PRINCE2 Agile Foundation
About Course
Upcoming Course Start Dates: 6th till 8th November 2024 The PRINCE2 Agile Foundation certificate is designed to help professionals deliver agile projects by tailoring PRINCE2 management controls with a broad toolset of agile delivery techniques and frameworks.
The exam voucher is included in the course package.
Duration 3 Days
Certificate PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation
Governing Body Governing Body
Examination Body PeopleCert
Course Outline
Key Concepts Relating To Projects and PRINCE2
- PRINCE2 principles
- PRINCE2 themes
- PRINCE2 processes
- PRINCE2 management products
- Responsibilities of PRINCE2 roles
Key Concepts Relating To Projects and PRINCE2 Agile
- The difference between projects and business as usual (BAU)
- Agile ways of working; Kanban, Lean Start up, Scrum
- ‘Blend and Weave’ PRINCE2 with agile
- The roles, responsibilities and competencies of the PRINCE2 Agile delivery team:
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- Customer subject matter expert
- Customer representative
- Supplier subject matter expert
- Supplier representative
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PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products in an agile context
- PRINCE2 principles in an agile context:
- Continued business justification
- Learn from experience
- Defined roles and responsibilities
- Manage by stages
- Manage by exception
- Focus on products
- Tailor to suit the project environment
- PRINCE2 Agile behaviours:
- Transparency
- Collaboration
- Rich communication
- Self-organization
- Exploration
- PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each theme:
- Business case
- Organization
- Quality
- Plans
- Risk
- Change
- Progress
- PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each process:
- Starting up a project
- Initiating a project
- Directing a project
- Controlling a stage
- Managing product delivery
- Managing a stage boundary
- Closing a project
PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products in an agile context (Cont.)
- PRINCE2 Agile guidance for PRINCE2 management products:
- Business case
- Checkpoint report
- Highlight report
- Project brief
- Project initiation documentation
- Project product description
- Work package
- Fix and Flex
- Fix and flex tolerances
- Be on time and hitting deadlines
- Protect the level of quality
- Embrace change
- Keep teams stable
- Accept that the customer doesn’t need everything.
Agile ways of working, key terms and techniques
- Agile Terms:
- Backlog (sprint, release & product)
- Benefit (value)
- Epic
- Information radiator
- Spike
- Stand up meeting
- Timebox (sprint, release)
- Velocity
- Waterfall methodology
- Key Agile Concepts and Technique
- Scrum
- Lean Start up (incl. MVP)
- Retrospectives
- User stories (incl. Definition of ‘ready’ and ‘done’)
- Workshops
- Burn charts
- Agile Estimation (points and T-Shirt sizing)
- Working Agreements Key concepts related to organization
Focus Areas in An Agile Context
- PRINCE2 Agile focus areas:
- Agilometer
- Requirements
- Rich communication
- Frequent releases