MSP® Foundation virtual

Learning objectives

You need to show that you understand the key principles and terminology within the MSP guidance. Specifically, successful Foundation candidates should be able to:

• Distinguish between projects and programmes
• Identify the MSP defined types of programme and their characteristics
• Explain the benefits of applying the MSP guidance to the management of a programme of transformational change
• Explain the purpose and areas of focus of the defined roles
• Explain the purpose of the seven MSP principles, the nine governance themes and the six transformational flow processes
• Explain the purpose of MSP programme information (documents)

• All accompanying course material
• The official MSP manual
• The cost of the MSP Foundation examination (must be taken online via remote proctor within 12 months of purchase)
• Online pre-course

Materials

If you book onto this course up to 10 working days before it starts, you will be issued with digital materials – this will include all accompanying course materials (usually a workbook) and a manual, if this is included as part of your purchase.

Digital course materials will be made available on the day of purchase, and can be accessed via our virtual platform. You will need to download and save the materials to your device, so that you can annotate them during the training course.

Your digital course manual will be sent as a PDF/eBook via email from TSO Customer Services (customer.service@tso.co.uk), and will only be compatible with Adobe Digital Editions. Therefore you will need to have this installed on your device.

If you would like to receive a physical copy of the manual, please get in touch with a member of our team, and they will talk you through your options.

What's covered?

This course includes, but is not limited to:

• Programme management principles
• Governance themes
• Determining if a change warrants a programme approach and whether it is worthwhile doing
• Benefits management
• Leadership and stakeholder engagement
• Risk and issue management
• Transformational flow processes
• Identifying and defining a programme
• Managing the tranches
• Delivering the capability and realising the benefits
• Closing a programme

Target audience

This course is aimed at any organisation or individual seeking to understand and adopt a controlled approach to running and controlling its programmes, in particular:

• Programme managers
• Senior Managers who will ‘sponsor’ the change
• Operational Managers charged with embedding the change in their area
• Operational staff undertaking a role in the programme or related projects
• Programme office staff (PMO) wishing to build upon their project management knowledge
• Experienced Project Managers
• Those seeking a professional qualification in programme management

A concentrated course that requires you to complete mandatory online pre-course study, which is designed to take approximately 6–8 hours to complete. Full instructions with a link to the online pre-course will be issued within 48 hours of your confirmed booking. 

Review the technical requirements for the online pre-course learning here.

Exams are taken online via remote proctor. Two weeks prior to course commencement, ILX will arrange for an exam voucher to be issued. You then have a choice, you can either:

• Book a suitable time after your virtual classroom event has finished to undertake your exam,

       Or

• We currently allocate exam time within the virtual classroom event. So that you can book directly, we will advise you of recommended exam timings as part of the candidate guidance — this is issued three weeks prior to course commencement

Note: You are responsible for booking your own exam.

Exam format

• Multiple-choice exam
• 1-hour duration
• 75 questions (including five trial questions)
• 50% pass mark (35/70)
• Closed-book