PRINCE2 Agile® Courses

What is PRINCE2 Agile?

PRINCE2 Agile is the most widely held agile project management certification that keeps PRINCE2’s governance intact. It’s built for the real situation most organisations face: they want the flexibility of agile delivery, but they still need the control, reporting and stage-gates that PRINCE2 provides. PRINCE2 Agile shows you how to blend the two without one undermining the other.

Who It’s For

It suits project managers and team members who already work in a PRINCE2 environment and are being asked to deliver in a more agile way. If you’re newer to project management, it can be worth taking PRINCE2 Foundation first, or starting with pure agile through AgilePM.

Foundation, Practitioner or the Bundle?

Start with PRINCE2 Agile Foundation for the concepts. Practitioner teaches you to apply them on real projects but requires a prior PM certification. Taking both? The Foundation & Practitioner bundle is the cheaper route.

How the exams work

Both exams are sat through PeopleCert and included in your course price — we help you arrange them when you’re ready. The Foundation exam is multiple-choice and closed book; the Practitioner exam is open book and scenario-based, checking that you can actually apply PRINCE2 Agile to a real project rather than just recall it. Foundation has no prerequisites. Practitioner expects PRINCE2 Agile Foundation, PRINCE2 Foundation, or another recognised project management certification (such as PMP or an IPMA level) first.

Where it leads

PRINCE2 Agile is increasingly asked for where organisations run agile at scale — teams using Scrum or Kanban day to day, but still answerable to PRINCE2-style governance, stages and reporting. It suits project, delivery and programme managers bridging those two worlds, and it sits naturally alongside AgilePM® for pure agile delivery and PRINCE2® for the governance side.

How PRINCE2 Agile combines PRINCE2 and agile

PRINCE2 Agile® doesn’t replace PRINCE2 or any agile method — it shows you how to run the two together. PRINCE2 keeps its principles, themes and processes for direction, control and reporting, while agile approaches such as Scrum and Kanban handle how the work actually gets delivered. The qualification teaches you where to hold firm on governance and where to flex, so a project stays controlled without slowing down the delivery teams. That balance is the reason organisations reach for it: they want the pace of agile with the accountability of PRINCE2.

What does a PRINCE2 Agile course cost?

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation is currently £595 and Practitioner is £695. If you plan to take both, the Foundation & Practitioner bundle at £1,194 works out cheaper than buying the two separately. Every price includes the official PeopleCert exam, so there are no separate exam fees to budget for. If you’d rather spread the cost, Payl8r payment plans let you pay over several months.

Is PRINCE2 Agile worth it?

If you already work with PRINCE2, or you’re heading into an environment that runs agile at scale under formal governance, PRINCE2 Agile is a practical way to prove you can bridge both worlds. It’s recognised through PeopleCert, studied entirely online at your own pace, and comes with a dedicated account manager plus a digital badge and certificate on passing. For most learners the deciding factor is fit: if your projects need agile delivery but still answer to PRINCE2-style control, this is the qualification built for exactly that situation.

Related Courses

• PRINCE2® courses — the structured project management foundation
• AgilePM® courses — pure agile project management
• All project management courses