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PRINCE2 Agile®

(PRN2-AGL.AN1)/ISBN:978-1-64459-275-5

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Get certified for the PRINCE2 Agile certification exam with the PRINCE2 Agile course. The PRINCE2 Agile training covers the certification exam objectives and is designed to help professionals tailor management controls when working in an agile environment. The course will help you to understand PRINCE2 governance requirements, agile concepts and techniques, and the interface between them.

Here's what you will get

The PRINCE2 Agile certification contains two exams:

PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation: The certification is designed to help professionals deliver agile projects by tailoring PRINCE2 management controls with a broad toolset of agile delivery techniques and frameworks. The certified candidates will gain a broad range of knowledge of agile concepts and techniques including Scrum, Kanban, Lean Start-up, and Cynefin. 

PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner: The certification combines agile concepts with the world’s most popular approach to project management. The PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner certification teaches you to blend structure, governance, and control with agile methods, techniques, and approaches. 

Lessons

36+ Lessons | 150+ Quizzes | 131+ Flashcards | 131+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

50+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 50+ Post Assessment Questions | 100+ Practice Test Questions

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Lessons 1: Introduction

  • What is Prince2 Agile?
  • PRINCE2 Agile is for Projects only

Lessons 2: An overview of Agile

  • Introduction
  • Agile basics
  • Acknowledgements and Further Research

Lessons 3: The rationale for blending PRINCE2 and Agile

  • Who is PRINCE2 Agile for?
  • Which communities will benefit from PRINCE2 Agile?
  • When and where can I apply PRINCE2 Agile?
  • Course of action for each community in each situation
  • What does PRINCE2 Agile consist of?
  • Important points about PRINCE2 Agile and this manual
  • Beware of prejudice!

Lessons 4: The PRINCE2 journey when using agile

  • Pre-project and the initiation stage
  • Subsequent stages
  • Final stage
  • Post-project

Lessons 5: An overview of PRINCE2

  • The structure of PRINCE2
  • The Principles
  • The Themes
  • The Processes
  • The Project Environment

Lessons 6: What to fix and what to flex?

  • The concept of flexing what is delivered
  • Why is there a need to work this way?
  • The rationale behind flexing what is being delivered
  • The five targets in more detail
  • Lesson summary

Lessons 7: Agile and the PRINCE2 principles

  • The PRINCE2 principles
  • The agile view of the PRINCE2 principles
  • Guidance on applying the PRINCE2 principles
  • PRINCE2 Agile behaviors
  • PRINCE2 principles summary

Lessons 8: Agile and the PRINCE2 themes

  • The PRINCE2 themes
  • Some themes are more prominent than others
  • Summary of tailoring guidance for the PRINCE2 themes

Lessons 9: Business case theme

  • The PRINCE2 approach to the business case theme
  • The agile view of the business case theme
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance for the business case theme
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Business case theme summary

Lessons 10: Organization theme

  • The PRINCE2 approach to the organization theme
  • The agile view of the organization theme
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance for the organization theme
  • Different concepts regarding roles between PRINCE2 and agile
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Organization theme summary
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 11: Quality theme

  • The PRINCE2 approach to the quality theme
  • The agile view of the quality theme
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance for the quality theme
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Quality theme summary
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 12: Plans theme

  • The PRINCE2 approach to the plans theme
  • The agile view of the plans theme
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance for the plans theme
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Plans theme summary
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 13: Risk theme

  • The PRINCE2 approach to the risk theme
  • The agile view of the risk theme
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance for the risk theme
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Risk theme summary

Lessons 14: Change theme

  • The PRINCE2 approach to the change theme
  • The agile view of the change theme
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance for the change theme
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Change theme summary

Lessons 15: Progress theme

  • The PRINCE2 approach to the progress theme
  • The agile view of the progress theme
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance for the progress theme
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Progress theme summary
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 16: Agile and the PRINCE2 processes

  • The PRINCE2 processes
  • Tailoring guidance for the PRINCE2 processes

Lessons 17: Starting up a project; initiating a project

  • PRINCE2 guidance on starting up a project and initiating a project
  • Agile ways of working that may already exist
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance on starting up a project and initiating a project
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 18: Directing a project

  • PRINCE2 guidance on directing a project
  • Agile ways of working that may already exist
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance on directing a project
  • Summary

Lessons 19: Controlling a stage

  • PRINCE2 guidance on controlling a stage
  • Agile ways of working that may already exist
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance on controlling a stage
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 20: Managing product delivery

  • PRINCE2 guidance on managing product delivery
  • Agile ways of working that may already exist
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance for managing product delivery
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 21: Managing a stage boundary

  • PRINCE2 guidance on managing a stage boundary
  • Agile ways of working that may already exist
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance on managing a stage boundary
  • Summary

Lessons 22: Closing a project

  • PRINCE2 guidance on closing a project
  • Agile ways of working that may already exist
  • PRINCE2 Agile guidance on closing a project
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Summary

Lessons 23: Summary of tailoring guidance for the PRINCE2 products

  • Baseline products
  • Record products
  • Report products

Lessons 24: The Agilometer

  • Purpose
  • When to assess suitability
  • How suitability is assessed (the Agilometer)
  • Responding to the assessment
  • Monitoring the assessment
  • Evolving the Agilometer
  • The Agilometer slider definitions

Lessons 25: Requirements

  • Purpose
  • Requirements definition
  • Defining product descriptions
  • Requirements decomposition and granularity
  • Requirements prioritization
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 26: Rich communication

  • Purpose
  • Forms of communication
  • The PRINCE2 Agile approach to communication
  • Agile concepts and techniques
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Lessons 27: Frequent releases

  • Purpose
  • Releasing early and frequently
  • Summary

Lessons 28: Creating contracts when using Agile

  • Traditional contracts
  • Primary considerations when structuring an agile contract
  • Guidance on how to structure an agile contract
  • The role of the supplier in an outcome-based contract
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgements and further research

Appendix A: Product description outlines

  • A.1 Benefits management approach
  • A.2 Business case
  • A.3 Change control approach
  • A.4 Checkpoint report
  • A.5 Communication management approach
  • A.6 Configuration item record
  • A.7 Daily log
  • A.8 End project report
  • A.9 End stage report
  • A.10 Exception report
  • A.11 Highlight report
  • A.12 Issue register
  • A.13 Issue report
  • A.14 Lessons log
  • A.15 Lessons report
  • A.16 Plan
  • A.17 Product description
  • A.18 Product status account
  • A.19 Project brief
  • A.20 Project initiation documentation (PID)
  • A.21 Project product description
  • A.22 Quality management approach
  • A.23 Quality register
  • A.24 Risk management approach
  • A.25 Risk register
  • A.26 Work package

Appendix B: Roles and responsibilities

Appendix C: Health check – PRINCE2 Agile version

  • C.1 Is the following happening?

Appendix D: Product-Based Planning Example

  • D.1 Scenario
  • D.2 Product examples

Appendix E: The Fundamental Values and Principles of Agile (Including Agile Manifesto)

  • E.1 The Agile Manifesto (the Manifesto for Agile Software Development)
  • E.2 Scrum theory
  • E.3 The five values of eXtreme Programming (XP)
  • E.4 The four core values of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) v3.0
  • E.6 The eight principles of the Dynamic Systems Development Method
  • E.7 The Kanban method
  • E.8 The principles of Lean thinking
  • E.9 The five principles of Lean Startup

Appendix F: Transitioning to Agile, and What Constitutes Success?

  • F.1 Different forms of success
  • Further research

Appendix G: Advice for a Project Manager Using Agile

  • G.1 Collaboration and self-organization
  • G.2 Transparency, communication and exploration
  • G.3 Environment
  • G.4 Plan, monitor and control

Appendix H: The Definitive Guide to Scrum

Exam FAQs

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation has no prerequisites. You can take the PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner certificate if you hold any of the following certifications:

  • PRINCE2® Foundation (or higher)
  • PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation
  • Project Management Qualification® (PMQ)
  • Certified Associate in Project Management® (CAPM)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)®
  • IPMA Levels A,B,C and D® (Certified Projects Director) 

  • Foundation: USD 363.00
  • Practitioner: USD 494.00

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The exam contains 50 questions.

  • Foundation: 60
  • Practitioner: 150
minutes

  • Foundation: 55%
  • Practitioner: 60%

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