MSP Principles & Processes

The Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) framework offers a structured approach to programme management, designed to help organisations navigate uncertainty, achieve strategic goals, and drive transformative change.

The framework is underpinned by a set of principles and processes that provide best practice guidance for the management and coordination of multiple related projects. In this blog, we’ll explore the MSP principles and processes, highlighting their role in effective programme management.

MSP Principles

MSP identifies the following principles of effective programme management and provides recommendations for how to use them in practice.

Lead with purpose

Successful programmes must have a clear vision and strategic alignment. It’s important to ensure your programmes are driven by the organisation's long-term goals.

Collaborate across boundaries

Emphasising the importance of working collaboratively, this principle encourages programme managers to foster cross-functional teamwork both within the organisation and with external stakeholders.

Dealing with ambiguity

Programme management requires you to remain adaptable and resilient, enabling the team to manage ambiguity and change without losing sight of the end goal.

Aligning with priorities

Programmes should continuously align with evolving business priorities, remaining flexible and responsive to changes in strategy.

Deploy diverse skills

This principle encourages the recruitment and deployment of diverse talent that possess the right combination of technical and soft skills to deliver programmes effectively.

Realising measurable benefits

It’s crucial that your programmes deliver tangible and measurable benefits, so managers must ensure that benefits realisation is prioritised and tracked throughout the programme lifecycle.

Bringing pace and value

Ensure your programmes are executed efficiently, with a focus on timely delivery and value creation.

The importance of MSP Principles

Incorporating the MSP principles into programme management is cru