PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation + Practitioner: from fundamentals to practice

Module 1: understanding PRINCE2 and agile fundamentals

• Foundations of PRINCE2 principles, processes and methods.
• Product management.
• Default PRINCE2 roles.
• Different agile approaches, including Scrum and Kanban.
• The definition and history of agility.
• The origins of the Agile Manifesto in software development.
• Leading agile methodologies.
• Core elements of business agility.
• Introducing the PRINCE2 Agile model, combining best practices from both methods.
• Principles underpinning PRINCE2 Agile, including flexibility, collaboration and added value.

Module 2: tailoring PRINCE2 in an agile context

• Reasons to combine PRINCE2 and agility.
• Roles and obligations within a PRINCE2 Agile team.
• Agile elements in PRINCE2.
• The 8 fundamental elements.
• Adjustment concepts.
• Flexibility in working practices.
• The hexagonal approach in agile project management.
• Identifying PRINCE2 elements that can be adapted to agility.
• Selecting appropriate agile practices for the project context.
• Implementing a hybrid approach.

Module 3: managing hybrid projects

• Different hybrid project types: fully agile, PRINCE2 with agile elements and other combinations.
• Specific challenges of hybrid projects and their solutions.
• Combining the 7 principles.
• Combining the 6 themes.
• Combining the 7 processes.

Practical case study

• Analysing real projects and applying the concepts learned.

Module 4: mastering PRINCE2 themes in an agile context

• Organisation
  • Adapting PRINCE2 roles, such as project executive and project manager, to an agile organisation with self-organising teams.
  • Distributing responsibilities among project participants in an agile context.
  • Establishing close collaboration between teams and stakeholders.
• Quality
  • Establishing quality assurance for a final product in an agile environment with evolving requirements.
  • Quality control mechanisms to implement.
• Change
  • Implementing effective, responsive change management.
  • Managing different product versions.
• Risk
  • Identifying and assessing risks in an agile project.
  • Establishing action plans to mitigate risks.
• Configuration
  • Managing product versions and changes to requirements.

Module 5: mastering PRINCE2 processes in an agile context

• Starting up
  • Developing the business case in an agile context with evolving requirements.
  • Defining a project mandate flexible enough to accommodate change.
• Initiation
  • Creating a detailed, flexible agile project plan.
  • Obtaining stakeholder authorisation to initiate the project.
• Direction
  • Steering an agile project using appropriate key performance indicators.
  • Managing effective stakeholder communication.
• Control
  • Adapting PRINCE2 stage reviews.
  • Managing incremental deliverables.
• Closure
  • Closing an agile project by evaluating results and capturing lessons learned.
• Understanding agile methods
  • Measuring agility with the Agilometer.
  • Requirements for agility.
  • Agile communication.
  • Agile workshops.
  • Agile releases.

Module 6: preparing for the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and Practitioner exams

• Taking a mock exam with self-marking.
• Question-and-answer session.
• Advice for taking the official exam.