PRINCE2 Agile^® Achieving Practitioner Certification Training

PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner Course Outline

• What is PRINCE2 Agile?

  • Establishing the rationale of PRINCE2 Agile
  • Identifying who can use it

• Reviewing the Fundamental Concepts

  Introducing PRINCE2 Agile

  • Comparing projects to business as usual
  • Positioning PRINCE2 Agile for projects only

  Characterizing the meaning of Agile

  • Establishing the basics
  • Summarizing the most well-known agile frameworks
  • Introducing behaviors, concepts and techniques

  Blending PRINCE2 and Agile

  • Supporting the PRINCE2 community
  • Identifying the benefits of PRINCE2 Agile
  • Establishing when and where to apply PRINCE2 Agile

  Applying Agile to the PRINCE2 journey

  • Reviewing the constituent parts of PRINCE2
  • Clarifying the tailoring appropriate to agile working
  • Visualizing the pre-project and the initiation stage
  • Enhancing the delivery stages
  • Simplifying the final delivery stage

  Flexing and fixing

  • Focusing on flexing what is to be delivered
  • Fixing time and cost
  • Defining the five targets; the reasons that underpin the thinking

• PRINCE2 Agile Guidance, Tailoring and Techniques

  Getting started with PRINCE2 Agile

  • Applying the PRINCE2 principles
  • Introducing Agile behaviors

  Applying the 7 PRINCE2 themes

  • Establishing which themes are most prominent
  • Developing the Business Case theme
  • Extending the Organization theme
  • Clarifying the application of the Quality theme
  • Combining Agile concepts into the Plans and Progress themes
  • Maintaining the Risk and Change themes

  Tailoring the 7 PRINCE2 processes

  • Incorporating Sprints and flow-based timeboxes
  • Maintaining clear project justification and addressing emergent thinking
  • Tailoring Controlling a Stage to an Agile environment
  • Managing the interface between Project Management and Product Delivery
  • Ensuring that Agile concepts guide the delivery
  • Confirming viability of the project with stage boundaries
  • Closing the project appropriately

  Integrating Agile concepts and techniques into PRINCE2

  • Assessing project complexity with the Cynefin framework
  • Utilizing Scrum and Kanban to help with product delivery
  • Enhancing learning and managing uncertainty using the Lean Startup method
  • Applying Lean Startup to PRINCE2

• Defining Areas of Focus for PRINCE2 Agile

  Assessing Agile suitability with the Agilometer

  • Pinpointing 6 key areas of agile suitability
  • Determining the agile environment of a project
  • Tailoring PRINCE2 based upon feedback on the 6 key areas

  Defining requirements and user stories

  • Developing requirements so they are conducive to agile working
  • Reviewing approaches for prioritizing requirements
  • Defining product descriptions with the right level of detail

  Communicating effectively

  • Developing rich communication
  • Shifting the emphasis to enable agile working

  Releasing early and frequently

  • Realizing the benefits of frequent releases
  • Planning the project on features and requirements
  • Employing product-based planning

  Creating contracts when using Agile

  • Collaborating to create a contract based upon outcomes
  • Driving the right behaviors
  • Structuring a contract to align with agile working
  • The contract as a safety net