The Consortium was inaugurated in 1994 with the aim of producing a public-domain, commonly agreed method that would be tool independent. Ed Holt (now of SELECT Software Tools), who chaired the Consortium for the first two years, said that every organisation that bought a RAD tool really needed a new process. DSDM aims to provide that process for building and maintaining systems which meet tight time constraints in a controlled project environment. The Consortium had 17 founder members, who represented a mix of organisations that holds good today: large IT vendors, smaller tool vendors and user organisations of all sizes. The Consortium now has over 1000 members and is growing internationally.
Consortium ulizinduliwa mwaka 1994 kwa lengo la kuzalisha umma uwanja, kawaida walikubaliana njia ambayo itakuwa chombo huru. Mh Holt (sasa ya SELECT Programu Tools), ambaye alikuwa mwenyekiti Consortium kwa miaka miwili ya kwanza, alisema kuwa kila shirika ambalo kununuliwa RAD chombo kweli zinahitajika mchakato mpya. DSDM inalenga kutoa utaratibu huo kwa ajili ya kujenga na kudumisha mifumo ambayo kukidhi tight wakati vikwazo katika kudhibitiwa mazingira ya mradi huo. Consortium alikuwa 17 mwanzilishi wanachama, ambaye kuwakilishwa mchanganyiko wa mashirika ambayo inashikilia nzuri leo: wachuuzi kubwa IT, wachuuzi ndogo chombo na mashirika user ya ukubwa wote. Consortium sasa ina zaidi ya 1,000 wanachama na ni kuongezeka kimataifa.