PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner

PRINCE2 Agile is being described as the world's most complete project management solution. It combines the flexibility and responsiveness of Agile with the effective governance and control of PRINCE2. It creates an environment where we can focus on both management and delivery.

This intensive exam preparatory course offers a clear, comprehensive understanding of PRINCE2®Agile. Through practice exams, workshops and overnight study, you gain the knowledge required to take the PRINCE2®Agile Practitioner examination in order to achieve certification. Expert PRINCE2®Agile –accredited instructors provide the necessary guidance to prepare for the examination through a series of practice exam questions and case study-based working that reinforce the concepts taught in the course.

By the end of this training you will:
- Understand the core concepts of PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner module.
- Be able to apply the knowledge learned to progress in your career as a Project Manager.

Attendees must be a current PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner to be eligible to take the PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner exam. If you are not a PRINCE2 Practitioner, Course 177, PRINCE2® Achieving Foundation & Practitioner Certification will prepare you to take the exam. If you are a PRINCE2 Practitioner and your registration has expired, Course 178, PRINCE2® Practitioner and Re-registration Certification will prepare you to take the PRINCE2 Practitioner registration exam.

Classroom Training: An Instructor led training in our dynamic learning environment based in our office at West London. The classroom is fitted with all the essential amenities needed to ensure a comfortable training experience and with this training you will have an opportunity to build a Networking with other learners, share experiences and develop social interaction.

Online: Unlike most organisations our online based training is a tutor led training system similar to the classroom based training in every given aspect making it more convenient to the students from any location around the world and also cost effective.

Onsite: This training is specifically made for the Corporate clients who wish to train their staff in different technologies. The clients are given an opportunity where they can tailor the duration of course according to their requirements and the training can be delivered in house/ at your location of choice or online.

Customised one to one: A tailored course for students looking for undeterred attention from the tutor at all the times. The duration of course and contents of the course are specifically customised to suite the students requirements. In addition to it the timings of the trainings can also be customised based on the availability of both the tutor as well as the student.

4Weekends, 32 Hours, 10AM - 2PM

Contractors can expect to earn between £300 and £500 per day depending on the experience. Permanent roles on average offer a salary of between £30 and £60k per annum, again depending on the experience required for the job.

Although there is no guarantee of a job on course completion we are almost certain that you should be able to find a suitable position within a few weeks after successful completion of the course. As a part of Placement service, we offer CV reviewing in which your CV would be reviewed by our experts and essential modifications to be made would be recommended so that your CV suits perfectly to the kind of training you have taken.

Course Preview

- Establishing the rationale of PRINCE2 Agile
- Identifying who can use it

Introducing PRINCE2 Agile
- Comparing projects to business as usual
- Positioning PRINCE2 Agile for projects only

Characterising the meaning of Agile
- Establishing the basics
- Summarising the most well-known agile frameworks
- Introducing behaviours, concepts and techniques

Blending PRINCE2 and Agile
- Supporting the PRINCE2 community
- Identifying the benefits of PRINCE2 Agile
- Establishing when and where to apply PRINCE2 Agile

Applying Agile to the PRINCE2 journey
- Reviewing the constituent parts of PRINCE2
- Clarifying the tailoring appropriate to agile working
- Visualising the pre-project and the initiation stage
- Enhancing the delivery stages
- Simplifying the final delivery stage

Flexing and fixing
- Focusing on flexing what is to be delivered
- Fixing time and cost
- Defining the five targets; the reasons that underpin the thinkin

Getting started with PRINCE2 Agile
- Applying the PRINCE2 principles
- Introducing Agile behaviours

Applying the 7 PRINCE2 themes
- Establishing which themes are most prominent
- Developing the Business Case theme
- Extending the Organisation theme
- Clarifying the application of the Quality theme
- Combining Agile concepts into the Plans and Progress themes
- Maintaining the Risk and Change themes

Tailoring the 7 PRINCE2 processes
- Incorporating Sprints and flow-based timeboxes
- Maintaining clear project justification and addressing emergent thinking
- Tailoring Controlling a Stage to an Agile environment
- Managing the interface between Project Management and Product Delivery
- Ensuring that Agile concepts guide the delivery
- Confirming viability of the project with stage boundaries
- Closing the project appropriately

Integrating Agile concepts and techniques into PRINCE2
- Assessing project complexity with the Cynefin framework
- Utilising Scrum and Kanban to help with product delivery
- Enhancing learning and managing uncertainty using the Lean Start-up method
- Applying Lean Start-up to PRINCE2

Assessing Agile suitability with the Agilometer
- Pinpointing 6 key areas of agile suitability
- Determining the agile environment of a project
- Tailoring PRINCE2 based upon feedback on the 6 key areas

Defining requirements and user stories
- Developing requirements so they are conducive to agile working
- Reviewing approaches for prioritising requirements
- Defining product descriptions with the right level of detail

Communicating effectively
- Developing rich communication
- Shifting the emphasis to enable agile working

Releasing early and frequently
- Realising the benefits of frequent releases
- Planning the project on features and requirements
- Employing product-based planning

Creating contracts when using Agile
- Collaborating to create a contract based upon outcomes
- Driving the right behaviours
- Structuring a contract to align with agile working
- The contract as a safety net