1. Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2

1.1 Recall the PRINCE2 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

1.2 Explain the purpose of the PRINCE2 themes:

Business case
Organization
Quality
Plans
Risk
Change
Progress

1.3 Explain the purpose of the PRINCE2 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 Explain the purpose of the following PRINCE2 management products

Business case
Checkpoint report
Highlight reports
Project brief
Project initiation documentation
Project product description
Work package

1.5 Explain the responsibilities of the following PRINCE2 roles

Project board
Executive
Senior user
Senior supplier
Project manager
Team manager

2. Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2 Agile

2.1 Explain how PRINCE2 Agile is used in a project context and explain the difference between projects and business as usual (BAU).

2.2 Recall which agile ways of working are suitable for use with PRINCE2 Agile

Kanban
Lean startup
Scrum

2.3 Describe the need to ‘blend and weave’ PRINCE2 with agile at all levels of a project (project direction, project management and product delivery) including the eight guidance points

2.4 Describe the roles, responsibilities and competencies of the PRINCE2 Agile delivery team

Customer subject matter expert
Customer representative
Supplier subject matter expert
Supplier representative

3. Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context

3.1 Explain how the PRINCE2 principles will be applied in an agile context

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

3.2 Explain the PRINCE2 Agile behaviors

Transparency
Collaboration
Rich communication
Self-organization
Exploration

3.3 Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each theme

Business case
Organization
Quality
Plans
Risk
Change
Progress

3.4 Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each 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 Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for tailoring the following PRINCE2 management products

Business case
Checkpoint report
Highlight reports
Project brief
Project initiation documentation
Project product description
Work package

3.6 Explain what to fix and what to flex, including setting tolerances and the five targets

Fix and flex tolerances
Be on time and hitting deadlines
Protect the level of quality
Embrace change
Keep teams stable
Accept that the customer doesn’t need everything

4. Understand the agile ways of working, key terms and techniques

4.1 Recall the definition of the following agile terms

Backlog (sprint, release & product)
Benefit (value)
Epic
Information radiator
Spike
Stand up meeting
Timebox (sprint, release)
Velocity
Waterfall methodology

4.2 Explain 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. Understand the focus areas in an agile context

5.1 Explain the PRINCE2 Agile focus areas

Agilometer
Requirements
Rich communication
Frequent releases

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