PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Practice Exam

The PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner certification equips you with the expertise to effectively integrate the structured governance of PRINCE2® with the flexibility and responsiveness of Agile methodologies. This powerful combination empowers you to navigate dynamic project environments and deliver successful outcomes efficiently.

Who Should Take the PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Exam?

This certification is valuable for a wide range of professionals involved in project management, including:

• Project managers: Enhance your skillset to adapt methodologies based on project needs and ensure successful delivery.
• Team members: Gain a deeper understanding of Agile principles and work more effectively within blended project environments.
• Business analysts and product owners: Improve collaboration and communication with project managers while contributing to strategic decision-making.
• Anyone seeking career advancement: This globally recognized certification demonstrates your understanding of modern project management best practices.

Roles and Responsibilities of a PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner

• Adapting PRINCE2® principles to Agile contexts: Selecting and tailoring PRINCE2® elements to specific project requirements and Agile frameworks.
• Effective stakeholder management: Engaging stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
• Optimizing risk management: Proactively identifying and addressing potential risks while remaining adaptable to changing circumstances.
• Monitoring and controlling project progress: Utilizing established PRINCE2® practices alongside Agile techniques for effective project oversight.
• Delivering value iteratively: Working incrementally and collaboratively to ensure continuous value delivery through iterative cycles.

Exam Details

• Format: 50 multiple-choice questions
• Time Limit: 2.5 hours
• Cost: Varies based on location and training provider
• Passing Score: 30 correct answers (60%)
• Language: English (other languages may be available depending on location)

Course Outline 

1. Understanding the basic concepts of common agile ways of working

• Explaining the differences between projects and BAU (Business as usual)
• Describing agile and its common approaches, how and why agile approaches have developed, and their use
• Describing the history of agile, it’s a contrast to the waterfall way of working and how the Agile Manifesto fits in
• Explaining the different levels of agile maturity and well-known agile frameworks
• Describing behaviors, concepts, and techniques that characterize agile. Defining the PRINCE2 Agile view of ‘agile’
• Describing Kanban, the Kanban method, and its six general practices, including the use of Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs) 

2. Understanding the purpose and context for combining PRINCE2® and the agile way of working

• Describing the complementary strengths of PRINCE2 and the agile way of working
• Defining who can benefit from using PRINCE2 Agile and in what contexts/situations 
• Defining the PRINCE2 Agile frameworks, behaviors, concepts, techniques, and focus areas
• Explaining the eight ‘guidance points’. Describing how PRINCE2 controls and governance can enable agile to be used in many environments
• Describing what a typical PRINCE2 ‘project journey’ looks like in an agile context

3. Applying and evaluating the focus areas to a project in an agile context

• Explaining the purpose and use of the Agilometer throughout a project 
• Describing the six sliders used on the Agilometer. Explaining their significance and how to improve them 
• Describing in detail requirements terminology, decomposition, and prioritization, including MoSCoW and Ordering 
• Explaining how requirements prioritization is used
• Explaining the rich communication focus area, its importance, and its key techniques as well as how to manage frequent releases and the benefits of ‘failing fast’

4. Fixing and flexing the six aspects of a project in an agile context

• Describing how to use the ‘hexagon’ in relation to the six aspects of project performance
• Explaining the use of tolerances in terms of what to ‘fix’ and what to ‘flex’ in relation to the six aspects of project performance 
• Describing in detail each of the five targets that underpin the use of the hexagon
• Explaining why the ‘fix and flex’ approach is good for the customer

5. Applying the PRINCE2 principles, themes, processes, and management products to a project in an agile context

• Describing in detail the five PRINCE2 Agile behaviors (Transparency, Collaboration, Rich Communication, Self-Organization, Exploration)
• Explaining agile needs to incorporate in all seven PRINCE2 processes and all seven themes.
• Describing the two common Organization roles of Scrum Master and Product owner
• Explaining how to adjust roles, including the use of specialist roles, and the options for team organization in a project
• Defining the make-up of a typical delivery team
• Describing servant leadership, its use, and importance 
• Explaining how to define Working Agreements 
• Describing quality setting techniques including ‘definition of done’ and the use of acceptance criteria
• Explaining quality testing, quality checking, and management techniques. Describing approaches to planning and typical planning techniques
• Describing approaches to risk and how agile concepts mitigate many typical risks
• Explaining progress monitoring techniques including the use of ‘work in progress’ boards, burn charts, information radiators
• Explaining in detail agile techniques that may apply to each PRINCE2 process including Cynefin Describing how to flex the ‘Direct a Project’ stage and the benefits of collaborative working.
• Describing how to ‘manage by exception’ with emphasis on empowerment, the quantity of deliverables, rich information flows, and value of deliverables 
• Explaining why PRINCE2 ‘stages’ may not be required, including the use of timeboxes and Scrum of scrums

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