Who should take this course

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

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to attend.

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What Will You Learn

  • 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
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  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.

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  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
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Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium in about AD 79. It is aid to have been located on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically a part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated in the 20th century. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township. It  began to expand "at an astonishing rate" only around the turn of the 19th century. Manchester's unplanned urbanisation came due  to a boom in textile manufacture . This  and resulted in Manchester becoming the world's first industrialised city.

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