PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation and Practitioner Training

Part 1: PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation

Module 1: Project Management Basics

• Projects and Business as Usual (BAU)

• Difference Between Project Work and BAU Work

• What is Project Management?

• Why do Projects Fail?

• What Needs to be Controlled?

• Project People

• Methodology/Lifecycle

• Projects Need

• Delivery Methods

• Waterfall/V/BDUF

• An Overview of Agile

• Agile Manifesto

• "Waterfall" or "Iterative and Incremental"?

• Agile Basics

• Agile Frameworks

• PRINCE2/Agile

• Agile Methods and Where They Fit

Module 2: Understanding PRINCE2®

• What is PRINCE2®?

• The PRINCE2® Framework

• Management Stages

• PRINCE2 Principles

• PRINCE2® Themes

• PRINCE2® Processes

• Directing a Project (DP)

• Starting Up a Project (SU)

• Initiating a Project (IP)

• Managing a Stage Boundary (SB)

• Controlling a Stage (CS)

• Managing Product Delivery (MP)

• Closing a Project (CP)

• PRINCE2® Management Products

• PRINCE2® Process and Key Products

• PRINCE2® Organisational Structure

• Three PRINCE2® Project Interests

• Four Management Levels

• PRINCE2® Organisation

• Project Board

• Project Board: Executive Role

• Project Board: Senior User(s)

• Project Board: Senior Supplier(s)

• Project Manager and Team Manager

• Project Assurance and Project Support

• Change Authority

Module 3: Common Agile Methodologies

• Agile Overview

• Common Agile Terms

• Scrum

• 5 Scrum Events

• Scrum Artefacts

• Kanban Board

• Lifecycle of Lean Start-up

• Evening Assignment

Module 4: Blending PRINCE2® and Agile

• PRINCE2® Journey with Agile

• PRINCE2® Agile View

• Agile Behaviours, Concepts, and Techniques

• Prioritising

• MoSCoW

• Tracking Progress with Burn Charts

• PRINCE2 Agile®: Blending PRINCE2® and Agile

• What does PRINCE2® Agile Comprise of?

• Eight Guidance Points

Module 5: What to Fix and What to Flex?

• Performance Targets and Tolerance

• Hexagon

• Tolerance Guidance

• Five Targets

• Be on Time and Hit Deadlines

• Protect the Level of Quality

• Embrace Change

• Keep Teams Stable

• Accept That the Customer Doesn't Need Everything

Module 6: Agile Behaviours and the PRINCE2® Principles

• Applying PRINCE2® Principles

• PRINCE2® Agile Behaviours

Module 7: Agile and the PRINCE2® Themes

• Tailoring the Business Case Theme

• Tailoring the Organisation Theme

• Three PRINCE2® Project Interests

• Tailoring the Organisation Theme: Roles

• Tailoring the Quality Theme

• Tailoring the Plans Theme

• Agile Estimating

• Tailoring the Risk Theme

• Tailoring the Change Theme

• Tailoring the Progress Theme

Module 8: Agile and the PRINCE2® Processes

• Agile and the PRINCE2® Processes

• Relating Agile Processes to PRINCE2® Processes

• Tailoring Starting Up a Project and Initiating a Project

• Starting Up a Project and Initiating a Project Processes

• Tailoring Controlling a Stage and Managing Product Delivery Processes

• Controlling a Stage and Managing Product Delivery Processes

• Tailoring Managing a Stage Boundary Process

• Tailoring Closing a Project Process

• Tailoring Directing a Project

Module 9: Focus Areas

• Agilometer

• Requirements

• Rich Communication

• Frequent Releases

Part 2: PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner

Module 10: Agile and Common Agile Methodologies

• Project or BAU

• Difference Between Project Work and BAU Work

• Agile and Common Agile Methodologies

• Agile Manifesto

• Waterfall or Iterative and Incremental

• Agile Basics

• Beyond a Basic View

• Agile Frameworks

• Agile Behaviours, Concepts, and Techniques

• Scrum

• Scrum – What is It?

• Scrum Theory and Scrum Team

• Scrum Events and Scrum Artefacts

• 6 General Practices of the Kanban Methods

• Kanban – Further Guidance

• Kanban Hints

• Lean Start-Ups

Module 11: PRINCE2 Agile®

• PRINCE2 Agile®: Blending PRINCE2® and Agile Together

• What does PRINCE2 Agile® Comprise Of?

• Guidance Points

• PRINCE2® Journey with Agile

• Recap of PRINCE2®

• Hexagon (1)

• Hexagon (2)

• Tolerance guidance

• 5 Targets

• Be on Time and Hit Deadlines

• Protect the Level of Quality

• Embrace Change

• Keep Teams Stable

• Accept that the Customer Doesn't Need Everything

• Appropriate Balance

• MoSCoW Prioritisation

Module 12: Tailoring PRINCE2® Processes

• Agile and the PRINCE2 Processes

• Directing a Project

  • What to do?

  • How Might it Look?

  • Agile Contracts

• Starting up a Project and Initiating a Project

  • SU and IP: What to Do?

  • Cynefin

  • Cynefin Framework

  • Cynefin Domain Focus

  • SU and IP: How Might it Look?

• Controlling a Stage

  • What to Do?

  • How Might it Look?

  • Focus Area

  • Frequent Releases: Considerations

• Managing Product Delivery

  • What You May Find?

  • What to Do?

  • How Might it Look?

• Managing a Stage Boundary

  • What You May Find?

  • What to Do?

  • How Might it Look?

  • Retrospectives

• Closing a Project

  • What You May Find?

  • What to Do?

  • How Might it Look?

Module 13: Tailoring the PRINCE2® Themes

• Agile and the PRINCE2® Themes

• Business Case

  • General View of Agile

  • Guidance

  • Defining Value

  • Requirements and User Stories

  • Requirements Prioritisation

  • MoSCoW and Ordering

  • Using Prioritisation

• Organisation

  • General View of Agile

  • Guidance

  • Adjustments

  • linking to the Delivery Team

  • Delivery Team

  • Project Structures

  • Servant Leadership

  • Incorporating a Wider Customer View

  • Working Agreements

• Change

  • General View of Agile

  • Guidance

  • Feedback Loop

• Risk

• Plans

  • General View

  • Guidance

  • Estimation

• Progress

  • General View

  • Guidance

  • Burn Charts

  • Examples

  • Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs)

  • Information Radiators

• Quality

  • General View of Agile

  • Guidance

  • How to Test?

  • Quality in Relation to Scope

  • PRINCE2® Management Products and Roles

  • Tailoring of the PRINCE2® Products

  • Work Packages

Module 14: Principles and Behaviours

• Principles – Guidance

• Behaviours

• Agilometer

• Rich Communication

• Workshops

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