PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner study plan
PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Tailoring PRINCE2 principles, themes and processes to agile delivery & Agile delivery within a PRINCE2 project (AgileSHAPE, focus areas and health checks)
Map each of the seven PRINCE2 principles to at least two concrete agile tailoring examples
Explain how each PRINCE2 theme is scaled for agile delivery, writing a one-paragraph summary per theme
Define AgileSHAPE and list its core components from memory
Draft a personal glossary of 20 tailoring terms
Your checkpoint
A one-page tailoring matrix covering all 7 principles and 7 themes with agile adaptations
Tailoring PRINCE2 principles, themes and processes to agile delivery
Walk through each PRINCE2 process (SU, IP, SB, CS, MP, DP, CP) and note where agile practices plug in
Describe how product-based planning works with agile product backlogs
Compare stage boundaries in a predictive vs agile context
Produce a process-by-process tailoring cheat sheet
Your checkpoint
A process tailoring cheat sheet for all 7 processes with agile touchpoints
Agile delivery within a PRINCE2 project (AgileSHAPE, focus areas and health checks)
Enumerate the six AgileSHAPE focus areas and describe the purpose of each
Explain how health checks are used and what a failing area looks like
Practise diagnosing a scenario where a focus area is weak and propose corrective actions
Link each focus area to relevant PRINCE2 themes
Your checkpoint
A focus-area reference card with purpose, symptoms of weakness, and remedies for each of the six areas
Agile delivery within a PRINCE2 project (AgileSHAPE, focus areas and health checks) & Applying agile behaviours, concepts and techniques
Apply health-check thinking to three written project scenarios and justify ratings
Describe each agile behaviour (e.g. transparency, collaboration, self-organisation) with a workplace example
Explain how agile techniques such as timeboxing, retrospectives and daily stand-ups fit PRINCE2 governance
Identify which behaviours support which focus areas
Your checkpoint
Three completed scenario health-check assessments with written rationale
Agile concepts and the PRINCE2 Agile approach & Applying agile behaviours, concepts and techniques
Define core agile concepts (iterative vs incremental, empiricism, servant leadership) in your own words
Explain the PRINCE2 Agile approach to blending governance with delivery agility
Match agile techniques to the situations where each is most appropriate
Compare fixed vs flexed constraints in agile projects
Your checkpoint
A concept-and-technique matching quiz you write yourself (15 items) with answer key
Agile concepts and the PRINCE2 Agile approach & Tailoring PRINCE2 principles, themes and processes to agile delivery
Consolidate domain 1 and 3 notes into a single integrated summary
Re-derive the tailoring matrix from memory and compare to week 1 version
Explain how the business case and benefits management adapt under agile delivery
Identify gaps in your weakest tailoring areas
Your checkpoint
An integrated domain 1+3 summary sheet plus a written gap analysis
Applying agile behaviours, concepts and techniques & Agile delivery within a PRINCE2 project (AgileSHAPE, focus areas and health checks)
Practise scenario questions requiring behaviour and focus-area judgement
Time yourself answering practitioner-style scenario prompts
Refine answers to include both agile reasoning and PRINCE2 justification
Review and correct your weakest two focus areas
Your checkpoint
Ten timed scenario answers with self-marked improvement notes
Agile concepts and the PRINCE2 Agile approach & Applying agile behaviours, concepts and techniques & Tailoring PRINCE2 principles, themes and processes to agile delivery & Agile delivery within a PRINCE2 project (AgileSHAPE, focus areas and health checks)
Run a full-length mock exam under timed conditions
Review every incorrect answer and trace it to a domain and study note
Re-test your three weakest topics with fresh self-written questions
Finalise a one-page pre-exam recall sheet
Your checkpoint
Completed mock exam with a scored review log and final recall sheet
Milestones
Week 4: Can explain all 7 principles, 7 themes, 7 processes and 6 focus areas from memory, and complete a scenario health check with justified ratings
Week 6: Reproduce the tailoring matrix and integrated domain summary without notes, scoring at least 80% on your own matching quiz
Week 8: Score at least 70% on the timed mock exam and have every wrong answer mapped to a reviewed study note