22-24 Apr 2020

18-20 Nov 2020

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:

• Agile and the PRINCE2® 6th Edition 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® 6th Edition 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® 6th Edition 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® 6th Edition 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

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

20-21 Apr 2020

16-17 Nov 2020

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

14-18 Nov 2022

5-9 Dec 2022

16-20 Jan 2023

13-17 Mar 2023

• Understand the PRINCE2® 6th Edition method at Foundation and Practitioner levels
• Understand the integrated elements of PRINCE2® 6th Edition (principles, processes, themes & tailoring) in a work environment
• Understand the benefits and principles underlying a structured approach to project management
• Help delegates to operate effectively with colleagues and managers when managing projects in a structured project management environment
• Understand the relationships between the roles, management products, principles, themes, techniques and processes.
• Be able to apply the principles, themes and processes to a project.
• Be able to create and assess management products.

• 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.

15-16 Jul 2021

26-27 Aug 2021

28-29 Oct 2021

• Understand the PRINCE2® 6th Edition method at Foundation and Practitioner levels
• Understand the integrated elements of PRINCE2® 6th Edition (principles, processes, themes & tailoring) in a work environment
• Understand the benefits and principles underlying a structured approach to project management
• Help delegates to operate effectively with colleagues and managers when managing projects in a structured project management environment

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”.

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

• Understand the PRINCE2® 6th Edition method at Foundation level
• Understand the integrated elements of PRINCE2® 6th Edition (principles, processes, themes and tailoring) within a work environment
• Understand the benefits and principles underlying a structured approach to project management
• Help delegates to operate effectively with colleagues and managers within a structured project management environment.

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.