brief Introduction (26 mins) (YouTube)
- Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) (article)
- Why DAD? (article)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (article)
- Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) and Beyond (SolutionsIQ podcast from Agile2017)
- Going Beyond Scrum: Disciplined Agile Delivery (white paper)
- Scaling Agile Software Development Tactically: Disciplined Agility at Scale (white paper)
Learn More About Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)
The following resources are publicly available to help you, and your organization, on your learning journey. We've organized them into two sections, one with resources specific to DAD and one with resources focused on the Disciplined Agile (DA) framework in general.
- A Hybrid Framework (article)
- DAD supports several Full Agile Delivery Lifecycles (article)
- DAD Lifecycle – Agile (Scrum based) (article)
- Taking Scrum to the Next Level with Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) (27 mins) (YouTube)
- DAD Lifecycle - Lean (Kanban based) (article)
- DAD Lifecycle – Exploratory (Lean Startup) (article)
- DAD Lifecycle – Continuous Delivery: Lean (article)
- DAD Lifecycle – Continuous Delivery: Agile (article)
- Program Management: DAD for Large Teams (article)
- Risk-Value Lifecycle (article)
- Consumable Solutions (article)
- The Process Goals of Disciplined Agile Delivery (article)
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- Inception Goals (article)
- Construction Goals (article)
- Transition Goals (article)
- Ongoing Goals (article)
- Process Tailoring Workshops (article)
- Disciplined Agile Business Analysis: Lessons from the Trenches - A user group presentation by Scott Ambler and Jon Smart (90 mins) (YouTube)
Disciplined Agile (DA) Framework Resources:
- The Disciplined Agile Framework: A Pragmatic Approach to Agile Maturity (July/August 2016 issue of Crosstalk)
Your Disciplined Agile Learning Journey
We offer several resource pages to support your DA learning journey:
- Introduction to Disciplined Agile - for those wanting to get started
- You are Here
Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) - for certified agilists and those wanting to certify - Disciplined DevOps - for certified practitioners & coaches
- Disciplined Agile for IT (DAIT) - for certified practitioners & coaches
- Disciplined Agile Enterprise (DAE) - for certified coaches