Ag PRINCE2® Agile Combined (Foundation & Practitioner)

Course Code: Q5ClaAgil340

Duration

5 Day(s)

Course Type

Public or Private

Max Delegates

12

Delivery Style

Classroom

All the responsiveness and flexibility of Agile combined with the structure and control of PRINCE2

PRINCE2 has long been the de facto way of running projects within the UK. However, in recent years Agile methodologies have gained huge popularity due to their flexibility and responsiveness. This course will show you how you can get the best of both worlds; introducing the basic concepts of using Agile, whilst demonstrating how you can introduce them within the increased structure of a PRINCE2 environment.

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Description

Who is this course for

Anybody who works for an organisation that uses PRINCE2, and who wants to learn what the makers of PRINCE2 say about combining Agile with PRINCE2.

You will learn how to


  • Appreciate the basic concepts of Agile ways of working

  • Understand the purpose and context for combining PRINCE2 and Agile

  • Fix and flex the six aspects of a project in an Agile context

  • Apply or tailor the PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products to a project in an agile context

  • Prepare for the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and Practitioner exam

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this course

Benefits for you as an individual

PRINCE2 is still by far the biggest and most popular way of running projects. However Agile is growing ever stronger, so rather than picking one or the other, opt for PRINCE2 Agile and have the best of both worlds available to you and your projects.

Benefits for your organisation

The environment in which we operate is ever-changing and with technology moving at light speed, it's often not possible to plan projects years or even months in advance. Using PRINCE2 Agile, you can keep the structure and familiarity that PRINCE2 brings, whilst benefitting from the responsiveness that working in an Agile way brings.

PRINCE2 Agile is about being able to react easily to changes within the market, scope your current project and release value to the organisation throughout rather than at key sets points.

  • An overview of Agile
  • Projects and BAU
  • Blending PRINCE2 and agile together
  • Assumptions
  • The Hexagon (incl. MoSCoW prioritisation)
  • Starting Up a Project, Initiating a Project (including the Business Case, value assessment and Cynefin approach)
  • Requirements and User Stories
  • Organization
  • Servant Leadership
  • Principles and behaviours
  • The Agilometer and the Risk Theme
  • Managing Product Delivery (incl. Scrum, Plans and Progress, estimation, burn charts, Information Radiators and Work Packages)
  • Quality (Incl. Definition of Done)
  • Controlling a Stage and Managing a Stage Boundary (Incl. Frequent Releases and Retrospectives)
  • Directing a Project.
  • Closing a Project
  • Management Products
  • Communication (Incl. Facilitated Workshops)
  • Kanban
  • Lean Start-up

Additional Exam Information

The Foundation exam is 1 hour, closed book. Delegates sit the exam at the end of day 3, and will need to score 55% or more to pass.

The Practitioner exam is 2 ½ hours, open book (PRINCE2 Agile book only). Delegates sit the exam at the end of day 5, and will need to achieve a mark of 60% or more to pass.

If you are attending a Face to Face course your exam will be a paper-based exam during your course.


If you are attending a Virtual course you’ll be issued an exam voucher to take the exam at a time of your choosing. Please see PeopleCert’s website for the security requirements for the web based exam driver.


This course is eligible for the PeopleCert Take2 scheme, please discuss at point of booking if this is of interest to you.


Please note - it is compulsory to purchase the exam, although discretionary whether you take it.


Pre-Coursework

Delegates are strongly advised to read some of the course manual before attending the course. Full details will be supplied to each delegate after booking.

This is an intensive course in which you will attempt to learn all of PRINCE2, most of Scrum, Kanban and Lean Startup, plus loads of guidance about how they can all be combined. If you are new to these methodologies, be aware that this is a lot of information. Please note that you will be expected to complete approximately 2 hours of homework each evening during the course.
Excellent and informative instruction. Pleased to see some intelligent use of the short time frame to use Agile to resolve our questions.
- Mark Wilson Ramsay, Jaguar Land Rover (Whitley)
The tutors were superb, and I learnt far more than expected, the way the training was tailored was excellent. It far exceeded my expectations.
- Mark Ellison, Jaguar Land Rover (Whitley)
Tim is a fantastic tutor and really brings the content to life. He made us all very relaxed about the next stage of the course.
- Isobel Walker, University Of Birmingham
Excellent course content delivered clearly by Tim - the structure was excellent and the content was memorable because of the excellent delivery
- Rose Hannant
The trainer Tim Finch was brilliant. At first when I did the pre-reading I expected the course to be really dull but he brought the content to life and was…
- Emily Muscat, University Of Birmingham

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