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PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation and Practitioner Combined

  • Length 5 days
  • Inclusions Exam vouchers
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Why study this course

» This Combined course is also available as two separate 3-day courses: PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner.

PRINCE2 Agile® is the world’s most complete project management solution, combining the flexibility and responsiveness of Agile with the clearly defined framework of PRINCE2®.

The new best practice guidance shows how this compatibility can be exploited by organisations harnessing both PRINCE2 and Agile, equipping them with the required skills and processes to successfully deliver projects to meet customer requirements in today’s fast-paced and rapidly changing business environments.

PRINCE2 and Agile each have their own strengths, and when combined they complement each other and create a holistic approach to managing projects in an Agile way. The strength of PRINCE2 lies in areas of project direction and project management, while Agile has a very strong focus on product delivery. Combining PRINCE2 and Agile delivers an integrated and seamless approach to managing and delivering modern projects.

PRINCE2 Agile describes how to configure and tune PRINCE2 so that it can be used in the most effective way when combining it with Agile behaviours, concepts, frameworks, and techniques.

PRINCE2 Agile does not favour one Agile approach over any other, it engages with Agile in all of its many forms to provide a holistic project management approach that can be tailored to suit a wide variety of project conditions.

The course includes a copy of the PRINCE2 Agile official publication.

It is highly recommended that you spend some time each evening of this course reviewing and consolidating what you’ve learned, to be well prepared for the exam.

Examination

This course pricing includes vouchers for the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation Exam and PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner Exam, which are online proctored exams through PeopleCert. Practice exam papers are provided in the course, and reviewed to assist in preparation.

The Foundation exam is:

  • One-hour objective testing multiple-choice

  • 50 questions

  • Pass mark is 55%

  • Closed book

The Practitioner exam is:

  • 2.5 hour scenario-based objective testing multiple-choice

  • 50 questions

  • Pass mark is 30 out of 50 (i.e. 60%)

  • Open book (PRINCE2 Agile official publication only)

After passing the exams, each student’s certificates will be made available to them via PeopleCert.

It is highly recommended that you spend some time each evening of this course reviewing and consolidating what you’ve learned, to be well prepared for the exam.

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What you’ll learn

After completing this course, students will:

  • Understand the key concepts related to PRINCE2

  • Understand the key concepts related to projects and PRINCE2 Agile

  • Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and applied in an Agile context

  • Understand the Agile ways of working, key terms, and techniques

  • Understand the focus areas in an Agile context

  • Understand the purpose and context for combining PRINCE2 and the Agile way of working

  • Be able to apply and evaluate the focus areas to a project in an Agile context

  • Be able to fix and flex the six aspects of a project in an Agile context

  • Be able to apply or tailor the PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes, and management products to a project in an Agile context

  • Have learned through the use of theory and practical exercises

  • Be prepared for the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and Practitioner exams


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PRINCE2 at Lumify Work

Lumify Work is an Accredited Training Organization with Gold status for PeopleCert courses and certifications including PRINCE2. PRINCE2 is a process-based approach for project management, providing an easily tailored and scalable method for the management of all types of projects, across industries, and across locations.


Who is the course for?

The existing PRINCE2 business community will benefit from PRINCE2 Agile:

  • PRINCE2 organisations or individuals who wish to adopt Agile

  • PRINCE2 organisations or individuals who are practising Agile in some form

  • PRINCE2 organisations or individuals who are encountering other organisations or individuals using Agile in some form

  • Organisations or individuals who have some Agile experience and wish to adopt PRINCE2

Many specific roles will also benefit from PRINCE2 Agile:

  • PRINCE2 Practitioners

  • Agile Project Managers

  • Scrum Masters

  • Project Office Managers

  • Project Leaders

  • Team Managers

  • Agile Support

  • Agile Facilitators

  • DSDM Coaches

  • Agile Coaches


Course subjects

Agile Overview

  • Project or BAU?

  • An Overview of Agile

  • What is Agile?

  • The Agile Manifesto

  • The Agile Mindset, Values and Principles

  • The Agile Practices

  • The Agile Methodologies, Methods, Frameworks

  • Agile Lightweight and Fuller Approaches

  • Waterfall or Iterative and Incremental

  • Agile Basics

  • Agile Behaviours, Concepts and Techniques

  • Relationships with other Best Practices

PRINCE2 Summary

  • The Structure of PRINCE2

  • Project Management

  • Principles, Themes, and Processes

  • Relationship Between Themes and Processes

  • Project Management Team Roles

Blending PRINCE2 and Agile

  • Rationale Behind Blending PRINCE2 and Agile

  • Target Audience

  • PRINCE2 Agile Elements

  • The Eight Guidance Points

  • The Hexagon

  • Tolerance Guidance

Combining PRINCE2 and Agile

  • The PRINCE2 Journey with Agile

  • Fix and Flex

  • The Five Targets

  • The Agile View on Tolerances

  • PRINCE2 Agile Behaviours

PRINCE2 Agile Themes

  • Combining the PRINCE2 Themes

PRINCE2 Agile Processes

  • Combining the PRINCE2 Processes

Agile Frameworks, Concepts, and Techniques

  • The Scrum Framework

  • Agile – Concepts and Techniques

Agile Focus Areas

  • Agilometer

  • Requirements

  • Rich Communications

  • Frequent Release

The Five Targets

  • Introducing the Five Targets

  • The appropriate balance

  • MoSCoW Prioritisation

Starting-Up a Project, Initiating a Project

  • Agile and the PRINCE2 Processes

  • Complexity and Agile

  • Cynefin

  • Relating Complexity and Management Style

Agile and the PRINCE2 Themes

  • Business Case – General View of Agile

  • Defining Value

  • Requirements and User Stories

  • Requirements Prioritisation

  • MoSCoW and Ordering

Change

  • Change – General View of Agile

  • Change – Guidance

  • The Feedback Loop

Organisation

  • Organisation – General View of Agile

  • Organisation – Guidance

  • Adjustments

  • Project Manager

  • The Delivery Team

  • Project Structures

  • Servant Leadership

  • Incorporating a Wider Customer View

  • Working Agreements

Principles and Behaviours

  • PRINCE2 Principles – Guidance

  • PRINCE2 Agile Behaviours

  • The Agilometer – A Focus Area

  • Risk

  • Work Packages

Managing Product Delivery

  • Scrum – What is it?

  • Scrum Theory

  • The Scrum Team

  • Scrum Events

  • Scrum Artefacts

Plans

  • Plans – General View

  • Plans – Guidance

  • Estimation

  • Progress

  • Burn Charts

  • Information Radiators

Quality

  • Quality – General View

  • Quality – Guidance

  • How to Test

  • Quality in Relation to Scope

Controlling a Stage and Managing a Stage

  • Controlling a Stage

  • Frequent Releases – Focus Area

  • Managing a Stage Boundary

  • Retrospectives

Directing a Project

  • Agile Contracts

Closing a Project

  • PRINCE2 Management Products and Roles

  • Tailoring of the PRINCE2 Products

Rich Communication

  • Communication Richness

  • Workshops

Kanban and the Kanban Method

  • The Six General Practices of the Kanban Method

  • Kanban – Further Guidance

  • Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs)

  • Kanban Hints

Lean Start-Up

  • Lean Start-Up Core Concepts

Further Guidance

  • Health Check

  • Transitioning to Agile

  • Advice for a Project Manager Using Agile


Prerequisites

None.


Industry Association Recognition

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

  • Contact hours: 35 hours

  • Professional Development Units (PDUs): 35 PDUs

Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM®)

  • Continual Professional Development (CPD) points: 20 points


PeopleCert Exams

All PeopleCert exams are now conducted via online proctoring, with an improved web-based platform released in February 2024. Candidates can schedule their exam for any time within the voucher validity period of 12 months, to be taken anywhere, on any Windows or Mac computer. Live proctors will guide and invigilate the exam process. For full details please see PeopleCert's Guidelines for Web-Based Exam Driver.

To comply with PeopleCert requirements, Lumify Work cannot provide PeopleCert training courses (AgileSHIFT®, ITIL®, Lean Six Sigma, MoP™, M_o_R™, MSP®, P3O®, PRINCE2®, and PRINCE2 Agile®) without the corresponding official exam.


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The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.


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