AXELOS - PRINCE2® Foundation & Agile Practitioner

Curriculum

PRINCE2 Foundation

PRINCE2 overview

• Project definition
• Key Project Failure Areas
• Project Success Factors
• The Project Management Triangle
• The PRINCE2 Structured approach
• PRINCE2 Processes, Techniques and
• Components

Starting up a project

• The Project Mandate
• The Project Brief
• The Organisational Component
• The Customer/Supplier Structure
• The Project Board
• The Project Manager
• The Team Manager
• The Project Team
• Project Support
• Project Assurance

Initiating a project

• The Business Case
• Cost/Benefit Analysis
• Risk Management
• Setting up the Filing System
• Using Configuration Management
• The Project Initiation Document
• The Initiation Stage

 Directing a project

• Authorisation Responsibilities
• Stage Direction
• Managing Stage Boundaries
• Providing Ad-hoc Direction

Managing product delivery

• Accepting A Work Package
• Executing A Work Package
• Delivering A Work Package

Controlling a stage

• Authorising Work Packages
• Project Issues
• Assessing/Reviewing Progress
• Taking Corrective Action

Managing a stage boundary

• The Stage End Report
• Next Stage Planning
• Updating the Project Plan
• Updating the Business Case
• Exception Plans

Closing a project

• De-commissioning the Project
• Identifying Follow-on Actions
• Evaluating The Project

PRINCE2 Agile

Reviewing the Fundamental Concepts

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 thinking

PRINCE2 Agile Guidance, Tailoring and Techniques

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 Startup method
• Applying Lean Startup to PRINCE2
• Enhancing learning and managing uncertainty using the Lean Startup method
• Applying Lean Startup to PRINCE2
• Enhancing learning and managing uncertainty using the Lean Startup method
• Applying Lean Startup to PRINCE2

Defining Areas of Focus for PRINCE2 Agile

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