Overview

Learn how to introduce, apply & adapt MSP® within an organisation

MSP Practitioner, 5th Edition

Helping you achieve successful outcomes from transformational change

MSP® (Managing Successful Programmes) consists of a structured framework for organisations of all sizes and from all sectors to improve practices, offer better services and more effectively prepare for the future. It is a proven programme management best practice leading to the successful delivery of transformational change.

MSP® consists of a set principles, governance themes and a transformational flow to provide the route map for the programme lifecycle. It is very flexible and can be to tailored to serve the needs of any circumstances.

Who is MSP® for?

MSP® is addressed to:

• Programme managers
• Project managers
• Project delivery managers and team members
• Business change managers and team members
• Anyone who works following the MSP guidance

MSP® benefits for the professional

• Shows you how to manage programmes through programme management best practice and deliver transformational change successfully
• Helps you achieve successful outcomes from transformational change
• Proves your expertise and know how

MSP® benefits for the organisation

• Applies a common framework for all programmes
• Adds value by concentrating on benefits
• Helps the alignment of corporate strategy, delivery mechanisms for change and business-as-usual environment
• Improves productivity through progress monitoring, performance assessment and benefits realisation
• Assists in future strategies refinement by encouraging feedback
• Offers best practice guidance to all organisations of any type or size

MSP® 5th Edition Practitioner Course Outline

The MSP® Practitioner course revisits all the topics taught in the MSP® Foundation course. This is to ensure that delegates have a fresh understanding of the basics of MSP® with which to work with. Following this revision, the MSP® Practitioner course moves on to cover:

Module 1: Justification

• Purpose
• Key Relationships with Principles
• Programme Mandate
• Funding Approach
• Programme Brief
• Business Case
• Measures of Benefit
• Financial Planning
• Programme Costs
• Focus of the Key Roles for the Theme

Module 2: Deliver the Capabilities 

• Purpose
• Objectives
• Context
• Activities
• Manage the Tranche
• Responsibilities
• Application of the Themes in This Process

Module 3: Structure

• Purpose
• Key Relationships with Principles
• Delivery Approach
• Establishing the Appropriate Pace
• Delivery Planning
• Multimodal Delivery
• Dependencies
• Benefits Realisation Planning
• Resourcing Approach
• Procurement and Supply Chain
• Focus of Key Roles for the Theme

Module 4: Assurance

• Purpose
• Key Relationships with Principles
• Assurance Approach
• Assurance at Multiple Levels
• Three Lines of Defence
• Assurance Planning
• Drivers for Assurance
• Assurance Success Factors
• Focus of Key Roles for the Theme

Module 5: Embed the Outcomes

• Purpose
• Objectives
• Context
• Activities
• Responsibilities
• Application of the Themes in this Process

Module 6: Knowledge

• Purpose
• Key Relationships with Principles
• Knowledge and Learning Approach
• Knowledge Management
• Ensuring Lessons are Learned
• Information Approach
• Information Management
• Focus of Key Roles for the Theme

Module 7: Evaluate New Information

• Purpose
• Objectives
• Context
• Activities
• Responsibilities
• Application of the Themes in this Process

Module 8: Decisions

• Purpose
• Key Relationships with Principles
• Decision-Making Approach
• Decision Making Hierarchy
• Issue Resolution Approach
• Risk Response Approach
• Risk Response Options
• Data-Gathering and Reporting
• Options Analysis
• Focus of Key Roles for the Theme

Module 9: Close the Programme

• Purpose
• Objectives
• Context
• Activities
• Responsibilities
• Application of the Themes in this Process

The MSP® Practitioner exam is taken online.

We provide comprehensive support during the exam process to make the experience as simple as possible. This exam can be taken at a suitable time, subject to availability; online, anywhere.

Benefits of online exams include:

• Proven higher pass rates
• Quicker Results
• Save Travel Costs
• Flexibility
• Convenience
• Sit your exam at your home, office, or work when you are ready