PRINCE2 Agile:What is in it?

…and what’s in it for me?

Keith Richardswww.agilekrc.com

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Presentation Structure

• Introductions and style• Latest news• The drivers for PRINCE2 Agile and the audience• PRINCE2 Agile foundations• AgilePM – where does this fit in?• From triangles to a hexagon• The 5 Behaviours in PRINCE2 Agile • How important is the process?• Further information• Close and questions.

Introductions

• Chief Executive of agileKRC• agileKRC is a pioneering company at the forefront of agile

thinking• Specialising in all things agile (PRINCE2 Agile, Scrum,

Kanban, Lean Startup, DSDM, AgilePM, everything!)• Training, Consultancy, Coaching and Delivery• Lead author for the NEW PRINCE2 Agile product from

AXELOS• 20 years of experience with agile • Detailed knowledge of PRINCE2 with agile and the DSDM

Framework• IAF Accredited / APMG Certified Facilitator • Author of ‘Agile Project Management’ (TSO)• Voted ‘Most Valuable Agile Player’ UK Agile Awards.

The latest news on PRINCE2 Agile?

• Launch date is June 24th 2015• Many ATOs are in preparation• Course lasts 3 days• Exam is 2½ hours and is ‘challenging’• Manual released on June 16th • LinkedIn Groups appearing.

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The drivers and the audience for PRINCE2 Agile• Demand from Practitioners• Agile is everywhere• A lot of agile is in a project context

…and each context may be very different

• Basic agile?• Mature agile?• No agile!

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Do we really need it?

• Not everyone likes change• Not everyone likes something new• Isn't responding to change inherently agile?• PRINCE2 Agile isn’t a new form of tax!• Are different viewpoints good?• Doesn’t competition help the customer?

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The basics

• Myth-busting or stating the obvious?• PRINCE2 is already enabled for agile• PRINCE2 is not a ‘traditional’ PM approach• PRINCE2 Agile is for any project not just IT

projects• ‘IT only’ frameworks are mentioned but not

extensively• Agile is not just Scrum• Scrum and Kanban are the most popular• PRINCE2 Agile sees ‘agile’ as a family of

behaviours, frameworks, concepts and techniques• Agile is not a binary condition.

What is in PRINCE2 Agile?

Agile Behaviours

Agile Frameworks

Agile Concepts

Agile Focus Areas

Agile Techniques

AgilePM – where does it fit?

• It doesn’t!• A very common question• Pre-2009 – DSDM plugged the gaps in PRINCE2• 2009 onwards – there are no gaps to plug• The choice depends on your situation• The same applies to similar approaches.

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No more triangles?

How about a Hexagon?

The 5 Behaviours in PRINCE2 Agile

• Missing from PRINCE2 if wanting to use agile• PRINCE2 is agnostic in terms of ‘management

style’• The most important area to get right.

Collaboration

TransparencyRich

Communication

Self-organisation

Exploration

Transparency

• Speed• Clarity• Engagement

…but this needs openness…and trust.

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Collaboration

• ‘if you want to go fast – go alone; if you want to go far – go together’

• Respect• Ownership• This applies to the team

…and with the customer.

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Rich communication

• Invest in achieving this• Avoid the classic problem

‘Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod…and never put anything in an email’ – Eliot Spitzer.

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Self-organisation

• Trust the experts to get on with it• Empower them• Agile needs this culture

…but this is not self-direction.

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Exploration

• Seek feedback – it needs to be actively sought• The customer knows roughly what they want • Projects are difficult• Always use the Spice Girls rule!• Lean Startup is strong here.

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Servant Leadership – how far can we go?

• A delicate area to navigate• Is this a case of ‘all in’?• Can you be 80% Servant Leader?• Difficult in a project context.

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So what’s more important?

• Behaviours or the process?• The answer is behaviours!

…but by how much?• If you had 100 coins – how would you distribute

them?

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Retrospectives

• A key agile technique• If you only ever do one thing – what would it be?

…inspect and adapt• Tune the process• Then fine tune the process.

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Is PRINCE2 Agile a challenge?

Yes!If the answer is easy…

…then so is the question.

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Further Information / Next Steps• Keith is teaching 3 courses in London on June 30, July 21 &

August 17• KRC run regular webinars on a variety of agile topics• KRC help organisations with their transition to Agile• KRC offers a variety of agile consultancy, training and support

services. We can also help you with recruitment!• Public courses in PRINCE2 Agile, AgilePM, Agile PgM, AgileBA,

Scrum, SAFe, Kanban www.agilekrc.com

• More information about PRINCE2 Agile from www.axelos.com• Including several blogs at: https://www.axelos.com/news/blogs• Follow us on Twitter & LinkedIn and find us on YouTube

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PRINCE2 Agile:Launch date 24th June 2015

Thank you!

k.richards@agilekrc.comc.robinson@agilekrc.com

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