Certified PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Course (+ Exam)

PRINCE2 Agile® combines PRINCE2® and Agile principles and methods into the ideal project management mix. You get to enjoy the best of both worlds and scale for complete control and good governance. PRINCE2 Agile® is an extension module tailored for future-forward organisations and individuals already conversant in PRINCE2®. This course helps you integrate Agile methods into the leading international project management method so that you can boost efficiency and productivity while saving time and money.

Goals

The PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Course (+ Exam) aims to give you next-level project management skills by combining PRINCE2® in an Agile environment. At the end of the course, you can look forward to:

• gaining a broad understanding of Agile concepts and methods
• learning how to productively integrate Agile and PRINCE2®
• getting your projects and practices to transcend your present achievement and success levels
• the ability to apply relevant project management methods for successful delivery of Agile projects
• achieving better time-to-market and higher project success rates
• delivering faster results due to stakeholder involvement, feedback, and effective controls

Advantages

Why the PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Course (+ Exam)? What’s in it for you?

The broad understanding of Agile concepts and methods this course offers and learning how to integrate them into PRINCE2® seamlessly hands you the best of both worlds in project management. How does this course stand out, and how do you stand to benefit? The PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Course (+ Exam) delivers:

• greater control, good governance, flexibility, and pragmatism
• projects and practices that transcend standalone Agile or PRINCE2® methods
• faster time-to-market
• higher change resilience
• the rapid ability to adapt to change at a lower cost and with fewer risks due to real-time monitoring

Target Audience

This course targets participants who are interested in making Agile work for them in a PRINCE2® environment. If you are looking to achieve the next level in project management, then this course is for you. The following groups stand to benefit from this course:

• project managers
• project team members
• directors
• other project management professionals

You are eligible to take the PRINCE2 Agile® Exam if you hold any of the following certificates:

• PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation
• PRINCE2® Foundation
• PRINCE2® Practitioner
• Project Management Professional® (PMP)
• Certified Associate in Project Management® (CAPM)
• IPMA Levels A, B, C and D® (Certified Projects Director)

No pre-course work is required, but participants are expected to be familiar with PRINCE2® principles and methods. To get the most out of this course, we ask that participants review the material covered at the end of the day.

Programme

The entire course program is 3 days (for classroom) and 5 half days (for virtual).

1. Day 1

• Introduction
• Blending PRINCE2® and Agile
• The Hexagon and MoSCoW
• Starting up and initiating projects, business cases, value assessments, Cynefin frameworks
• Requirements and user stories
• Organisation

2. Day 2

• Servant leadership
• Principles and behaviours
• The Agilometer and risks
• Managing product delivery, Scrum, planning, and progress
• What does “done” mean (i.e., when is good, good enough?)
• Controlling a stage and managing a stage boundary, frequent releases, and retrospectives
• Directing projects

3. Day 3

• Closing projects
• Management products
• Communications
• Kanban, Lean Start-Up

PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner exam

• During the training you will receive an exam voucher valid for one year. With this exam voucher you can book your online exam yourself, at the date and time that suits you best
• The PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Exam consists of 50 multiple choice questions, and a score of 30 (i.e., 60%) is required to pass. The exam is open book (Official PRINCE2® manual and PRINCE2 Agile ™ Manual), and lasts approximately 150 minutes.
• After successful completion of the exam and confirmation of the results, you will receive a unique, secure and official electronic certificate from PeopleCert.

Price: € 1,780.00 (excl. VAT)

These trainings qualify for several grants. A practical instrument enabling you to pay only part of the registration fee.

Reduction

If you subscribe for an online session (Virtual Classroom), you will receive 325 euro discount and you will only pay 1455 euro instead of 1780 euro (excl. 21% VAT).

If you subscribe earlier than 3 weeks prior to the start date of the classroom session, you benefit our early bird price and you receive a discount of 10%. You only pay 1602 euro instead of 1780 euro (excl. 21% VAT).

Extra

The PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner course is provided by QRP, an ATO of PeopleCert.

PRINCE2 Agile® is a registered trademark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. All AXELOS Limited related training courses (PRINCE2 Agile®) will only be delivered including certification exams.

Documentation

• the latest version of the PRINCE2 Agile® handbook (digital version for the online edition or paperback version if you choose a classroom edition)
• a binder including the training materials, case studies and exercises,
• a syllabus, and sample exams
• a certified professional trainer that applies these methods in their day-to-day work
• a practical hands-on approach