DAD

Disciplined agile delivery (DAD) is a process decision framework that enables simplified process decisions around incremental and iterative solution delivery. DAD builds on the many practices espoused by advocates of agile software development, including Scrum, agile modeling, lean software development, and others.

The primary reference for disciplined agile delivery is the book of same name, written by Scott Ambler and Mark Lines.

In particular, DAD has been identified as a means of moving beyond Scrum. According to Cutter Senior Consultant Bhuvan Unhelkar, "The DAD framework provides a carefully constructed mechanism that not only streamlines IT work, but more importantly, enables scaling." Paul Gorans and Philippe Kruchten call for more discipline in implementation of agile approaches and indicate that DAD, as an example framework, is \"a hybrid agile approach to enterprise IT solution delivery that provides a solid foundation from which to scale.