MSP Foundation & Practitioner

Course

Online

£ 1,099 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Online

This five-day course will provide you with a thorough understanding of the internationally recognised and best practice programme management methodology Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), providing the skills you need to confidently use MSP to manage programmes in line with strategic aims of a business and its day to day running.



By the end of this course, you will have the skills to be able to identify and document the vision of a programme, thus aligning it to the strategic aims of the business. You will also be able to coordinate the projects of a programme to ensure the correct application of resources and risk, issue and change management. You will also be able to interface with the day to day business to ensure the smooth transition of changes delivered by a programme into business as usual activity and ensure that the benefits that the programme is designed to deliver are achieved. Learning Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Understand the facts, terms and concepts relating to each themeunderstand how each governance theme relates to the principlesunderstand the approach to the treatment of each governance themeappreciate how each governance theme is applied throughout the transformational flowunderstand the responsibilities involved in each governance themeapply and tailor the relevant aspects of each governance theme to a given scenarioidentify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of each governance theme in a given scenarioapplication of MSP in an exam environment

About this course

You should ideally have experience of managing or working in programmes prior to attending. Knowledge of the PRINCE2® project management method is advantageous but by no means mandatory, but some exposure to a project management method will aid understanding of how the programme works with these projects.

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Subjects

  • Benefits
  • Governance

Course programme

MSP philosophy and structure

What is a programme and how it differs to both business as usual and project work
Relationship between the MSP principles, governance themes and the transformational flow.

The 7 MSP principles

  • Remaining aligned with corporate strategy
  • Leading change
  • Envisioning and communicating a better future
  • Focusing on benefits and threats to them
  • Adding value
  • Designing and delivering a coherent capability
  • Learning from experience

The 9 MSP governance themes

  • Organisation
  • Vision
  • Leadership and stakeholder engagement
  • Benefits management
  • Blueprint design and delivery
  • Planning and control
  • Business case
  • Risk and issue management
  • Quality and assurance management

The 6 MSP® Transformational Flow Processes

  • Identifying a programme
  • Defining a programme
  • Managing the tranche
  • Delivering the capability
  • Realizing the benefits
  • Closing a programme

MSP Foundation & Practitioner

£ 1,099 + VAT