MSP® Foundation & Practitioner blended learning

ILX Group’s accredited MSP Foundation and Practitioner blended learning course contains all of the training and materials you need to attain both the Foundation and Practitioner qualifications in MSP. It combines interactive multimedia training, workshops, video, practical exercises, mock exam simulators, paper-based exercises and access to an MSP training expert throughout the entire programme including the two-day workshop.

Important note: As of February 2015 all MSP Foundation exams must be undertaken and passed online via remote web proctor  prior to attending the two-day Practitioner workshop.

The new blended learning format will be as follows:

• MSP online learning access provided upon purchase
• MSP Foundation exam: Must be taken online via remote web proctor and pass confirmation received prior to attending your workshop
• Two-day MSP Practitioner workshop including the MSP Practitioner exam. You will sit this exam at the end of the Practitioner workshop

The MSP guidance benefits the organisation and the individual alike.

• Upon completion of the course, you will be a more effective member of a programme team, understanding how your role fits into the wider picture, and how you can help contribute more effectively to the realisation of strategically aligned benefits.
• By helping to correctly manage a programme your organisation can reduce the level of risk involved and protect its investment in change. The MSP guidance provides you with the framework to effectively manage transformational change, ensuring it’s governance themes and processes are applied appropriately to suit your organisation’s circumstances.
• This course has been accredited and fully prepares you for the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Foundation and Practitioner examinations.

Please note: To assist your learning there is some pre-course reading and activities that must be completed prior to attending your course. In addition whilst attending your course there will also be some examination preparation evening work .

12 months access to the MSP Foundation e-learning, and a two-day Practitioner workshop which you will attend once you have compelted the e-learning.

• Newly appointed programme managers who may have a background in managing project but have not previously operated in a transformational change environment
• Senior managers who will ‘sponsor’ the change, or perhaps be held accountable for its success
• 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 

• 12 months access to our accredited MSP online learning

• MSP Foundation exam: must be taken online via web proctor and pass confirmation received prior to attending your workshop (must be taken within 12 months of purchase).

• Two-day MSP Practitioner workshop including MSP Practitioner exam: you will sit the exam at the end of your two-day workshop (must be taken within 12 months of purchase)

• The official MSP manual

• Full tutor support plus many additional materials to help put MSP into practice

12 months access to our accredited MSP Foundation online learning

To assist your learning there is some pre-course reading and activities that must be completed prior to attending your course. In addition whilst attending your course there will also be some examination preparation evening work.

You will be sent full instructions with a link to the online pre course within 48 hours of your confirmed booking.

Review the technical requirements for the online learning here.

Foundation

• Multiple choice
• 75 questions per paper with one mark available per question
• Five questions to be trial and not counted in scores
• 35 marks required to pass (out of 70 available) – 50%
• 60 minutes duration
• Closed-book

Practitioner

In order to sit the Practitioner exam you must have passed the MSP Foundation examination

• Objective testing
• Eight questions per paper, 
• 80 marks available in total
• 40 marks required to pass – 50%
• Two-and-a-half hours duration
• Open-book (only the MSP guide is allowed) 

The Foundation exam will be taken online via a proctor, and the Practitioner exam will be taken in the classroom at the end of the two-day workshop.