Prince 2 Agile ® Practitioner

Agile

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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