PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner

Agile is a methodology that relies on iterative development such that the needs and solutions emerge from collaborations between self-dependent teams. Agile endorses a disciplined approach to project management. The Agile approach believes in best practices that help in rapid development while meeting the organisation’s goals as well.

PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner is an endeavour to bring together the advantages of both Agile as well as the PRINCE2®  methodology. The delegates will get the advantage of using both these technologies in a single go. Also, the Agile methodology can be used in any industry. Being an extension of the PRINCE2® methodology, PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner provides knowledge of agile frameworks, concepts and behaviours that are applicable to an organisation's projects. Various approaches such as the Scrum and Kanban can be used as a part of the PRINCE2® Agile methodology. PRINCE2® Agile has six characteristics that help deliver the projects on time and within the estimated budget of the organisation.

Agile, even the name suggests, is for those organisations who are actively thinking of the future in terms of time and money. PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner qualification helps the delegates apply PRINCE2® concepts to their projects in real-time situations. Being two very strong methodologies for project management, their coming together signifies an even better approach being handled out to the delegates. While PRINCE2® focuses on providing better project management skills, the Agile technology helps in delivering projects on time as per the clients' requests. MSP Training offers PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner course to help delegates learn to combine PRINCE2® and Agile framework for better control and efficient management of the projects.

Examination

PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner exam has the following format:

 It is an objective type and open book exam having 50 questions in all. Each question carries 1 mark each. The delegates are required to score 60% or 30 marks to clear the certification exam. The Duration of this exam is 150 minutes with no additional time being provided for reading the questions.

• Introduction to Agile

• Basic concepts of agile ways of working
• History of Agile
• Benefits of Agile
• Understand the difference between projects and Business As Usual
• Why Agile was developed
• Where to use agile approaches
• Different agile maturity levels
• Popular Agile frameworks
• Techniques and behaviours of agile
• Define PRINCE2® agile
• Define kanban
• Kanban method
• Six general practices
• Use of CFD’s (Cumulative Flow Diagram)
• Core concepts of Lean Startup
• How to shift to agile
• Explain Scrum theory
• Nature of scrum team
• Scrum events
• Scrum sprints and artefacts

• Motive and context for merging PRINCE2® with Agile

• Understand advantages PRINCE2® and Agile ways
• Who can get benefit from using PRINCE2® agile
• Understand eight guidance points
• PRINCE2® governance and controls
• PRINCE2® project journey

• Motive and use of Agilometer throughout the project

• Six sliders on Agilometer
• Importance of Agilometer
• Ways to improve Agilometer sliders
• Requirements prioritisation in Agilometer
• Rich communication focus area
• Benefits of frequent releases
• Benefits of failing fast

• Understand fix and flex six aspects of projects 

• Use hexagon for six aspects of project performance
• Learn what to ‘fix’ and ‘flex’ about six aspects of project performance
• Why ‘fix and flex’ approach is right

• Adapt PRINCE2® themes, processes, principles and management products to project in agile

• PRINCE2® Agile behaviours
• Transparency
• Collaboration
• Self-organization
• Rich communication
• Exploration
• Use specialist roles
• Organisation of project team
• Typical delivery team makeup
• Understand servant leadership
• Use and importance
• Understand working agreements
• Define testing
• Quality checking
• Approaches to planning
• Common feedback loops

• PRINCE2® monitoring techniques

• Bum charts
• Information radiators
• How to direct project stage
• Benefits of working collaboratively
• Managing a stage and controlling stage boundary
• Managing product delivery (scrum and kanban)
• How to effectively close project
• Guidance on use of contracts
• Tips to become PRINCE2® Agile Project Manager