PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation & Practitioner

Gain a complete understanding of how PRINCE2 can interface with Agile methodologies.

Who should take this course

The course is aimed at professionals who are working on agile projects and in project teams.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to attend.

Understand basic concepts of common Agile methods
Understand purpose and context for combining PRINCE2® and Agile
Apply and evaluate focus areas to a project in an Agile context
Fix and flex six aspects of project in an Agile context
Apply or tailor PRINCE2® principles, themes, processes, and management products to a project in an Agile context

Course Overview

Our PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation and Practitioner course enables professionals to study for both PRINCE2 Agile® certifications in one easy training package. Over 4 days you will learn how PRINCE2 and its principles can be used to provide governance for an agile project, producing something both rigorous and flexible. The course is suitable for newcomers to PRINCE2 or agile, as the basics of both approaches will be discussed. Both exams are included, allowing learners to become fully certified in PRINCE2 Agile® and demonstrate understanding of both PRINCE2 and Agile.

Course Content

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

Part 1

A Project or Business as Usual?
An Overview of PRINCE2®
An Introduction to Agile
Blending PRINCE2® and Agile
What to Fix and What to Flex

Part 2

Agile Behaviours and the PRINCE2® Principles
Agile and the PRINCE2® Themes
Agile and the PRINCE2® Processes

Part 3

Focus Areas
Course Complete

PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner

Module 1: Understand basic concepts of common Agile methods

Explain the differences between projects and BAU (Business as usual)
Describe agile and its common approaches, how and why Agile approaches have developed and where they are used
Describe the history of Agile, it’s contrast to the waterfall way of working and how the Agile Manifesto fits in
Describe the different levels of Agile maturity and well-known Agile frameworks
Describe behaviours, concepts and techniques that characterize Agile
Define the PRINCE2 Agile® view of ‘Agile’
Describe Kanban, the Kanban method and its six general practices, including the use of Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs)
Describe the core concepts of Lean Start-up
Describe the use of workshops
Describe how to transition to Agile
Define Scrum theory and explain the nature of the Scrum team, Scrum events, Scrum artefacts and Sprints

Module 2: Understand purpose and context for combining PRINCE2® and Agile

Describe the complementary strengths of PRINCE2® and the Agile way of working
Define who can benefit from using PRINCE2 Agile® and in what contexts/situations
Define the make-up of PRINCE2 Agile® (frameworks, behaviours, concepts, techniques, focus areas)
Explain the eight ‘guidance points’
Explain how PRINCE2® controls and governance can enable Agile to be used in many environments
Describe what a typical PRINCE2® ‘project journey’ looks like in an Agile context

Module 3: Apply and evaluate focus areas to a project in an Agile context

Explain the purpose and use of the Agilometer throughout a project
Describe the six sliders used on the Agilometer, explain their significance and how to improve them
Describe in detail requirements terminology, decomposition and prioritization, including MoSCoW and Ordering
Explain how requirements prioritization is used
Explain the rich communication focus area, its importance and its key techniques
Explain how to manage frequent releases and the benefits of ‘failing fast’

Module 4: Fix and flex six aspects of project in an Agile context

Describe how to use the ‘hexagon’ in relation to the six aspects of project performance
Explain the use of tolerances in terms of what to ‘fix’ and what to ‘flex’ in relation to the six aspects of project performance
Describe in detail each of the five targets that underpin the use of the hexagon
Explain why the ‘fix and flex’ approach is good for the customer

Module 5: Apply or tailor PRINCE2® principles, themes, processes, and management products to a project in an Agile context

Describe in detail the five PRINCE2 Agile® behaviours (Transparency, Collaboration, Rich Communication, Self-Organization, Exploration)
Explain that Agile needs to be incorporated in all seven PRINCE2® processes and all seven themes but that the amount appropriate to each will vary depending on the project context
Describe the two common Organization roles of Scrum master and Product owner
Explain how to adjust roles, including the use of specialist roles, and the options for team organization in a project
Define the make-up of a typical delivery team
Describe servant leadership, its use and importance
Describe how to define Working Agreements
Describe quality setting techniques including ‘definition of done’ and the use of acceptance criteria
Describe quality testing, quality checking and management techniques
Describe approaches to planning and typical planning techniques
Describe approaches to risk and how Agile concepts mitigate many typical risks
Describe how blending PRINCE2® with Agile approaches controls, responds to, and minimizes the impact of change, including risk management and configuration management
Describe how empowered self-organizing teams handle change dynamically within set tolerances
Describe common feedback loops and their importance
Describe progress monitoring techniques including use of ‘work in progress’ boards, burn charts, information radiators
Describe in detail Agile techniques that may apply to each PRINCE2® process including Cynefin
Describe how to flex the ‘Direct a Project’ stage and the benefits of collaborative working
Describe how to ‘manage by exception’ with emphasis on empowerment, quantity of deliverables, rich information flows and value of deliverables
Explain why PRINCE2® ‘stages’ may not be required, including the use of timeboxes and Scrum of scrums
Describe typical output mechanisms when ‘Controlling a Stage’ and ‘Managing a Stage Boundary’
Describe the use of retrospectives and how to make them effective
Describe approaches to managing product delivery including Scrum and Kanban
Explain how to define Work Packages, Product Descriptions, quality criteria and tolerances
Give guidance on behaviours, risk and the frequency of releases
Explain how to manage stage boundaries and the similarities between a stage and a release
Explain how to assess quantity, quality and benefits of stage deliverables
Explain how to effectively close a project, including evaluation of the use of Agile
Describe how to tailor PRINCE2® products, including Work Packages, Highlight Reports and Checkpoint Reports
Describe in detail Agile techniques that may apply to each PRINCE2® theme including requirements, defining value and user stories
Describe guidance on the use of contracts
Describe PRINCE2 Agile® delivery roles
Explain how to use the Health Check
Describe the fundamental values and principles of Agile
Outline tips for the PRINCE2 Agile® project manager

About Colchester

Colchester is a large historic city and the main settlement within the Colchester region in Essex country. During 2011 census, it had 121,859 population which was a substantial rise from the preceding survey and with considerable growth since 2001 and continuing structure plans, it has been called as one of Britain's wildest emerging towns. The Colchester is involved to be the oldest town in Britain. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.

Colchester is some 50 miles northeast of London and is associated with the capital by the A12 road and the Great Eastern Main Line. It is understood as a popular town for commuters and is less than 30 miles away from Stansted Airport and 20 miles from the nearside ferry port of Harwich.

Colchester is home to Colchester Castle and Colchester United Football Club. It has a Traditional Member of Parliament, Will Quince, who was chosen in the 2015 General Election. The correct demonym is Colcestrian. The River Colne goes through the town.

Climate:

Colchester is in one of the driest areas of the United Kingdom with average annual precipitation at 635 mm, although among the wetter places in Essex. Colchester is usually stared as having an Oceanic weather like the rest of the United Kingdom. Its easterly position within the British Isles makes Colchester less prone to Atlantic despairs and weather facades but more prone to lacks.

This is due to the fact that the most areas in South-East England, Colchester's weather is prejudiced more by Mainland weather designs than by Atlantic weather systems. This leads to a dry climate likened to the rest of the UK all year round and chance excesses of temperatures during the year and quite a few nights below freezing during the winter months. Any rainfall that does come from Atlantic climate systems is typically light, but a few heavy showers and thunderstorms can take place during the summer. Snow falls on average 13 days a year during winter and early spring.

Governance:

The Member of Parliament for Colchester is Will Quince. Colchester Borough Council is the local authority. Control of the borough council has approved between the Traditionalists and Liberal Democrats or has been under no general power, in new years. The political configuration of the board as of the 2015 election:

The town is also branded on Essex County Council, covering six County electoral divisions. Villages within the area are meant by various parish councils. The urban area of Colchester includes only one parish council with the rest of Colchester Town being unparished.

The seat of local government is Colchester Town Hall, a late-Victorian baroque edifice by John Belcher. It is the latest in a sequence of local government structures to have erected on the same site since the 12th century. The 162-foot clock tower was obtainable by James Paxman; it is surpassed by a figure of St Helena, who is related by legend to the town.