Training: PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner

Ref. PRINCE2A-02

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Duration:

3

days

Exam:

Included

Level:

Intermediate

PDUs:

21 PDUs

Funding:

Temptraining

ITTA | Trainings | Management | Project Management | PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner

Description

PRINCE2 Agile® guidance is a powerful combination of Agile product development with the flexibility and adaptiveness of PRINCE2® project management method. This course introduces basic concepts of common agile ways of working, presents why and how combining PRINCE2® and the agile way of working, demonstrates how to adapt PRINCE2® principles, themes, processes and management products to fit with Agile philosophy.

Participant profiles

Any project managers or project team members who wants to understand how to embed agile ways of working with PRINCE2®
IT managers
People or organisations currently using an Agile framework and who wants to know how to add PRINCE2® on top of it

Objectives

Understand basic concepts of common agile ways of working
Apply and evaluate the focus areas to a project in an agile context
Apply or tailor the PRINCE2® principles, themes, processes and management products to a project in an agile context
Get prepared for the PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner exam

Prerequisites

To have one of the following certification: PRINCE2® Foundation or PRINCE2® Agile or Project Management Professional® (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management™ (CAPM) or IPMA Levels A,B,C and D® (Certified Projects Director)

Course content

Module 1: Overview of Agile

Discover the main aspects of the agile ways of working (including the Agile Manifesto)

Module 2: Overview PRINCE2® and Agile blending

Understand the purpose and the context for combining PRINCE2® and agile ways of working
Why and how flex the 6 aspects of performance of a project (time, cost, scope, quality, risks, benefits)

Module 3: Stating Up a project and Initiating a project

Determine what needs to be adapted at PRINCE2® level, how and to which extend
Focus on outcomes rather than on outputs
Define epics and releases

Module 4: Organisation, roles and responsibilities

Embed PRINCE2® and Agile roles to ensure a good communication, delegation, decision-making, and delivery

Module 5: Using Agile

Evaluate to which extent project’s context is ready to apply agile ways of working

Module 6: Scrum

Introduction to the Scrum agile framework

Module 7: Plan, Progress and Quality

Develop and evaluate (grooming) the Product Backlog
How to monitor progress and to communicate current status
Manage quality (user stories, definition of “done”)

Module 8: Controlling a stage, Managing stage boundaries, Directing a project and Closing a project

Determine how to deal with PRINCE2® execution and control processes
Frequent releases, review, retrospective

Module 9: Kanban method and Lean Start-up

Introduction to the Kanban Method and to the Lean Start-up agile framework
Preparation for the examination

Documentation

Official PRINCE2 Agile® courseware included

Lab / Exercises

Based on a case study:

Exercice 1: For you, what is agile?
Exercice 2: Define why the customer wants to invest in a project
Exercice 3: Assess the level of complexity of a project
Exercice 4: Collect some high-level requirements
Exercice 5: Prioritize requirements
Exercice 6: Define who would be the most appropriate people to fit some key roles
Exercice 7: Determine the level of readiness to use an agile way of working
Exercice 8: Develop a realases plan
Exercice 9: Develop a Product Backlog
Exercice 10: Groom a Product Backlog
Exercice 11: Define quality criteria for a product
Exercice 12: Carry out a retrospective

Exam

This course prepares candidates to pass the PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner exam (included in the price)

This examination is a 50 scenario-based multiple-choice questions
Lasts 2 hours 30 minutes
Passing score is 60%
This exam is open book (official publication only)

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Temptraining funding

ITTA is a partner of Temptraining, the continuing education fund for temporary workers. This training fund can subsidize continuing education for anyone who works for an employer subject to the Collective Work Agreement (CCT) Rental of services.