PRINCE2® Agile Learning Outcome
The course will cover the following learning outcomes
- Understanding of common agile ways of working
- Differences between projects and BAU (Business as Usual)
- Agile and its common approaches, how and why agile approaches have developed and where they are used
- The history of agile, its contrast to the waterfall way of working and how the agile manifesto fits in
- The different levels of agile maturity and well-known agile frameworks
- Behaviors, concepts and techniques that characterise agile
- Kanban, the Kanban method and its six general practices, including the use of Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFDs)
- The core concepts of Lean start-up
- The use of workshops
- How to transition to agile
- Scrum theory and explains the nature of the Scrum team, Scrum events, Scrum artefacts and Sprints
- The purpose and context for blending PRINCE2® and the agile ways of working
- The complementary strengths of PRINCE2® and the agile ways of working
- Benefit from using PRINCE2® Agile and in what contexts/situation
- The make-up of PRINCE2® Agile (frameworks, behaviors, concepts, techniques, focus areas)
- The eight ‘guidance points’
- How PRINCE2® controls and governance can enable agile to be used in many environments
- Describes what a typical PRINCE2® ‘project journey’ looks like in an agile context
- You will able to apply and evaluate the focus areas to a project in an agile context
- Tailoring PRINCE2® for a project in an agile context
- The 5 PRINCE2® Agile behaviors (Transparency, Collaboration, Rich Communication, Self-Organization, Exploration)
- How to adjust roles, including the use of specialist roles, and the options for team organisation in a project
- Common feedback loops and their importance
- Progress monitoring techniques including use of Work in Progress boards, burn charts, information radiators
- Agile techniques that may apply to each PRINCE2® process including Cynefin
- The use of retrospectives and how to make them effective
- Guidance on behaviors, risks and the frequency of releases
- How to tailor PRINCE2® products, including Work Packages, Highlight Reports and Checkpoint Reports
- Agile techniques that may apply to each PRINCE2® theme including requirements, defining value and user stories
- Guidance on the use of contracts
- PRINCE2® Agile delivery roles
