MSP® 4th Edition Foundation virtual

Go from managing a single project to a set of projects in a programme, with our new virtual MSP Foundation course, which enables you to experience a classroom environment from your very own home.

About the course

‘Managing Successful Programmes’ (MSP®) represents proven Best Practice programme management and is a framework for successfully delivering large scale, transformational change, through a dossier of related projects and related activities to make the change ‘stick’.

What is Virtual training?
Virtual training incorporates both the personal teaching experience of a classroom, with the ease and flexibility of a virtual environment. Our virtual courses are interactive and engaging, allowing participants to communicate with both the instructor and each other in a collaborative manner. Please review our FAQs for more information relating to virtual learning, including the technical specifications.

Duration

This is an intensive three-day course that prepares you for the MSP Foundation examination. The training is conducted via a virtual training environment.You need to ensure that you can satisfy the technical requirements that can be found here. In addition, whilst attending your course, there will also be some examination preparation evening work.

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

For last-minute bookings (10 working days or less before start date), 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.

The course materials will be provided in a PDF format and available for download via our virtual platform on the first day of the course. 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,

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.