Track PMI Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) practice status, review route fit, and use related PM Mastery routes while dedicated DAVSC practice is not live.
PMI Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC) is the route for practitioners who improve value streams, reduce flow delays, align teams around value delivery, and guide ongoing improvement across organizational units.
PM Mastery does not have dedicated DAVSC web practice yet. PMI’s public Disciplined Agile learning journey currently emphasizes Disciplined Agile Essentials, Foundations, Leadership, and PMI-ACP, so verify current DAVSC availability directly with PMI before planning a standalone DAVSC exam.
For PMI’s current Disciplined Agile learning path, see the PMI Disciplined Agile learning journey . PMI also still exposes a DAVSC Exam Content Outline PDF and a DA exam preparation page ; check PMI directly before purchasing or scheduling.
DAVSC-style questions usually reward the answer that improves flow at the value-stream level: identify the real constraint, make work visible, reduce delays and dependencies, build the improvement backlog, and sustain change.
| Official outline detail | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Item format | 40 multiple-choice questions |
| Allotted exam time | 90 minutes |
| Case-study element | Published outline references case-study questions tied to the DAVSC course and Community of Practice |
| Main focus | goals, value-stream analysis, optimization, improvement backlog, transition, and ongoing improvement |
| Status note | Verify current DAVSC purchase and scheduling availability directly with PMI before treating this as an active exam route |
| Domain | Weight |
|---|---|
| Assess Goals and Strategies | 7.5% |
| Identify and Analyze the Value Stream | 27.5% |
| Optimize and Improve the Value Stream | 25% |
| Creating the Improvement Backlog | 20% |
| Managing the Transition and Ongoing Improvement | 20% |
| Choose DAVSC when… | Choose another route when… |
|---|---|
| your work is value-stream analysis, flow improvement, and enterprise-level improvement backlog design | you need broad agile practitioner practice, where PMI-ACP is stronger |
| you are improving the system of delivery across teams, not only coaching one team | you mainly coach teams through DA adoption, where DAC is cleaner |
| the target problem is delays, dependencies, lean funding, and value-stream visibility | the target problem is PMO governance, where PMI-PMOCP may be the better comparison |