PRINCE2 Agile Foundation and Practitioner

PRINCE2 Agile® blends the flexibility and responsiveness of agile with the defined governance of PRINCE2®. The training and certification is delivered at two levels:

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

Provides the fundamentals of the PRINCE2 method so you can embed PRINCE2 Agile into your day-to-day work practices, testing knowledge of PRINCE2 governance requirements, agile concepts and techniques and the interface between them.

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation Certification

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.

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 is also a pre-requisite for the Practitioner certification.

Target audience

PRINCE2 Agile is suitable for anyone who delivers projects, large or small, in an agile context. It is a valuable training and certification scheme for anyone working within an agile project environment, whether they’re a project manager, project support or part of the wider project team.

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation has no prerequisites. Those without any pre-existing knowledge of PRINCE2 are eligible to sit the certification as this will be covered during the training.

About the Foundation Examination 

Starting from December 1, 2023, all candidates are required to redeem their PeopleCert vouchers before the start of their training or on the first day of training at the latest.

Exam Format

• Objective testing
• One hour multiple choice paper
• 50 questions with a pass mark of 55%
• Closed book

PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner Certification

The PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner certificate is designed to help professionals deliver agile projects by tailoring PRINCE2 management controls with a broad toolset of agile delivery techniques and frameworks. The PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner teaches you to blend structure, governance and control with agile methods, techniques and approaches. Practitioner takes the knowledge acquired at Foundation level and applies it to the workplace, using real-world management examples.

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.

Target audience

• PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner is aimed at professionals who work within a project environment, including key staff involved with integrating project management with product delivery.
• An understanding of the agile concepts detailed in PRINCE2 Agile will also be beneficial to those with governance responsibilities for projects using agile delivery approaches as well as those involved with programme and project support functions.
• It is a must-have certification for both project managers and non-project management professionals to deliver value to their employers and enhance their careers.

Pre-requisites

To take the PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner examination, you must hold PRINCE2 Agile Foundation or any PRINCE2 certification.

About the Practitioner Examination 

Starting from December 1, 2023, all candidates are required to redeem their PeopleCert vouchers before the start of their training or on the first day of training at the latest.

Exam format

• Objective testing
• 50 questions each worth one mark
• 30 marks or more required to pass out of 50 questions: 60% pass mark
• Two-and-a-half hours’ (150 minutes) duration, no additional reading time
• Open book exam. Candidates may use the official printed hard copy of the PRINCE2 Agile® Guidance. The manual may be annotated and tabulated but no sticky notes and loose leaf papers containing additional notes will be allowed.