PRINCE2 Agile® Training

Broaden your project management horizons with our PRINCE2 Agile Foundation & Practitioner courses. Combining the flexibility and responsiveness of agile with the clearly-defined framework of PRINCE2®, PRINCE2 Agile offers extensive guidance on how to use the PRINCE2 methodology in an agile context.

Our PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and Practitioner course enables you to benefit from PRINCE2 Agile’s guidance on delivering, managing and working within agile projects and project teams, without the need for any prior knowledge of PRINCE2®.

To pass the Foundation exam, you will need to demonstrate sufficient recall and understanding of the PRINCE2 Agile project management method; whereas the Practitioner exam will assess your ability to apply this understanding of the method in context.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Understand key concepts relating to PRINCE2

• Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2 Agile

• Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context

• Understand the agile ways of working, key terms and techniques

• Understand the focus areas in an agile context

• Build on the basic concepts of agile ways of working within PRINCE2

• Practise blending PRINCE2 and the agile way of working

• Be able to apply and evaluate the focus areas to a project in an agile context

• Be able to apply or tailor the PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products to a project in an agile context

What's Covered?

• The basics

• PRINCE2 process

• PRINCE2 themes

• The Hexagon and MoSCoW

• Principles and behaviours

• Business case

• Sprint review and retrospective

• Organisation and agile leadership

• Quality and user stories

• Risk and change

• The Agilometer

• Agile planning

• MPD and SCRUM

• Sprint review and retrospective

• Progress

• Rich communication

• Kanban

• Lean start-up

• Process review

• Themes review

• Cynefin

What's Included?

This is an intensive five-day course that includes the following:

• All accompanying course material (hardcopy)                                                                   

• Online pre-course

• The official PRINCE2 Agile manual (digital & hardcopy)                                                       

• PRINCE2 Agile process map (hardcopy)

• The cost of the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and Practitioner examinations (valid for 12 months from purchase date. Exams must be taken online via remote proctor)

Optional extras:

• Take2 exam insurance – A cost effective solution, providing insurance and peace of mind if things don’t go to plan with your first exam attempt. 

Materials

Hardcopy ILX course material: You will be provided with a printed version of the ILX course material. This will be issued on day one of your course.

Digital and hardcopy official manual: You will be given access to both a digital and hardcopy version of the official manual. The hardcopy will be issued on day one of your course with your course material. For the digital version you will be sent an email invitation approximately two working days prior to course commencement to register on the Peoplecert portal. Once registered you will be able to access the digital version of your manual. Please note: There is a 5-year limitation in accessing your eBook.

Exam Information

Exams are taken online via remote proctor. You will be sent an email invitation approximately two working days prior to course commencement to register on the Peoplecert portal. Once registered you will be able to book your online exam at a date and time of your choice. You are responsible for booking your own exam.

Recertification: This certification has a renew within three years of the award date to remain current. 

Exam Format

The format of the Foundation exam is as follows:

• 60 minutes

• Multiple-choice

• 50 questions, each worth one mark

• 28 marks or more, out of 50 questions, required to pass – 55% pass mark

• Closed book

The format of the Practitioner exam is as follows:

• Objective testing

• 50 questions, each worth one mark

• 30 marks or more, out of 50 questions, required to pass – 60% pass mark

• Two-and-a-half hours’ (150 minutes) duration, no additional reading time

• Open book exam (official PRINCE2 Agile guide only)

Target Audience

This course would benefit:

• Project managers

• Agile professionals

• Scrum masters

• Programme managers

• Project administrators

• Project management support service managers

• CIOs

• Programme office managers

• Heads of change

Pre-requisites

There are no formal pre-requisites for taking the Foundation exam.

In order to take the PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner exam, a candidate must hold any of the following certifications:

• PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

• PRINCE2 Foundation

• PRINCE2 Practitioner

• Project Management Professional (PMP)®

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®

• IPMA Level A® (Certified Projects Director)

• IPMA Level B® (Certified Senior Project Manager)

• IPMA Level C® (Certified Project Manager)

• IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)