Track PMI Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) practice status, review route fit, and use related live PM Mastery agile routes while dedicated DAC practice is not live.
PMI Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC) is the route for practitioners who coach teams and groups of teams through continuous improvement, stakeholder engagement, transition planning, and pragmatic DA ways of working.
PM Mastery does not have dedicated DAC web practice yet. PMI’s public Disciplined Agile learning journey currently emphasizes Disciplined Agile Essentials, Foundations, Leadership, and PMI-ACP, so verify current DAC availability directly with PMI before planning a standalone DAC exam.
For PMI’s current Disciplined Agile learning path, see the PMI Disciplined Agile learning journey . PMI also still exposes a DAC Exam Content Outline PDF and a DA exam preparation page ; check PMI directly before purchasing or scheduling.
DAC-style questions usually reward the answer that coaches without imposing a one-size-fits-all framework: engage stakeholders, reveal constraints, build improvement backlogs, and help teams choose context-sensitive DA options.
| Official outline detail | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Item format | 60 multiple-choice questions |
| Allotted exam time | 120 minutes |
| Case-study element | Published outline references case-study questions tied to DAC course content |
| Main focus | coaching, stakeholder engagement, facilitation, lean leadership, continuous improvement, and thought leadership |
| Status note | Verify current DAC purchase and scheduling availability directly with PMI before treating this as an active exam route |
| Domain | Weight |
|---|---|
| The Disciplined Agile Coach | 8.3% |
| Facilitate the DA Way | 6.7% |
| Engage the Stakeholders | 15% |
| Communicate Continuously | 10% |
| Mentorship and Leadership | 16.7% |
| Guided Transition and Continuous Improvement | 11.7% |
| Coaching, Consulting, Counseling, and Lean Leadership | 18.3% |
| Training and Development | 6.7% |
| Thought Leadership | 6.7% |
| Choose DAC when… | Choose another route when… |
|---|---|
| your work is coaching teams through DA adoption and continuous improvement | you need PMI’s broad agile practitioner credential, where PMI-ACP is stronger |
| you facilitate stakeholders and help teams choose fit-for-purpose ways of working | you are focused mainly on senior scrum master/team-lead work, where DASSM is cleaner |
| your challenge is coaching teams and groups of teams | your challenge is enterprise value-stream flow, where DAVSC is the better comparison |