DAC Cheat Sheet 2026

The 30 highest-yield DAC facts, distilled from real exam questions. Print it, save it as a PDF, or study it here — free, no sign-up.

1. A DA coach discovers the team tracks 12 different metrics but acts on none of them. The root cause is most likely: → Metrics are not connected to improvement goals or decisions
2. In Disciplined Agile (DA), what is the primary purpose of the 'Choose Your WoW' principle? → To allow teams to choose the best workflow strategy for their context
3. In a DA multi-team program, which artifact is typically used to aggregate individual team metrics into a program-level health view? → Program-level Kanban board or integrated metrics dashboard
4. Which scenario best illustrates a violation of the Lean 'build quality in' principle? → A team skips code reviews to meet a sprint deadline and plans a 'hardening sprint'
5. Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between servant leadership and the DA principle of 'choice is good'? → Servant leaders present options and help teams select the best fit for their context
6. How does the Agile Manifesto's emphasis on 'face-to-face conversation' align with DA's approach for distributed teams? → DA recognizes distributed teams must invest more in rich communication channels
7. What communication principle is MOST important when a DA coach delivers difficult feedback to a stakeholder? → Be specific, timely, and focused on behavior and impact rather than personality
8. What role does feedback play in coaching? → To guide improvement constructively.
9. A DA coach is helping a team establish a communication plan. Which element is MOST critical to include? → Frequency, format, and audience for each type of communication
10. A DAC is facilitating a team that consistently misses the Definition of Done. As a servant leader, the FIRST step is to: → Investigate and understand the root causes with the team before proposing solutions
11. A DAC is coaching an executive sponsor who uses command-and-control behaviors with agile teams. The servant leader approach is to: → Help the sponsor understand how their behaviors impact team autonomy and outcomes
12. What is the benefit of establishing ground rules in facilitation? → To foster respect and focus.
13. The Lean concept of 'pull' systems in a software context means: → Work is started only when downstream capacity exists
14. In the DA toolkit, which process blade covers how teams organize themselves and manage their work? → Team management blade
15. A DA team wants to reduce their 'change failure rate.' Which practice would most directly help? → Increasing deployment frequency to small batches
16. In Disciplined Agile, which metric is MOST aligned with servant leadership values when measuring team health? → Team satisfaction, psychological safety, and collaboration quality
17. What is the role of 'feedback loops' in a DA Organizational Change Leadership strategy? → They enable rapid validation and adjustment of change experiments
18. A DA team notices their cycle time has tripled over three sprints. Which investigation step should come first? → Examine the work-in-progress (WIP) limits and queue depths
19. When coaching executives in a DA transformation, what is the MOST important mindset shift to facilitate? → From controlling activities to enabling outcomes
20. When using DA's Inception phase at the enterprise level, what is the CRITICAL deliverable? → A lightweight business case with initial stakeholder alignment
21. What is a 'process goal' in Disciplined Agile? → A desired outcome that teams work toward using context-appropriate practices
22. When DA guidance says to 'prove it with working software,' this most directly reinforces which Agile Manifesto value? → Working software over comprehensive documentation
23. Which metric helps measure Agile transformation success? → Lead time.
24. What is a characteristic of a high-performing team? → Open communication and trust.
25. When using the DA toolkit to scale, what does 'Guided Continuous Improvement (GCI)' provide to organizations? → Proven process improvement goals organized by DA process blade to guide evolution
26. What is the benefit of cross-functional teams? → Enhance collaboration and innovation.
27. Which reporting approach does Disciplined Agile recommend to replace traditional status reports in a team-of-teams context? → Visual management boards with pull-based information
28. In the context of DAC certification, what is the most important consideration when implementing servant leadership practices? → Ensuring alignment with established standards, stakeholder needs, and best practices
29. Which DA framework layer is most responsible for defining the metrics governance strategy across multiple teams? → Portfolio layer
30. Which DA principle most directly informs how a DAC approaches helping a team select their way of working? → Context Counts