Join Scott and I for an interview that both introduces and discusses Disciplined Agile Delivery, what it is, why we need it, and how it helps delivery teams achieve Agility @ Scale.  During the session we will also try to address as many questions from ...read more

Why does DAD not have an explicit role for an Analyst?  This is a hot topic for those in this profession, and a subject that I have been asked to talk on, notably for the IIBA.  Without question classically trained analysts bring much needed soft skills ...read more

As you can see from this diagram, the DAD primary roles are similar to those of Scrum.  In Scrum, the product owner decides what will be built and in what order.  In DAD we recognize that architecture is a key source of project risk and someone needs ...read more

Last week I was discussing DAD with a new client and he asked me “Is DAD just an Agile version of RUP?”  In a word, no.  DAD is a framework composed of a hybrid of methods and practices as shown in the diagram.  It comprises the best of Scrum ...read more

I’ll be delivering a one-day Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) workshop at the Agile Testing Days 2012 conference in Potsdam Germany on November 19th and also giving a keynote the following day about how testing practices fit in through the DAD lifecycle ...read more

I will be facilitating a 4 hour Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) workshop at the Central and Eastern European Software Engineering Conference on October 31 and also doing a talk the following day on Disciplined Agile Delivery in a Nutshell. ...read more

Is your organization struggling to adopt and tailor agile methods such as Scrum or Extreme Programming (XP) effectively?  If so you need to consider Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD).  The DAD process decision framework is a hybrid which adopts proven ...read more

This post is a follow-up to Comparing DAD to the Rational Unified Process (RUP) – Part 1.  In that post I described in some detail why Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) is not “Agile RUP”.  DAD is quite different in both approach and ...read more

This blog originally posted on IBM.com. On April 25, 2013 I gave a webcast for the Global Rational User Community entitled Disciplined Agile Delivery: Going Beyond Scrum . During the webcast, a large number of questions were asked, but unfortunately I could not get to all of them. So, I've taken...