Leanpub: Publish Early, Publish Often

§0 s1 = Presenter: Simon Harris PRINCE2 P2A CGEIT PMP IPMA-D

§0 s1 Hello, welcome to this training course.

Hello and a very warm welcome.
<Sync 1 Me> I am Simon. I will be your host and your trainer on your journey through this course’s contents. I fully support this course. To contact me; in email use p2a@logicalmodel.net or call +44 (0) 84 52 57 57 07. Or join the course’s discussion forum where you’ll find peer support from fellow learners for case study work and community
- For many years I’ve worked as a freelance contractor. Contracts have taken me to many organisations and industries. All of them have cultures and norms that have given me alternative perspectives and different insights.
- As course host I’m going to share all those insights with you and use them to explain the benefits to you of all the ways of working that the axelos’ prince two agile manual contains.
If you are curious:…
- About agile this course gives you a hype-free and pragmatic tour of the mind-set, frameworks and techniques.
- If you curious about what prince might offer you as an agile practitioner then this course explains how prince and agile complement each other. The synergies are greater than the parts. Used with understanding rather than dogma it’s a great win win.
<Sync 2 Next> We do need to cover some admin as we go.
- First the minimum ins and outs for navigation through the course materials on different platforms.
- So we can move to the next lesson and introduce the course topic here is just one navigation detail,, the slide transitions, particularly from lesson to lesson.
- Some apps will stop at animations till you Click the “Next Antm” button. Its probably bottom right of the player’s window. If things stop in a second or two you’ll need to use it now!
- Maybe this is welcome back?
- Some eLearning platforms and video trigger the animations. Most formats pause between lessons. To move on you may have a “Next” button, if so it is probably bottom your right hand side. You may have a “Complete Lesson and Continue” button if so probably top your right.
- Podcasts give you the video sound tracks of a whole section of slides so don’t pause and omit visuals. So you can relate the audio references to the visual elements I have included the full set of the slide images and these notes in the Course Downloads unit.
- Each time you hear me say sync we are moving on a bullet point or graphic within a slide. Refer to the workbooks in the download section.
- The full downloads also include revision aids, the exercise and practice case study, also all the axelos’ official practice exam papers, but more on them later.
Ok for introductory breadth and overview before we embark on depth in later lessons you need to move to the next lesson.

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Slide and base diagrams Copyright ©AXELOS Limited 2015 Reproduced under licence from AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. From PRINCE2 Agile® section as detailed on slide image. Explanatory text photos and additional items ©Logicalmodel Ltd 2016

§0 s2 = PRINCE2 Agile® Overview §1- §6

§0 s2 Course P2a

<Auto 0 Manual>
In this course we will explore together AXELOS’ definition of agile ways of working.
- We cover how to tailor PRINCE for use with agile techniques and frameworks, concepts and behaviours.

PRINCE2®

prince is a project control structure. It proudly declares that it applies to any project of any size in any industry and any context.
- It is right too. I personally know of a multi-billion dollar LNG project run to prince even though the prince name does not appear anywhere in the company’s in-house documentation.
- In fact they use Oil industry standard terms like assess, select, define, execute, operate but the heartbeat is P2. prince terms like Corporate or Programme Management don’t appear but a group called the Investment committee perform exactly that role but lets stay on the agile prince topic.
Agile is sometimes seen narrowly as an approach for software development and it works great there. Partly because software has no physical deliverable and its suits the human ability to excel through a refinement based approach. Consider for example how do world class athletes get world class? Refinement or in athletes’ vocabulary practice.
- The truth is any work based on skill, intellectual property or knowledge and service delivery can be equally flexible in approach and so can benefit from agile practices.
- Agile offers the most advantages where there are high degrees of complexity for example from novelty and or from a need to get many elements interacting. These challenges are true of many many fields of activity and an agile approaches suit them all.
Avoiding fragile agile and seeking robust agile with control isn’t a trade-off. We don’t have to compromise agile ways of working to add governance.
- The insights about how to combine prince and agile create synergy without either compromising the other. It really is fine marriage.

An aside;

listening out for when I say prince2 or prince2agile or just agile is hard so from now axelos’ prince2agile guidance is P2a, agile is agile and prince2 is plain prince
P2a follows prince’s 7 principals and tailors the application of the 7 processes and 26 templates and 9 roles and the 7 themes so you can adopt agile in as broad a choice of settings as you can imagine.
Ie in every project irrespective of it’s industry, size, specific nature or it’s context
I have been using and teaching the concepts and techniques of agile and adaptive project management in broad industry contexts for many years.
- (Its probably more than 20 years since I delivered my first project management training class and I’ve worked in projects and programs for over 30 years).
- Through out that time I’ve followed or created and rolled-out many governance, control and management structures by incorporating best of breed ideas. Both P2a and I are focussed on how we use agile and complex adaptive systems principles without being bound to an IT world.
It is important to say right from the start that this course is focussed on passing AXELOS’ practitioner exam.
- Before I go further be aware that while there is a lot of practitioner value in this course sitting the exam requires you already hold the prince practitioner certificate. If you don’t yet hold the PRINCE2®-Practitioner certificate then we have course materials for that too – details on our website and in the course resources.

Official Manual

“These materials are based on AXELOS PRINCE2 Agile® material. Reproduced under licence from AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.”
The exam is wholly based on axelos’ official manual whose contents has been scrolling up the screen as I’ve been talking to you.

Your Benefits

Passing the exam is often a differentiator for selection in job interview and promotion situations. Proposing qualified staff in bids may not be a contract clincher but proposing unqualified staff always weakens your potential.
- The investment you have to make tells future customers, promotion boards or potential employers that you invest in capability development.
We have made plenty of samples of these course materials freely accessible so you can confirm their quality before committing your precious time. It’s the time cost more than the money. You can never get the time back. We believe that as a bonus we are also the cheapest source of qualification. Invite us to price match if you find something cheaper what ever their quality
Understanding agile concepts will give you the confidence to talk and act from the position of knowing a broader, proven personal toolkit of techniques for personal and company success
- It is unlikely an exam pass on its own gets you a promotion or job offer but so often in selection for interview it’s the certificate not the long resume of experience that gets the interview invitation.
- Sitting the exam requires that you have a sponsoring Accredited Training Organisation (known as an ATO). We automatically become your exam sponsor when you follow our course materials.
<Sync. 2 Contact>
- Don’t forget I fully support your journey to exam success. Visit LML P2 Home for details of booking exams, and or eMail p2a@logicalmodel.net for help or comment in the eLearning community & disqus streams. Whatever your platform or app there will be resources linked somewhere!

Exam

For most people an online exam, perhaps taken at home and proctored through a web-cam is most convenient.
If you have a group of people and want a live instructor led training and exam event then we can support that too. It requires a conversation to explore the details.
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Our uk local rate number is +44 (0)84 52 57 57 07. Also contact us if you would like badged materials loaded to your own LMS

Lets advance to the next slide and I’ll cover the housekeeping of navigation.

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§0 s3 = Navigation & SubSections

The navigation options vary a bit with delivery platform.
- You could be watching and listening to an app showing animated narrated slides on a smart fone or computer or following videos in an online LMS; Learning Management System or reading a mobi or pdf file on ipad or kindle.
- Small navigation challenges we need to address are Smartphone & ebook reader screens versus diagram detail.
- Apps and online learning systems support downloading of materials, include search functions and legible slide images and a lot more resources besides and all designed to make this course self-contained. Free previews can access less than students of the full course materials
On this slide is the list of subsections and their slide counts. Note I’ll call the course’s collections of topic related lessons revision aids and quizzes subsections (§) and the official manual’s chunks chapters (Ch:) to help make explanations and references clear.
- The first slide of each section signposts what is coming in this section and §32’s sound-track summarises it all. There is an argument for doing lesson 219 from section §32 next as overview.
- Whether you are following these materials by watching videos on an in-house Learning Management Systems or an internet delivered Open Online Course or an app etc somewhere there will be a transcript of the narrations, the very useful capability; the search box in apps & text readers helps targeted revision. 99% of lessons text links the lesson to the exam syllabus and 100% of exam questions link to the syllabus. A useful bridge for checking where to revise more
- also somewhere on your platform will be a link to the wealth of additional online resources such as revision aids, quizzes and preparation exams. Some course material is to counter issues of diagrams on small smartfone screens, some to ensure comprehensive coverage for exam preparation, some to listen to on a spincycle or on the commute to work to optimise otherwise dead-time.
The app works across iOS, Android and Windows. A single touch then wait works reliably for me, its better on faster wifi. If this slide is links then you have other controls for example to access downloads directly and to skip back and forth in the narrations and timeline. It won’t be links on most video delivery platforms.
- <Sync. 5and These> In apps the yellow home button on the slide, top left corner brings you here and the “U” shaped button takes you back to where you were. On some platforms it’s a toggle between two places and on others it chains back and back through your page history.
- If you have thumbnails they are headings that will expand or collapse for overview or detail
- In formats like youTube you’ll have to navigate serially and won’t have everything I’m describing until you subscribe to the online LMS for full access
What ever your access route perhaps for this section just follow the introductory audio. The animations will run automatically upto end of slide.
- (Whether online open course, video or app you will hear me say “<Sync. >” to prompt myself to match animations to narrations) you only need to <Sync. if in an app and the timeline counter bottom left halts
Another Navigation angle is the structure of these materials. The bullet pointed contents and base graphics from the official manual on slides with AXELO’s logo are © AXELOS Limited 2015 All rights reserved Materials is reproduced under license from AXELOS. Everything else is © Logical model Ltd 2015 all rights reserved
- We, Logical Model Ltd have augmented and tailored axelos’ base material for our training deliveries.
- That tailoring includes dividing them into 36 short sub-sections. The first 4 and section §19 on Kanban are the longest and even then all are 10 slides or less. Most are 4 slides long or less. All are comprehensive. Many bite sized chucks that together in total are exhaustive. Some will reward you if you visit them twice
I’ve used one of two conventions when on the slides axelos provide that are mostly text so you can link narration to slide content
- I highlight or reveal the bullet points as they become relevant to the discussion either as the topic starts so as to introduce it or ends to summarise it. A little variety to avoid monotony without, I hope bewildering change. The purpose is so you can focus on the narration & linked text. Reading one bullet point while listening to words explaining another weakens your later recall. There is logic to my order which may stray from starting at the top and finishing at the bottom of bulleted lists.
Our, Logical Model Ltd’s materials include the slides that axelos supply and are common across many training companies but we also supply the videos in which every word and animation is totally unique to our production, the text of the narrations which is downloadable on a per section basis as text and pod-cast, the mock exam papers in the course resources are axelos official preparation material but our examiner’s analysis of answering strategies is unique to our course. As are the revision aids within many of the courses 36 sections.
- The revision aids are designed for you to read through more than once. 1st pass tells you details you won’t always have covered in the narrated videos – eg reading out tables mapping agile artefacts to prince2 management templates. Subsequent use tests if you recall the facts. You must ask yourself for each entry if you understand where items fit in the whole picture, where links between items or sections exist etc
- Use your results from practice exams and from reviewing revision materials to guide you on where to revisit topics and dip into the materials a second or maybe even third time because of doubts and errors, or where there was discovery through the exam preparation aids . Also dip back into the materials where you have any confusion. The syllabus references in exam questions and the lesson’s text helps. I have not narrated the cross references.

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