PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Practice Exam

The PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner is a professional certification that shows expertise in combining PRINCE2 project management methodology with Agile techniques. It shows that a person can manage projects flexibly while maintaining control, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with business goals. This certification is ideal for project managers, team leaders, and professionals who want to successfully deliver projects in dynamic environments.

Recognized globally, the PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner certification helps professionals stand out in project management roles. By earning this credential, individuals demonstrate the ability to tailor PRINCE2 principles to Agile practices, improve team collaboration, and manage risks effectively. Organizations benefit from certified professionals who can deliver projects efficiently, respond to change quickly, and achieve better business outcomes.

 

Who should take the Exam?

This exam is ideal for:

• Project Managers
• Agile Coaches
• Scrum Masters
• Product Owners
• Delivery Managers
• Programme Managers
• Business Analysts
• Team Leaders

 

Skills Required

• Agile Methodologies
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Risk Management
• Team Collaboration
• Change Management
• Process Tailoring
• Communication

 

Knowledge Gained

• PRINCE2 Principles
• Agile Concepts
• Agile Behaviours
• Agile Frameworks
• PRINCE2 Themes
• PRINCE2 Processes
• Tailoring Techniques
• Governance in Agile Projects

Course Outline

The PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner Exam covers the following topics - 
 

Domain 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) 

 

Domain 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

 

Domain 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’

 

Domain 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

 

Domain 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