Prince 2 Practitioner

Prince 2 Practitioner

Computational Thinking

Emerging Technologies

Strategy Development

Course Outline

Lesson 1

Introduction to PRINCE2 Principles

  • Continued Business Justification
  • Learn from Experience
  • Defined Roles and Responsibilities
  • Manage by Stages
  • Manage by Exception
  • Focus on Products
  • Tailor to suit the project environment

Lesson 2

Introduction to PRINCE2 Themes

  • Business Case Theme
  • Organization Theme
  • Quality Theme
  • Plans Theme
  • Risk Theme
  • Change Theme
  • Progress Theme

Lesson 3

Introduction to PRINCE2 Processes

  • Starting Up a Project
  • Initiating a Project
  • Controlling a Stage
  • Managing Product Delivery
  • Managing a Stage Boundary
  • Closing a Project
  • Directing a Project

Lesson 5

Organization Theme

  • Purpose
  • Organization Defined
  • The PRINCE2 approach to Organization
  • The Project Management Team
  • Communication Management Strategy
  • Working with Stakeholders

Lesson 7

Plans Theme

  • Purpose
  • Plan Defined
  • Level of Plans and Types of Plans (Project, Stage, Team and Exception Plan)
  • The PRINCE2 approach to Plans
  • Product Based Planning
  • Steps in Planning

Lesson 9

Directing a Project

  • Purpose
  • Objective
  • Activities
    o Authorize initiation
    o Authorize the project
    o Authorize a Stage or Exception Plan
    o Give ad hoc directions
    o Authorize project closure

Lesson 11

Controlling a Stage

  • Purpose
  • Objective
  • Activities
    o Authorize a Work Package
    o Review Work Package status
    o Receive completed Work Packages
    o Review the stage status’ and ‘report highlights
    o Capture and examine issues and risks
    o Escalate issues and risks
    o Take corrective action

Lesson 13

Managing a Stage Boundary

  • Purpose
  • Objective
  • Activities
    o Plan the Next Stage
    o Update the Project Plan
    o Update the Business Case
    o Report Stage End
    o Produce an Exception Plan

Lesson 4

Business Case Theme

  • Purpose
  • Business Case Defined
  • The PRINCE2 Approach to the Business Case
  • Benefits Review Plan
  • Contents of a Business Case

Lesson 6

Quality Theme

  • Purpose
  • Quality Defined
  • Quality Audit Trail (Quality Planning and Quality Control)
  • The PRINCE2 approach to Quality
  • Quality Assurance and Project Assurance

Lesson 8

Implementing Network Security

  • Plan Deployment of Network Security Components & Devices
  • Plan Deployment of Network-Enabled Devices
  • Implement Advanced Network Design
  • Implement Network Security Controls

Lesson 10

Initiating a Project

  • Purpose
  • Objective
  • Activities
    o Prepare Risk Management Strategy,
    o Prepare the Configuration Management Strategy,
    o Prepare the Quality Management Strategy,
    o Prepare the Communications Management Strategy,
    o Set up project controls,
    o Create the Project Plan,
    o Refine the Business Case,
    o Assemble the Project Initiation Documentation.

Lesson 12

Managing Product Delivery

  • Purpose
  • Objective
  • Activities
    o Accept a Work Package
    o Execute a Work Package
    o Deliver a Work Package

Lesson 14

Closing a Project Process

  • Purpose
  • Objective
  • Activities
    o Prepare Planned Closure
    o Prepare Premature Closure
    o Handover Products
    o Evaluate the Project
    o Recommend Project Closure.

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ITIL 4 Foundation

ITIL 4 Foundation

Computational Thinking

Emerging Technologies

Strategy Development

Course Outline

Lesson 1

Key Service Management and ITIL 4 Concepts

  • Defining Value and its relationship with stakeholders
  • Service relationships and co-creation of value
  • Understanding Service Offerings and Products
  • Balancing Outcomes, Value, Costs and Risks
  • The 4 Dimensions of Service Management
    o Organisations and People
    o Information and Technology
    o Partners and Suppliers
    o Value Streams and Processes

Lesson 3

ITIL 4 Service Management Practices

  • Introducing the 3 areas of Practice
  • Key practices in ITIL4
    o Incident Management
    o Problem Management
    o Change Control
    o Service Request Management
    o Service Level Management
    o Service Desk
    o Continual Improvement
  • Overview of other practices in ITIL4

Lesson 2

The ITIL 4 Guiding Principles

  • Introduction to the Guiding Principles
  • Understand and apply each of the 7 Guiding Principles

Lesson 4

The ITIL 4 Service Value System (SVS)

  • Understanding the role of the Service Value System
  • Elements of the ITIL4 SVS
    o Guiding Principles
    o Governance
    o Service Value Chain
    o Practices
    o Continual Improvement
  • Service Value Chain
    o Understanding the Elements of the Service Value Chain
    o Practices and their role in the Service Value Chain
    o Using the Service Value Chain to identify and map Value Streams

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Prince 2 Agile ® Practitioner

Prince 2 Agile ® Practitioner

Computational Thinking

Emerging Technologies

Strategy Development

Course Outline

Lesson 1

Agile ways of working: The basic concepts

The purpose of the first session is to introduce the basic agile concepts. Topics:

  • What is Agile?
  •  The Agile Manifesto
  • The 12 agile principles
  • Project vs Business as usual
  • Sprints and backlogs
  • The context of sprints
  • Release
  • A comprehensive view
  • Flow-based working
  • Typical agile behaviors, concepts and tchniques
  • Agile methods and approaches
  • Transitioning to Agile

Lesson 2

PRINCE2 and the agile way of working

The purpose of this session is to introduce the purpose and context for combining PRINCE2 and the agile way of working. Topics:

  • Facilitate Collaboration across Business Units
  • 8 Guidance Points
  • Beware of prejudice!
  • Pre-project and Initiation stage: Plan, monitor and control
  • Feature
  • Pre-project and Initiation stage: Behavior and process
  • Pre-project and Initiation stage: Products
  • User story and Epic
  • Information radiator
  • Subsequent Delivery Stages: Plan, monitor and control
  • Burn chart
  • Subsequent Delivery Stages: Behavior and process
  • Subsequent Delivery Stages: Products
  • Kanban board
  • Stand-up meeting
  • Final Delivery Stage: Plan, monitor and control
  • Final Delivery Stage: Behavior and process
  • Retrospective
  • Backlog
  • Final Delivery Stage: Products

Lesson 3

Focus Areas in Agile

The purpose of this session is to introduce the Focus Areas in Agile. Topics:

  • Agile Focus Area: The Agilometer
  • Agile Focus Area: Requirements – Terminology
  • Requirements: Decomposition and Granularity
  • Requirements: Decomposition
  • Requirements: Prioritization
  • Requirements: Example of Prioritization
  • Requirements: Handling Change with Prioritization
  • Requirements: User Stories
  • Requirements: INVEST Checklist
  • Agile Focus Area: Rich Communication
  • Rich Communication: Workshop Techniques
  • Agile Focus Area: Frequent Releases
  • Agile Focus Area: Creating Contracts
  • Creating Contracts: Guidance on Structure of Contracts

Lesson 5

Tailor PRINCE2 Principles and Management Products in and agile context

The purpose of this session is to introduce the tailoring of PRINCE2 Principles and Management Products. Topics:

  • PRINCE2 Agile Behaviors
  • Experiment
  • Spike/spiking
  • Tailoring PRINCE2 Management Products: Baseline Products
  • Tailoring PRINCE2 Management Products: Record Products
  • Health Check
  • Advice for a Project Manager using Agile

Lesson 7

Tailor PRINCE2 Processes in an Agile Context

The purpose of this session is to introduce tailoring of PRINCE2 processes. Topics:

  • Agile and the PRINCE2 Processes
  • Relating Agile Processes to PRINCE2 Processes
  • Starting up a Project; Initiating a Project: Recap PRINCE2
  • Starting up a Project; Initiating a Project: What you may find
  • Disruptive
  • Starting up a Project; Initiating a Project: What to do
  • Starting up a Project; Initiating a Project: Activities
  • Agile Concepts and Techniques: The Cynefin Framework
  • Directing a Project: Recap PRINCE2
  • Directing a Project: What to do
  • Directing a Project: How it might look
  • Controlling a Stage: Recap PRINCE2
  • Controlling a Stage: What you may find
  • Controlling a Stage: What to do
  • Controlling a Stage: How it might look
  • Controlling a Stage: What to do
  • Agile Concepts and Techniques: Retrospectives
  • Managing Product Delivery: Recap PRINCE2
  • Managing Product Delivery: What you may find
  • Managing Product Delivery: What to do
  • Managing Product Delivery: How it might look
  • Managing Product Delivery: Work Packages
  • Scrum Theory
  • The Scrum Team
  • Scrum Events
  • Scrum Artifacts
  • Agile Concepts and Techniques: Kanban and the Kanban Method
  • The 6 General Practices of the Kanban Method
  • Safe-to-fail
  • Scrumban
  • Cumulative Flow Diagrams
  • Lead time/cycle time
  • Kanban hints
  • Lean Start-up
  • Minimum viable product
  • Managing a Stage Boundary: Recap PRINCE2
  • Managing a Stage Boundary: What you may find
  • Managing a Stage Boundary: What to do
  • Managing a Stage Boundary: How it might look
  • Closing a Project: Recap PRINCE2
  • Closing a Project: What you may find
  • Closing a Project: What to do
  • Closing a Project: How it might look

Lesson 4

Fix and Flex

The purpose of this session is to introduce fixing and flexing the six aspects of a project in and agile context. Topics:

  • What to fix and what to flex
  • Tolerance guidance
  • The 5 targets
  • Target 1: Be on time and hit deadlines
  • Target 2: Protect the level of Quality
  • Target 3: Embrace change
  • Trading (or swapping)
  • Target 4: Keep teams stable
  • Team dynamics
  • Target 5: Accept that the customer doesn’t need everything
  • The appropriate balance

Lesson 6

Tailor PRINCE2 in an Agile Context

The purpose of this session is to introduce tailoring of PRINCE2 themes. Topics:

  • Agile and the PRINCE2 Themes
  • Business Case: General View of Agile
  • Business Case: Visioning or project kick-off
  • Business Case: Sprint zero
  • Business Case: Product owner
  • Business Case: Guidance
  • Business Case: Defining value
  • Organization: Agile and the PRINCE2 Roles
  • Organization: Guidance
  • Organization: Different Concepts Regarding Roles
  • Organization: Integration the Project Manager and Delivery
  • Organization: Composition of the delivery team
  • RACI
  • Organization: Single-team Project Structure
  • Organization: Multi- team Project Structure
  • Organization: Incorporating a Wider Customer View
  • Organization: Servant Leadership
  • Organization: Working Agreements
  • Quality: PRINCE2 vs Agile
  • Test-driven
  • Quality: Guidance
  • Quality: How to test
  • Quality: Quality in relation to Scope
  • Plans: General View
  • Plans: Guidance
  • Emergent
  • Plans: Estimation
  • Plans: Estimation Approaches
  • Risk: PRINCE2 vs Agile
  • Change: What if things change/
  • Radiators
  • Change: Guidance
  • Change: The Feedback Loop
  • Progress: General View
  • Velocity
  • Progress: Guidance
  • Progress: Agile Concepts and Techniques: Burn Charts
  • Progress: Agile Concepts and Techniques: Information

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Prince 2 Agile ® Foundation

Prince 2 Agile ® Foundation

Computational Thinking

Emerging Technologies

Strategy Development

Course Outline

Lesson 1

PRINCE 2 key concepts of project and PRINCE2

  • 1.1 PRINCE2 principles
  • 1.2 PRINCE2 themes
  • 1.3 PRINCE2 processes
  • 1.4 PRINCE2 management products
  • 1.5 PRINCE2 roles

Lesson 2

PRINCE 2 key concepts of project and PRINCE2 Agile

  • 2.1 PRINCE2 Agile in a project context
  • 2.2 Agile ways of working for use with PRINCE2 Agile
  • 2.3 ‘Blend and weave’ PRINCE2 with agile
  • 2.4 Roles, responsibilities and competencies of the PRINCE2 Agile delivery team

 

Lesson 3

PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes &
Management products in an agile context

  • 3.1 PRINCE2 principles will be applied in an agile context
  • 3.2 PRINCE2 Agile behaviors
  • 3.3 PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each theme
  • 3.4 PRINCE2 Agile guidance for process
  • 3.5 PRINCE2 Agile guidance for PRINCE2 management products
  • 3.6 Fix & Flex

Lesson 4

Agile ways of working, key terms & techniques

  • 4.1 agile terms
  • 4.2 key Agile concepts and techniques Scrum

Lesson 5

Focus areas in agile context

  • 5.1PRINCE2 Agile focus areas.

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