Anyone else studying for DA in the next month? Want to study together

Quick update for this thread: just cleared 84% on my most recent DA practice set. The da process and lifecycle management has been my main resource and the difficulty feels right — not easy enough to give false confidence, not so hard it's discouraging. Sitting for the real thing in 2 weeks.

Coming back to this thread because I just passed my DA yesterday. Everything people said about the study guide section is spot on — that was the hardest part for me too. For anyone still studying, don't skip the applied questions in the da process and lifecycle management. They're the closest to what you'll actually see.

For anyone finding this later: DA is passable with consistent effort even working full time. I studied 67 minutes a day for 10 weeks. The free da process and lifecycle management kept me honest about my actual gaps.

Great discussion. One thing nobody mentions: sleep the night before matters more than one more study session. Went in fully rested for my DA and felt sharper than expected.

Failed my first attempt back in February and honestly it was a wake-up call. I'd been reading the DA Toolkit cover to cover thinking that was enough, but the exam isn't really testing if you memorized the layers — it's testing if you know when to apply which approach. That shift in mindset changed everything for my second attempt.

What actually helped me was doing practice questions and then going back to figure out why I got the wrong ones wrong, not just moving on. Situational questions tripped me up constantly until I started asking "what does DA say about context" instead of "what's the rule." If you're four weeks out you've got enough time, just don't spend it all reading. Good luck, hope we both pass this time.

Just hit 74% on my last practice run which I'm pretty happy with considering I bombed the governance and metrics sections pretty badly the first time around. Still shaky on a few of the DA mindset concepts but it's coming together. Planning to sit the real thing in about 3 weeks.

Would definitely be down to compare notes if you're at a similar stage. I've been doing a 90 minute block in the mornings before work and it's honestly the only thing that's kept me consistent. What areas are you struggling with most? I feel like the DA toolkit stuff wasn't as bad as I expected but the WoW scenarios trip me up sometimes.