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This certification is aimed at professionals who work within a project environment including key staff involved with integrating project management with product delivery. An understanding of the agile concepts within PRINCE2 Agile® will also be beneficial to those with governance responsibilities for projects using agile delivery approaches as well as those involved with programme and project support functions.
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22-24 Apr 2020
18-20 Nov 2020
In order to sit the PRINCE2® 6th Edition Practitioner examination you must provide proof of having passed one of the following:
✓ PRINCE2® 6th Edition Foundation
✓ PRINCE2® 6th Edition Practitioner preferable
✓ Project Management Professional (PMP)
✓ Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
✓ International Project Management Associate (IPMA) Level A® (Certified Projects Director)
✓ International Project Management Associate (IPMA) Level B® (Certified Senior Project Manager)
✓ International Project Management Associate (IPMA) Level C® (Certified Project Manager)
✓ International Project Management Associate (IPMA) Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)
After completing this course, students will be able to:
➢ Tailor the integrated set of PRINCE2® 6th Edition principles, themes and processes
➢ Produce the PRINCE2® 6th Edition management products
➢ Map the common agile roles to the PRINCE2® 6th Edition project management team structure
➢ Incorporate the fundamental agile behaviours, concepts and techniques into PRINCE2® 6th Edition
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
The purpose of this session is to introduce the purpose and context for combining PRINCE2® 6th Edition and the agile way of working.
Topics:
• 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
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
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
The purpose of this session is to introduce tailoring of PRINCE2 Principles and Management Products.
Topics:
• PRINCE2 Agile® Behaviors
• Experiment
• Spike/spiking
• Tailoring PRINCE2® 6th Edition Management Products: Baseline Products
• Tailoring PRINCE2® 6th Edition Management Products: Record Products
• Health Check
• Advice for a Project Manager using Agile
The purpose of this session is to introduce tailoring of PRINCE2® 6th Edition themes.
Topics:
The purpose of this session is to introduce tailoring of PRINCE2® 6th Edition processes.
Topics:
• Agile and the PRINCE2® 6th Edition Processes
• Relating Agile Processes to PRINCE2® 6th Edition Processes
• Starting up a Project; Initiating a Project: Recap PRINCE2® 6th Edition
• 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® 6th Edition
• Directing a Project: What to do
• Directing a Project: How it might look
• Controlling a Stage: Recap PRINCE2® 6th Edition
• 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® 6th Edition
• 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® 6th Edition
• 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
Combine agile concepts with the world's most popular approach to project management. Developed in response to user communities, PRINCE2 Agile® provides structure, governance and control when working with agile concepts, methods and techniques.
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20-21 Apr 2020
16-17 Nov 2020
There are no prerequisites for taking the PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation certification.
The PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation certificate is designed to help professionals deliver agile projects by tailoring PRINCE2® 6th Edition management controls with a broad toolset of agile delivery techniques and frameworks.
The certification will help practitioners to:
• Understand PRINCE2® 6th Edition governance requirements clearly and comprehensively
• Gain a broad range of knowledge of agile concepts and techniques including: Scrum, Kanban, Lean Start-up and Cynefin
• Explore the interface between PRINCE2® 6th Edition and agile ways of working.
1.1 PRINCE2® 6th Edition 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
1.2 PRINCE2® 6th Edition themes:
• Business Case
• Organization
• Quality
• Plans
• Risk
• Change
• Progress
1.3 PRINCE2® 6th Edition processes.
• Starting up a project
• Initiating a project
• Directing a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing product delivery
• Managing a stage boundary
• Closing a project
1.4 PRINCE2® 6th Edition management products.
• Business case
• Checkpoint report
• Highlight report
• Project brief
• Project initiation documentation
• Project product description
• Work package
1.5 PRINCE2® 6th Edition roles
• Project board
• Executive
• Senior user
• Senior supplier
• Project manager
• Team manager 3.1 PRINCE2® 6th Edition priniciples will be applied in an agile context.
2.1 PRINCE2 Agile® in a project context
2.2 Agile ways of working for use with PRINCE2 Agile® .
• Kanban
• Lean startup
• Scrum
2.3 ‘Blend and weave’ PRINCE2® 6th Edition with agile
2.4 Roles, responsibilities and competencies of the PRINCE2 Agile® delivery team.
• Customer subject matter expert
• Customer representative
• Supplier subject matter expert
• Supplier representative
3.1 PRINCE2® 6th Edition priniciples will be applied in an agile context.
• Learn from experience
• Defined roles and responsibilities
• Manage by stages
• Manage by exception
• Focus on products
• Tailor to suit the project environment
• Continued business justification
3.2 PRINCE2 Agile® behaviors.
• Transparency
• Collaboration
• Rich communication
• Self-organization
• Exploration
3.3 PRINCE2 Agile® guidance for each theme.
• Business case
• Organization
• Quality
• Plans
• Risk
• Change
• Progress
3.4 PRINCE2 Agile® guidance for process.
• Starting up a project
• Initiating a project
• Directing a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing product delivery
• Managing a stage boundary
• Closing a project
3.5 PRINCE2 Agile® guidance for PRINCE2® 6th Edition management products.
• Business case
• Checkpoint report
• Highlight report
• Project brief
• Project initiation documentation
• Project product description
• Work package
3.6 Fix and Flex
• Be on time and hitting deadlines
• Protect the level of quality
• Embrace change
• Keep teams stable
• Accept that the customer doesn’t need everything
• Fix and flex tolerances
4.1 agile terms
• Backlog (sprint, release & product)
• Benefit (value)
• Epic
• Information radiator
• Spike
• Stand up meeting
• Timebox (sprint, release)
• Velocity
• Waterfall methodology
4.2 key Agile concepts and techniques Scrum
• Lean Startup (incl. MVP)
• Retrospectives
• User stories (incl. Definition of ‘ready’ and ‘done’)
• Workshops
• Burn charts
• Agile Estimation (points and T-Shirt sizing)
• Working Agreements
5.1 PRINCE2 Agile® focus areas.
• Agilometer
• Requirements
• Rich communication
• Frequent releases
The purpose of the Practitioner qualification is to confirm whether the candidate has achieved sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor PRINCE2® 6th Edition in a scenario situation. A successful Practitioner candidate should, with suitable direction, be able to start applying the method to a real project but may not be sufficiently skilled to do this appropriately for all situations. Their individual project management expertise, complexity of the project and the support provided for the use of PRINCE2® 6th Edition in their work environment will all be factors that impact what the Practitioner can achieve.
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14-18 Nov 2022
5-9 Dec 2022
16-20 Jan 2023
13-17 Mar 2023
• 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
• Business Case Theme
• Organization Theme
• Quality Theme
• Plans Theme
• Risk Theme
• Change Theme
• Progress Theme
• Starting Up a Project
• Initiating a Project
• Controlling a Stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing a Stage Boundary
• Closing a Project
• Directing a Project
• Purpose
• Business Case Defined
• The PRINCE2® 6th Edition Approach to the Business Case
• Benefits Review Plan
• Contents of a Business Case
• Purpose
• Organization Defined
• The PRINCE2® 6th Edition approach to Organization
• The Project Management Team
• Communication Management Strategy
• Working with Stakeholders
• Purpose
• Quality Defined
• Quality Audit Trail (Quality Planning and Quality Control)
• The PRINCE2® 6th Edition approach to Quality
• Quality Assurance and Project Assurance
• Purpose
• Plan Defined
• Level of Plans and Types of Plans (Project, Stage, Team and Exception Plan)
• The PRINCE2® 6th Edition approach to Plans
• Product Based Planning
• Steps in Planning
• Purpose
• Risk Defined
• The PRINCE2® 6th Edition approach to Risk
• Risk Management Strategy
• Risk Register
• Risk Management Procedure (Identify, Assess, Plan, Implement
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• Purpose
• Objective
• Activities
o Accept a Work Package
o Execute a Work Package
o Deliver a Work Package
• 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
• Purpose
• Objective
• Activities
o Prepare Planned Closure
o Prepare Premature Closure
o Handover Products
o Evaluate the Project
o Recommend Project Closure.
This PRINCE2® 6th Edition Practitioner course is available on SPOCE's open public schedule, or can be held at your own premises. PRINCE2® 6th Edition Online learning is also available for individuals and groups.
Officially launched in October 1996, PRINCE2® 6th Edition is the method used for planning and managing projects in the public and private sectors. The method is used for a wide variety and size of projects. PRINCE2® 6th Edition is universally accepted as best practice project management.
* ITIL®/ PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. The Swirl logo™ is a trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved
15-16 Jul 2021
26-27 Aug 2021
28-29 Oct 2021
Setting the scene for a structured approach to managing all projects; project success criteria; the model of the PRINCE2® 6th Edition method including the integrated elements of principles, processes, themes and tailoring.
PRINCE2® 6th Edition focuses on key processes needed for successful project management which must be present, but may be ‘tailored’ to reflect the complexity, scope and risks faced by the project. SPOCE’s PRINCE2® 6th Edition Process Model will be used to help delegates understand and appreciate what should be done to manage each project, why it should be done and when in the project lifecycle.
What is a Business Case; Outcomes, Outputs, Benefits and Dis-benefits; Developing, Verifying and Maintaining the Business Case; Confirming the benefits and the Benefits Review Plan.
Project Management Team Structure and the Project Board, Project Assurance, Project Manager, Team Manager, Change Authority and Project Support roles & responsibilities. Stakeholder management; Communication Management Strategy.
Levels and content of Plans; Exception Plans; Product-based approach to planning – Project Product Description, Product Breakdown Structure, Product Description, Product Flow Diagram; the PRINCE2® 6th Edition planning steps.
Management and Technical Stages. Tolerance and Raising Exceptions. Project Board and Project Manager Controls for Reviewing and Reporting Progress; Baselines for Control; Capturing and Reporting Lessons; Event-driven and time-driven controls.
Issue and Change Control procedure; Configuration Management procedure; Configuration Management Strategy; Baseline, Handling changes; Tracking and protecting products; Change Authority; Change Budget.
Quality Defined, The Quality Audit Trial; Acceptance Criteria, Quality Criteria, Quality Management Strategy, Quality Assurance, Quality Controls and Quality Review technique.
Risk and Risk Management; Risk Management in Projects; Risk Management Strategy; Risk Management Procedure; Risk Budget.
Specially written scenarios and comprehensive sets of related tasks help provide a practical application of the method. Practical work includes creating process models, completing tasks related to specific elements of the method such as how the PRINCE2® 6th Edition themes help to apply the PRINCE2® 6th Edition principles as well as a variety of objective test questions. Many tasks are designed to help delegates ‘link’ the four integrated elements of PRINCE2® 6th Edition“principles”, “processes”, “themes” and “tailoring”.
This PRINCE2 Foundation course is available on SPOCE's open public schedule, or SPOCE can come to you to run the course at your own premises. Online learning is also available for individuals and groups.
Officially launched in October 1996, PRINCE2® is the method used for planning and managing projects in the public and private sectors. The method is used for a wide variety and size of projects. PRINCE2® is universally accepted as best practice project management.
* ITIL®/ PRINCE2® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. The Swirl logo™ is a trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved
14-16 Mar 2022
25-27 Apr 2022 (Penang Date)
23-25 May 2022
13-15 Jun 2022
25-27 Jul 2022
1-3 Aug 2022
5-7 Sep 2022
19-21 Sep 2022 (Penang Date)
3-5 Oct 2022
14-16 Nov 2022
5-7 Dec 2022
There are no pre-requisites to begin the PRINCE2® Foundation course.
Setting the scene for a structured approach to managing all projects; project success criteria; the model of the PRINCE2® 6th Edition method including the integrated elements of principles, processes, themes and tailoring.
PRINCE2® 6th Edition focuses on key processes needed for successful project management which must be present, but may be ‘tailored’ to reflect the complexity, scope and risks faced by the project. SPOCE’s PRINCE2® 6th Edition Process Model will be used to help delegates understand and appreciate what should be done to manage each project, why it should be done and when in the project lifecycle.
What is a Business Case; Outcomes, Outputs, Benefits and Dis-benefits; Developing, Verifying and Maintaining the Business Case; confirming the benefits and the Benefits Review Plan.
Project Management Team Structure and the Project Board, Project Assurance, Project Manager, Team Manager, Change Authority and Project Support roles & responsibilities. Stakeholder management; Communication Management Strategy.
Levels and content of Plans; Exception Plans; Product-based approach to planning – Project Product Description, Product Breakdown Structure, Product Description, Product Flow Diagram; the PRINCE2® 6th Edition planning steps.
Management and Technical Stages. Tolerance and Raising Exceptions. Project Board and Project Manager Controls for Reviewing and Reporting Progress; Baselines for Control; Capturing and Reporting Lessons; Event-driven and time-driven controls.
Issue and Change Control procedure; Configuration Management procedure; Configuration Management Strategy; Baseline, Handling changes; Tracking and protecting products; Change Authority; Change Budget.
Quality Defined, The Quality Audit Trial; Acceptance Criteria, Quality Criteria, Quality Management Strategy, Quality Assurance, Quality Controls and Quality Review technique.
Risk and Risk Management; Risk Management in Projects; Risk Management Strategy; Risk Management Procedure; Risk Budget.