Course Outline

Project Management Basics

• Projects and Business as Usual (BAU)
• Difference Between Project Work and BAU Work
• What is Project Management?
• Why do Projects Fail?
• What needs to control?
• Project people
• Methodology/ Lifecycle
• Projects Need
• Delivery Methods
• Waterfall/ V/ BDUF
• Agile
• An Overview of Agile
• The Agile Manifesto
• “Waterfall” or “Iterative & Incremental”?
• Agile Basics
• Agile Frameworks
• PRINCE2®/ Agile
• Agile Methods and Where They Fit

Understanding PRINCE2®

• What is PRINCE2®?
• The PRINCE2® Framework
• Management Stages
• PRINCE2® Principles, Themes, and Processes
• Directing a Project (DP)
• Starting up a Project (SU)
• Initiating a Project (IP)
• Managing a Stage Boundary (SB)
• Controlling a Stage (CS)
• Managing Product Delivery (MP)
• Closing a Project (CP)
• PRINCE2® Management Products
• PRINCE2® Process & Key Products
• PRINCE2® Organisational Structure
• The Three PRINCE2® Project Interests
• Four Management Levels
• PRINCE2® Organisation
• Project Board
• Project Board
  • Executive Role
  • Senior User(s)
  • Senior Supplier(s)
• Project Manager
• Team Manager
• Project Assurance
• Project Support
• Change Authority

Common Agile Methodologies

• Agile Overview
• Common Agile Terms
• Scrum
• The 5 Scrum Events
• Scrum Artefacts
• Kanban Board
• Lean Start-up
• The lifecycle of Lean Start-up

Blending PRINCE2® and Agile

• The PRINCE2® Journey with Agile
• The PRINCE2® Agile View
• Agile Behaviours, Concepts, and Techniques
• Prioritising
• MoSCoW
• Tracking Progress with Burn Charts
• PRINCE2 Agile®: Blending PRINCE2® and Agile
• What does PRINCE2® Agile comprise of?
• Eight Guidance Points
• Beware of Prejudice!

What to Fix and What to Flex

• Performance Targets and Tolerance
• The Hexagon
• Tolerance Guidance
• The Five Targets
• Be on Time and Hit Deadlines
• Protect the Level of Quality
• Embrace Change
• Keep Teams Stable
• Accept That the Customer Doesn’t Need Everything

Agile Behaviours and the PRINCE2® Principles

• Applying PRINCE2® Principles
• PRINCE2® Agile Behaviours

Agile and the PRINCE2® Themes

• Tailoring the Business Case Theme
• Tailoring the Organisation Theme
• The Three PRINCE2® Project Interests
• Tailoring the Organisation Theme: Roles
• Tailoring the Quality Theme
• Tailoring the Plans Theme
• Agile Estimating
• Tailoring the Risk, Change, and Progress Theme

Agile and the PRINCE2® Processes

• Processes of Agile and the PRINCE2®
• Linking Agile Processes to PRINCE2® Processes
• Starting Up a Project and its Processes
• Controlling a Stage and Managing Processes of Product Delivery
• Tailoring Managing a Stage Boundary Process
• Tailoring Closing a Project Process
• Tailoring Directing a Project

Focus Areas

• Agilometer
• Requirements
• Rich Communication
• Workshops
• Frequent Releases

PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner Course

Agile and Common Agile Methodologies

• An Overview of Agile
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Lean Start-up

PRINCE2 Agile

• PRINCE2 Agile Blending PRINCE2 and Agile Together
• 8 Guidance Points
• The Hexagon (& Tolerance)
• The 5 Targets

Tailoring PRINCE2 Processes

• Agile and the PRINCE2 Processes
• Directing a Project
• Starting up a Project and Initiating a Project
• Controlling a Stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing a Stage Boundary
• Closing a Project

Tailoring the PRINCE2 Themes

• Agile and the PRINCE2 Themes
• Business Case
• Organisation
• Change
• Risk
• Plans
• Progress
• Quality
• PRINCE2 Management Product and Roles

Tailoring of the PRINCE2 Products

• Work Packages
• Principles and Behaviours
• Rich Communication - Focus Area
• Health Check (Appendix C)
• Transitioning to Agile
• Advice for a Project Manager Using Agile