Course Overview
The Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) qualification is aimed at project, programme and business change managers who are delivering change into their organisations by managing a collection of projects and ensuring the benefits are achieved.
If your organisation is going through these then MSP® (Managing Successful Programmes) should be on your radar. It is all about transformation and big change. It is the guidance that provides and maintains a strategic view over the set of projects, aligning and co-ordinating them within a programme of business change in support of specific business strategies.
It is suitable for any organisation or individual seeing the need for a controlled approach to managing its programmes. MSP® has recently been updated to 5th edition.
Course Content
This course includes the following learning objectives: -
- MSP framework and concepts
- What is a vision
- Identifying a programme
- Blueprint design and delivery
- Defining a programme
- Planning and control
- Benefits realisation management
- Organisation and the programme office
- The business case
- Leadership and stakeholders
- Managing the tranches
- Delivering the capability and realising the benefits
- Quality Management
- Risk Management
- Closing a programme
Course Benefits
Foundation: The MSP Foundation certification introduces the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) method and terminology. Foundation certification ensures you understand the MSP guidance well enough to work in a team to deliver or manage a programme. It confirms that you can act as an informed member of a programme office, business change team or project delivery team working within an environment supporting MSP.
Practitioner: The MSP Practitioner certification is aimed at project managers, business change managers (BCMs), and people working within a Programme Office (PO) or in a specialist or governance position. It demonstrates your ability to understand and apply the MSP principles, governance themes, and transformational flow processes when managing a programme. The MSP® Practitioner course explores practical application of the approach with real-world scenarios.
Assessment
Exam Information
The Exams are included in the course price and are to be sat online. You will be given a voucher to book your exams at your convenience after the course.
Foundation level:
Format: Multiple choice
Question numbers: 60
Time: 60 minutes
Pass mark: 36 out of 60 (60%)
Practitioner level:
Format: Multiple choice open book
Question numbers: 58 (total 70 marks)
Time: 2.5 hours
Pass mark: 42 marks out of 70 (60%)
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