MSP® Foundation & Practitioner online plus pack E-learning

Materials

• 12 months online access to the accredited MSP foundation and practitioner course
• Full tutor support plus many additional materials to help put MSP into practice
• MSP foundation and practitioner mock exam revision tool 
• MSP process map
• MSP manual 
• Foundation and practitioner exams (to be taken within 12 months of purchase)
• Online exam with remote invigilation

Duration of access

• 12 months online access to the accredited MSP foundation and practitioner course

What's covered?

Course introduction

• Course objectives
• What is MSP?
• The MSP examination requirements

Introduction to programme management

• Changing vs running the business
• Difference between programme and projects
• The programme environment
• Drivers for change
• Types of programme
• When to use a programme approach

Processes and programme information

• Sequence of processes in the programme lifecycle (‘transformational flow’)
• Key inputs and outputs of each process
• Purpose of each process
• Key activities associated with each process

Programme organisation

• Differences between leadership and management
• Typical programme organisation structures
• Key responsibilities and attributes of the key programme roles
• Functions of a programme office

Leadership and stakeholder engagement

• Stakeholder management vs engagement
• Stakeholder analysis - interests and influence
• Stakeholder engagement strategy
• Programme communications plan

Planning and control

• Development of a programme plan and projects dossier
• Tranches vs workstreams
• Dependency types and priorities
• Controlling projects and transition
• Resource management
• Monitoring and control strategy

The business case

• Programme mandate and the outline business case
• Business case in the transformational flow
• Elements of the business case
• Areas of focus of the key MSP roles

Benefits management

• Importance to programme management
• The benefits management cycle
• Benefits identification and categorisation
• Benefit mapping and profiling
• Benefits management strategy and realisation plan
• Areas of focus

Vision

• Vision statement development
• Characteristics of a good vision statement
• Areas of focus

Blueprint design and delivery

• The POTI model
• Intermediate and final future states
• Areas of focus

Risk and issue management

• Purpose of risk management strategy and issue management strategy
• Risk management cycle
• Programme and project level risk escalation
• Issue management cycle
• Configuration management
• Change control
• Areas of focus

Quality and assurance management

• Quality versus assurance
• Scope of programme quality
• Integrated assurance principles
• Assurance management techniques

Mock exam simulator

• Randomised MSP Foundation level exam questions

MSP practitioner

Stream 1

• Introduction to MSP practitioner 
• MSP process model walkthrough 
• Governance and principles
• MSP programme scenario
• Programme organisation simulation
• Business case simulation
• Risk management simulation
• Benefits mapping simulation
• Creating a blueprint simulation
• Quality management simulation
• Planning and control simulation
• Exercises

Stream 2

• Exam technique
• Marking up the MSP manual
• Practitioner exam simulator
• Practice exam papers

Also includes... 

• Comprehensive course notes
• Training guide
• Guide to the exam
• Full technical support

Target audience

• 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 

Exam format

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

• 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)