PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

Name: PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

Exam Code: PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

Purpose of the PRINCE2 Agile Foundation Certificate

The PRINCE2 Agile Foundation certificate is designed to help professionals deliver agile projects by tailoring PRINCE2 management controls with a broad toolset of agile delivery techniques and frameworks.

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

The certification will help you to:

◉ Understand PRINCE2 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 and agile ways of working. 

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation Exam Summary:

Exam Name	PRINCE2 Agile Foundation
Exam Code	PRINCE2 Agile Foundation
Exam Fee	USD $200
Exam Duration	60 Minutes
Number of Questions	50
Passing Score	55%
Format	Multiple Choice
Sample Questions	PRINCE2 Agile Foundation Exam Sample Questions and Answers
Practice Exam	PRINCE2 Agile Foundation Practice Test

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation Syllabus Topics:

Unit	Details
Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2	- Recall the PRINCE2 principles: ◉ Continued business justifcation ◉ Learn from experience ◉ Defined roles and responsibilities ◉ Manage by stages ◉ Manage by exception ◉ Focus on products ◉ Tailor to suit the project environment - Explain the purpose of the PRINCE2 themes: ◉ Business case ◉ Organization ◉ Quality ◉ Plans ◉ Risk ◉ Change ◉ Progress - 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 - Explain the purpose of the following PRINCE2 management products. ◉ Business case (A.2.1) ◉ Checkpoint report (A.3.1) ◉ Highlight report (A.11.1) ◉ Project brief (A.19.1) ◉ Project initiation documentation (A.20.1) ◉ Project product description (A.21.1) ◉ Work package (A.26.1) - Explain the responsibilities of the following PRINCE2 roles. ◉ Project board ◉ Executive ◉ Senior user ◉ Senior supplier ◉ Project manager ◉ Team manager
Understand key concepts relating to projects and PRINCE2 Agile	- Explain how PRINCE2 Agile is used in a project context and explain the difference between projects and business as usual (BAU). - Recall which agile ways of working are suitable for use with PRINCE2 Agile. ◉ Kanban ◉ Lean startup ◉ Scrum - 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. - Describe the roles, responsibilities and competencies of the PRINCE2 Agile delivery team. ◉ Customer subject matter expert ◉ Customer representative ◉ Supplier subject matter expert ◉ Supplier representative
Understand how PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes and management products are tailored and/or applied in an agile context	- Explain how the PRINCE2 priniciples will be applied in an agile context. (tab 7.1) ◉ Continued business justifcation ◉ Learn from experience ◉ Defined roles and responsibilities ◉ Manage by stages ◉ Manage by exception ◉ Focus on products ◉ Tailor to suit the project environment - Explain the PRINCE2 Agile behaviours. ◉ Transparency ◉ Collaboration ◉ Rich communication ◉ Self-organization ◉ Exploration - Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for each theme. ◉ Business case ◉ Organization ◉ Quality ◉ Plans ◉ Risk ◉ Change ◉ Progress - 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 - Explain the PRINCE2 Agile guidance for tailoring the following PRINCE2 management products. ◉ Business case ◉ Checkpoint report ◉ Highlight report ◉ Project brief ◉ Project initiation documentation ◉ Project product description ◉ Work package - 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
Understand the agile ways of working, key terms and techniques.	- Recall the definition of the following agile terms. (glossary) ◉ Backlog (sprint, release & product) ◉ Benefit (value) ◉ Epic ◉ Information radiator ◉ Spike ◉ Stand up meeting ◉ Timebox (sprint, release) ◉ Velocity ◉ Waterfall methodology - 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
Understand the focus areas in an agile context	- Explain the PRINCE2 Agile focus areas. ◉ Agilometer ◉ Requirements ◉ Rich communication ◉ Frequent releases