Our 4-day combined PRINCE2® Agile Foundation and Practitioner course provides a full understanding of the PRINCE2® Agile methodology and training for two highly respected professional certifications: PRINCE2® Agile Foundation and PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner.  Implementing PRINCE2 Agile® within an organisation can provide a variety of benefits, such as enhanced value of delivery, reduced risk of deficient products via incremental and iterative delivery, and the emergence of disciplined flexibility. The PRINCE2® Agile Foundation and Practitioner exams are both included in the price.

This training course is intended for anyone who delivers, manages, or works within agile projects and project teams, thus Project Managers, Project Support, Delivery Team Support, and those within PMO roles may wish to attend this training.

No prior knowledge of PRINCE2® is required to take this certification. There are also no formal prerequisites, so anyone interested in the topic can attend this course.

Upon purchase you will receive a password via the email you used to purchase the course. You will then be able to login to the online learning platform with your e-mail and password. You will have access to the platform for 12 months to complete your course.

The specifics of this e-learning:

• Internationally accredited
• You can gain credit poins
• You can access the material anytime, from anywhere
• It is accessible on mobile phone too
• Interactive
• It contains sample questions, and a sample exam
• PRINCE® Agile Foundation and Practitioner exam voucher

By combining the methods of PRINCE2® and Agile, the certification aims to provide individuals with a framework for their projects that is precise and controllable, whilst still being quick to adapt to sudden changes.

Course Outline:

PRINCE®2 Agile Foundation:

1.Module:

1.1.A Project or Business as Usual?

1.2. An Overview of PRINCE2®

1.3. An Introduction to Agile

1.4. Blending PRINCE2® and Agile

1.5. What to Fix and What to Flex

2. Module:

2.1. Agile Behaviours and the PRINCE2® Principles

2.2. Agile and the PRINCE2® Themes

2.3. Agile and the PRINCE2® Processes

3. Module:

3.1. Focus Areas

3.2. Course Complete

PRINCE®2 Agile Practitioner:

1. Module: Understand the basic concepts of common Agile methods      

1.1. Explain the differences between projects and BAU (Business as usual)

1.2. Describe agile and its common approaches, how and why Agile approaches have developed and where they are used

1.3. Describe the history of Agile, it’s contrast to the waterfall way of working and how the Agile Manifesto fits in

1.4. Describe the different levels of Agile maturity and well-known Agile frameworks

1.5. Describe behaviours, concepts and techniques that characterize Agile

1.6. Define the PRINCE2 Agile® view of ‘Agile’

1.7. Describe Kanban, the Kanban method and its six general practices, including the use of Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs)

1.8. Describe the core concepts of Lean Start-up

1.9. Describe the use of workshops

1.10. Describe how to transition to Agile

1.11.Define Scrum theory and explain the nature of the Scrum team, Scrum events, Scrum artefacts and Sprints

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

2.1. Describe the complementary strengths of PRINCE2® and the Agile way of working

2.2. Define who can benefit from using PRINCE2 Agile® and in what contexts/situations

2.3. Define the make-up of PRINCE2 Agile® (frameworks, behaviours, concepts, techniques, focus areas)

2.4. Explain the eight ‘guidance points’

2.5. Explain how PRINCE2® controls and governance can enable Agile to be used in many environments

2.6. Describe what a typical PRINCE2® ‘project journey’ looks like in an Agile context

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

3.1. Explain the purpose and use of the Agilometer throughout a project

3.2. Describe the six sliders used on the Agilometer, explain their significance and how to improve them

3.3. Describe in detail requirements terminology, decomposition and prioritization, including MoSCoW and Ordering

3.4. Explain how requirements prioritization is used

3.5. Explain the rich communication focus area, its importance and its key techniques

3.6. Explain how to manage frequent releases and the benefits of ‘failing fast’

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

4.1. Describe how to use the ‘hexagon’ in relation to the six aspects of project performance

4.2. Explain the use of tolerances in terms of what to ‘fix’ and what to ‘flex’ in relation to the six aspects of project performance

4.3. Describe in detail each of the five targets that underpin the use of the hexagon

4.4. Explain why the ‘fix and flex’ approach is good for the customer

Accredited PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation + Practitioner training is provided by The Knowledge Academy accredited by PeopleCert. PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation Certificate

Examination Format:
- Multiple choice questions
- 60 questions per paper
- 33 marks required (out of 60 available) to pass: 55%
- One hour's (60 minutes) duration
- Closed book

PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Certificate

Examination Format:
- Objective testing
- 50 questions per paper
- 30 marks required (out of 50 available) to pass: 60%
- Duration: 150 minutes
- Open book exam