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Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner
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| Course title | Managing Successful Programmes - MSP Foundation and Practitioner 2011 |
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| Delivery method |  Classroom |
| RRP | £2010 exc. VAT |
| Days/Duration | 5 |
| Code | PBPMSPFP |
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Ireland
Dublin, Glandore Bus. Centre |- |- |23 |- 
Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Dublin, Glandore Bus. Centre |- |- |- |- Dublin, Glandore Bus. Centrelocation information and directions
23 Jul limited availability £2,010 exc VAT 
Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Dublin, Glandore Bus. Centre
London
Cannon Street , EC4 |21 |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Cannon Street , EC4 |- |- |- |- Cannon Street , EC4location information and directions
21 May limited availability £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Cannon Street , EC4
King William Street, EC4 |- |11 |9 |6 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates King William Street, EC4 |10 |- |5 |- King William Street, EC4location information and directions
11 Jun 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 09 Jul 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 06 Aug 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 10 Sep 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 05 Nov 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in King William Street, EC4
Middlesex Street, E1 |- |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Middlesex Street, E1 |- |8 |- |- Middlesex Street, E1location information and directions
08 Oct 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Middlesex Street, E1
Moorgate, EC2 |21 |18 |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Moorgate, EC2 |- |- |- |- Moorgate, EC2location information and directions
21 May limited availability £2,010 exc VAT 18 Jun 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Moorgate, EC2
Rosebery Avenue, EC1 |- |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Rosebery Avenue, EC1 |- |- |- |10 Rosebery Avenue, EC1location information and directions
10 Dec 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Rosebery Avenue, EC1
Tabernacle Street, EC2 |- |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Tabernacle Street, EC2 |24 |1 |19 |- Tabernacle Street, EC2 location information and directions
24 Sep 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 01 Oct 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 19 Nov 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Tabernacle Street, EC2
Avonmouth St (ETC Venues), SE1 |- |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Avonmouth St (ETC Venues), SE1 |- |- |12 |- Avonmouth St (ETC Venues), SE1location information and directions
12 Nov 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Avonmouth St (ETC Venues), SE1
Oxford Street (MWB), W1 |- |25 |23 |13 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Oxford Street (MWB), W1 |17 |15 |- |17 Oxford Street (MWB), W1location information and directions
25 Jun fewer than 5 places available £2,010 exc VAT 23 Jul 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 13 Aug fewer than 5 places available £2,010 exc VAT 17 Sep 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 15 Oct 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 17 Dec 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Oxford Street (MWB), W1
Midlands
Birmingham |- |- |16 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Birmingham |- |8 |- |17 Birminghamlocation information and directions
16 Jul 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 08 Oct 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 17 Dec 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Birmingham
Hinckley |- |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Hinckley |- |1 |- |- Hinckleylocation information and directions
01 Oct 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Hinckley
North
Manchester |21 |- |9 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Manchester |3 |- |5 |- Manchesterlocation information and directions
21 May limited availability £2,010 exc VAT 09 Jul 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 03 Sep 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 05 Nov 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Manchester
Newcastle |- |25 |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Newcastle |- |- |5 |- Newcastlelocation information and directions
25 Jun 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 05 Nov 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Newcastle
Leeds, City Centre |21 |- |9 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Leeds, City Centre |17 |- |19 |- Leeds, City Centrelocation information and directions
21 May fewer than 5 places available £2,010 exc VAT 09 Jul 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 17 Sep fewer than 5 places available £2,010 exc VAT 19 Nov 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Leeds, City Centre
Sheffield, Rockingham Lane (The Circle) |- |- |- |6 Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Sheffield, Rockingham Lane (The Circle) |- |- |- |- Sheffield, Rockingham Lane (The Circle)location information and directions
06 Aug 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Sheffield, Rockingham Lane (The Circle)
Liverpool, (Holiday Inn) |- |- |23 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Liverpool, (Holiday Inn) |- |- |- |- Liverpool, (Holiday Inn)location information and directions
23 Jul 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Liverpool, (Holiday Inn)
Scotland
Edinburgh |- |25 |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Edinburgh |3 |- |- |17 Edinburghlocation information and directions
25 Jun fewer than 5 places available £2,010 exc VAT 03 Sep 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 17 Dec 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Edinburgh
Glasgow |- |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Glasgow |- |22 |- |- Glasgowlocation information and directions
22 Oct 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Glasgow
South
Bristol |28 |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Bristol |- |22 |- |- Bristollocation information and directions
28 May fewer than 5 places available £2,010 exc VAT 22 Oct 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Bristol
Milton Keynes |- |- |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Milton Keynes |- |29 |- |- Milton Keyneslocation information and directions
29 Oct 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Milton Keynes
Reading |- |- |30 |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Reading |- |- |26 |- Readinglocation information and directions
30 Jul 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT 26 Nov 5 or more places available £2,010 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Reading
Oxford, (Barcelo Hotel) |- |11 |- |- Location Sep Oct Nov Dec view earlier dates Oxford, (Barcelo Hotel) |- |29 |- |- Oxford, (Barcelo Hotel)location information and directions
11 Jun fewer than 5 places available £2,510 exc VAT 29 Oct 5 or more places available £2,510 exc VAT Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner training in Oxford, (Barcelo Hotel)
Overview
This five-day course provides participants with a thorough understanding of the internationally recognised and best practice programme management methodology Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), providing the skills needed 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 learning, delegates 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. They will also be able to coordinate the projects of a programme to ensure the correct application of resources and risk, issue and change management. Delegates will be able to interface the programme 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 was designed to deliver are achieved.
Prerequisites
Delegates 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. Equally, anyone wishing to attain industry-leading programme management qualifications should attend these courses.
- Delegates will be provided with pre-course reading material by email two weeks prior to attending the course. This pre-reading provides a mixture of theory, sample questions and application of MSP to a programme situation. Success on the course will be enhanced by close attention to the pre-reading materials so it is recommended that delegates spend approximately 10 hours working through the pre-reading. Delegates will be presented with the official MSP manual: “Managing Successful Programmes” on the first day of the course.
- If you have not received your pre-reading material within one week of the start of your course, please contact your Account Manager or the QA Examination Administration team on 44 (0)1793 696162 or info@qa.com
Delegates will learn how to
- know facts, terms and concepts relating to each theme
- understand how each governance theme relates to the principles
- understand the approach to the treatment of each governance theme
- appreciate how each governance theme is applied throughout the transformational flow
- understand the responsibilities involved in each governance theme
- apply and tailor the relevant aspects of each governance theme to a scenario, when creating or reviewing products or making decisions related to each theme, in any or all of the processes
- identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of each governance theme throughout a programme scenario
- practitioner preparation and application of MSP
Course Outline
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
- Realising the benefits
- Closing a programme
Examinations
All delegates will sit the MSP foundation and practitioner examination during the course.
The MSP Foundation exam consists of:
- 75 multiple choice questions
- 1 hour
- Closed-book
- Candidates require a minimum of 35 correct answers (50%) to pass.
The MSP Practitioner examination takes place at the end of the course, usually on the morning of the last day. The MSP Practitioner exam consists of:
- 8 questions, each worth 10 marks each. Total of 80 marks
- “Objective Test Examination” format – a style of complex multiple-choice examination.
- 2½ hours duration
- Delegates may use their official MSP manual: “Managing Successful Programmes” only
- Candidates require a minimum of 40 marks (50%) to pass
Please note that candidates must pass the foundation exam before attempting the practitioner exam and by successfully passing the practitioner exam, delegates attain ‘Registered Practitioner’ status.
MSP® is a Registered Trademark of the Cabinet Office
Related certification and/or skills paths
This course forms part of the following certification track(s) or skills path(s):
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