PRINCE2 Agile® Foundation classroom

Come at project management from all angles by reaping the benefits of PRINCE2 Agile’s guidance on delivering, managing and working within agile projects and project teams, without needing any prior knowledge of PRINCE2®.

About the course

Our PRINCE2 Agile Foundation enables you to benefit from PRINCE2 Agile’s guidance on delivering, managing and working within agile projects and project teams, without the need for any prior knowledge of PRINCE2®. To pass the Foundation exam, you will need to demonstrate sufficient recall and understanding of the PRINCE2 Agile® project management method.

Duration

This is a three day course that includes the Foundation exam on the afternoon of day three.

Pre-requisites

There are no formal pre-requisites for someone to take the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation exam.

Learning objectives

By the end of the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation classroom course, you should be able to:

Understand key concepts relating to PRINCE2
Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2 Agile
Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context
Understand the agile ways of working, key terms and techniques
Understand the focus areas in an agile context

This is an intensive three-day course that includes the following:

All accompanying course material (hardcopy)
Online pre-course
The official PRINCE2 Agile manual (digital & hardcopy)
The cost of the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation examination (valid for 12 months from purchase date. Exam must be taken online via remote proctor)

Materials

Hardcopy ILX course material: You will be provided with a printed version of the ILX course material. This will be issued on day one of your course.

Digital and hardcopy official manual: You will be given access to both a digital and hardcopy version of the official manual. The hardcopy will be issued on day one of your course with your course material. For the digital version you will be sent an email invitation approximately two weeks prior to course commencement to register on the Peoplecert portal. Once registered you will be able to access the digital version of your manual.

What's covered?

The basics
PRINCE2 process
PRINCE2 themes
The Hexagon and MoSCoW
Principles and behaviours
Business case
Sprint review and retrospective
Organisation and agile leadership
Quality and user stories
Risk and change
The Agilometer
Agile planning
MPD and SCRUM
Sprint review and retrospective
Progress
Rich communication
Kanban
Lean start-up
Process review
Themes review

Target audience

This course would benefit:

Project managers
Agile professionals
Scrum masters
Programme managers
Project administrators
Project management support service managers
CIOs
Programme office managers
Heads of change

There is mandatory online pre-course work that must be completed prior to attending this course, which should take approximately eight hours to complete. You will be sent full instructions with a link to the online pre-course within 48 hours of your confirmed booking. In addition, whilst attending the course there will also be some exam preparation evening work.

Exams are taken online via remote proctor. You will be sent an email invitation approximately two weeks prior to course commencement to register on the Peoplecert portal. Once registered you will be able to book your online exam at a date and time of your choice. You are responsible for booking your own exam. For more information about how to take your exam and the technical requirements, please click here.