About PRINCE2® 6th Edition
PRINCE2® is widely considered the leading project management method. Many companies and government organizations are using the method to deliver change and develop new products or services. PRINCE2 provides a tried and tested method from which organizations can benefit.
The guidance will help organizations understand how the fundamental principles of PRINCE2 provide the basis of good project management. It also emphasizes how the method can be tailored to give an appropriate fit to a magnitude of project sizes, types and environments. PRINCE2 brings the experience together to provide practical guidance on managing projects in a wide variety of environments including those using agile approaches.
Many projects today involve collaboration across organizational or even national boundaries. PRINCE2 provides a universal language that unites the project team with external suppliers and colleagues in other countries. In such environments, a common understanding of what the project is trying to achieve, why the project is being undertaken and the benefits to be delivered, who is responsible for doing what, and what the project timescales are, are crucial to project success. These are all aspects where PRINCE2 can help organizations to better manage their projects.
PRINCE2 as a project management approach revolves around key concepts of principles, theme, processes.
What is PRINCE2 Agile™?
PRINCE2 Agile guidance is all about how to tailor PRINCE2 to use Agile methods into it. PRINCE2 is a neutral project management framework which can support both traditional waterfall projects as well as adaptive or iterative projects.
To provide guidance on how to integrate agile practices into the existing projects for both any organizations and industries. PRINCE2 Agile considers Scrum/Kanban approaches as reference frameworks. The intention is not explaining all the agile frameworks in details whereas to show practitioners on how to tailor PRINCE2 with any other agile practices. In short, PRINCE2 Agile is basically a blend between PRINCE2 and Scrum practices. PRINCE2’s elements are amalgamated with agile concepts, techniques, behaviours, practices which induces agility into project management.
Certification:
PRINCE2 Agile has two levels of certification (Foundation and Practitioner)
Foundation Exam:
- Multiple choice.
- 50 questions.
- 1 hour to complete the paper.
- Achieve 28 or more out of possible 50 marks (55%) to pass the exam.
- Closed book exam.
Practitioner Exam:
- Multiple choice.
- 50 questions based on project scenario.
- 2 hours 30 minutes to complete the paper.
- Achieve 30 or more out of possible 50 marks (60%) to pass the exam.
- Open book exam. You can use the “AXELOS® PRINCE2 Agile™ guidance book”.
Who can attend:
- Anyone with or without any project management experience can opt to learn PRINCE2/PRINCE2 Agile and get certified.
- That is the reason why it has two levels of certification. The first one is PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and the next level is PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner.
- On successful completion of PRINCE2 Agile Foundation examination, candidates will be awarded with “PRINCE2 Agile Foundation Certificate in Project Management”.
- PRINCE2 Foundation/PRINCE2 Agile Foundation certificate is the pre-requisite to sit for PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner examination. On successful completion of PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner examination, candidates will be awarded with “PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner Certificate in Project Management”.
Target audience for PRINCE2 Agile qualification is:
- Agile professionals, project managers and aspiring project managers who want to be able to combine PRINCE2 and Agile in the most efficient way when using PRINCE2, Agile behaviours, concepts, frameworks and techniques.
- Other key delivery team staff, including product owners, scrum masters and developers.
- Business professionals with an interest in iterative and incremental project delivery through collaborative working.
Recommended duration for this course:
4 days or 36 hours.
(Highly recommended to deliver this content in 4 days or 36 hours)
PRINCE2 Agile Topics:
- Introduction and Overview of Project and Project Management.
- The rational of blending PRINCE2 and agile.
- The PRINCE2 journey when using agile.
- What to fix and flex?.
- Five Targets.
Overview of Agile and PRINCE2 Principles & the Agilometer:
- Continued Business Justification.
- Learn from experience.
- Defined roles and responsibilities.
- Manage by stages.
- Manage by exception.
- Focus on products.
- Tailor to suit the project environment.
Overview of Agile and PRINCE2 Themes:
- Business case Theme.
- Organization Theme.
- Quality Theme.
- Plans Theme.
- Progress Theme.
- Risk and Change Theme.
Overview of Agile and PRINCE2 Processes:
- Starting Up a Project.
- Directing a Project.
- Initiating a Project.
- Controlling a Stage.
- Managing Product Delivery.
- Managing Stage Boundary.
- Closing a Project.
