PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation and Practitioner - Including Exams

This course is aimed at candidates who are new to PRINCE2® and are working in or around an agile project environment. The course covers an overview of PRINCE2®, an introduction to agile, and how to apply the two together.

PRINCE2 Agile® has been developed for anyone who delivers projects, large or small, in an agile context. It is a valuable training and certification scheme for anyone working within an agile project environment, whether they be a project manager, project support or part of the wider project team.

PRINCE2 Agile® equips practitioners and organizations with the ability to deliver agile projects by tailoring the PRINCE2® project management method with a broad toolset of agile delivery techniques and frameworks. In this way, practitioners will leverage the benefits of agile ways of working such as iterative and incremental delivery while maintaining a structure of project governance.

After you complete this course you will be able to:

• Prepare for the PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation Exam
• Prepare for the PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Exam
• Understand the key aspects of PRINCE2®
• Understand basic concepts behind common agile ways of working
• Demonstrate the purpose of combining PRINCE2® with agile
• Be able to fix and flex the six aspects of a project in an agile context
• Incorporate the areas that can support a PRINCE2 Agile® implementation
• Blend, apply and weave the principles, processes and themes of PRINCE2® with many of the common ways of working in an agile way. 
• Configure PRINCE2® when in different situations and to incorporate the agile frameworks, behaviours, concepts and techniques in the best way possible to increase the chances of successful project delivery.

Overview of PRINCE2®

• PRINCE2® Principles
• PRINCE2® Processes and Themes
• PRINCE2® Management Products
• PRINCE2® Journey with Agile

An Introduction to Agile

• Agile Manifesto
• Waterfall vs Agile
• Agile basics and framework
• Agile behaviours, concepts and techniques

Blending PRINCE2® and Agile

• What PRINCE2 Agile comprises of
• Eight PRINCE2 Agile® Guidance Points

What to fix and what to flex

• Performance targets and tolerance
• The “Hexagon”
• The five targets

Agile Behaviours and the PRINCE2® Principles

• Applying PRINCE2® principles
• PRINCE2 Agile® behaviours

Agile and the PRINCE2® Themes

• Tailoring the PRINCE2® Themes
• Tracking progress with burn charts

Agile and the PRINCE2® Processes

• Relating agile processes to PRINCE2® processes
• Tailoring starting up a project and initiating a project
• Tailoring controlling a stage and managing product delivery processes
• Scrum overview and Lean Startup
• Tailoring managing a stage boundary process
• Tailoring closing a project process
• Tailoring directing a project

Focus Areas

• Agilometer
• Requirements
• Rich Communication
• Workshops
• Frequent releases

Practitioner Contents

• Fundamentals
• Projects and BAU
• What is Agile?
• The PRINCE2 Agile® Journey
• The PRINCE2 Agile® Hexagon - what to fix and what to flex?
• Starting Up a Project and Initiating a Project
• Assessing value, Cynefin
• Requirements and User Stories
• Prioritisation (including MoSCoW)
• Change (including the feedback loop)
• Organisation
• Servant Leadership
• Principles and behaviours
• The Agilometer and Risk
• Managing Product Delivery
• The Scrum Framework
• Plans and Progress
• Estimation, Burn charts and Information Radiators
• Work Packages
• Quality (including the definition of 'Done')
• Controlling a Stage and Managing a Stage Boundary
• Frequest releases and Retrospectives
• Directing a Project

There are no formal prerequisites for this course, but learners would benefit from some experience of working in projects prior to attendance.

Recommended preparation for exam(s):

PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation exam:

• Web proctored exam voucher provided - validity of 12 months, you will need to schedule your exam within this time frame.
• Objective Testing
• One hour multiple choice paper
• 50 questions with a pass mark of 55%
• Closed book exam
• Delivered virtually via PeopleCert ExamShield

PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner exam:

• Web proctored exam voucher provided - validity of 12 months, you will need to schedule your exam within this time frame.
• 2.5 hour exam
• Open Book (PRINCE2 Agile book only)
• Objective Testing Exam
• Exam Voucher provided
• 50 questions with a pass mark of 60%
• Delivered virtually via PeopleCert ExamShield

Throughout the PRINCE2 Agile course, you will be exposed to numerous examples of examination questions. We will undertake a number of exercises and 'question-and-answer' sessions that will help to consolidate the learning, thereby ensuring that you are more than adequately prepared for the final examination.

PRINCE2 Agile® is a registered trademark of the PeopleCert group. Used under licence from PeopleCert. All rights reserved.

All students will be provided with fully digital kit: Student eKit, digital PRINCE2 core guide, exam voucher