MSP  Managing Successful Programmes

Overview

Managing Successful Programmes is definitive guidance in managing inter-related projects as a coordinated programme of business change in order to manage risks and benefits more effectively.

This MSP training covers the MSP guidance & approach that can bring numerous far-reaching benefits to your organisations:
It ensures that:

    • Programmes and Projects are planned effectively so they deliver the outcomes & benefits on time and on budget

      • Keep a clear focus on outcomes
      • Respond to ongoing changes inside and outside the organisation
      • Define responsibilities and lines of communication
      • Provide a framework for engaging and involving  stakeholders
      • Analyse and manage risks effectively
      • Audit and manage quality.

 

Course Objectives

 • Provide Delegates with an understanding of the benefits and principles underlying a structured approach to programme management.
• Apply the principles of MSP to a programme within a work environment.
• Operate effectively with colleagues and managers within a structured programme and project management environment.
• Enable delegates to understand the MSP framework to be prepared to sit the MSP Foundation & Practitioner exams.
Success in the Foundation & Practitioner Exams provides candidates with the pre-requisites required to sit the MSP Advanced Practitioner exam (separate course).

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You will get this original Official reference when you enrol on this MSP course

Who Should Attend

• All levels of the Programme Management Team Members
• Programme Managers & Programme Support team members
 • Senior Managers from any discipline, eg, Portfolio Manager, Service Delivery Manager, experienced Project Managers, etc
• Significant stakeholders in business change
• Any Individual who needs to use the MSP framework to implement business strategies, policies and initiatives, or large scale change.
 

Approach

The event will be delivered by an approved MSP Trainers with practical experience of using the MSP method over a wide range of programmes & projects.
The style of delivery will be instructor-led with the trainer taking attendees through each Principle, Governance theme & Transformational Flow of the MSP framework and illustrating each key point with examples.
Practical Work A specially written scenario runs throughout the course.  A comprehensive set of tasks help to provide practical application of the MSP Framework & concepts learned

Joining instructions

 including pre-course study pack and MSP manual are sent out approximately 1-2 weeks before the course start date.  Typically pre-course preparation will require 8-10 hours of study.

Trainers

All our MSP trainers are approved by PEOPLECERT and /or APMG UK.  They have undergone the rigorous approvals process.  They are practising project, programme and portfolio managers with practical experience in a wide range of projects & programmes management in the public & private sector.
 

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Course Content

This course is accredited against the MSP syllabus for both Foundation and Practitioner levels and includes the following topics.

MSP INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

 What is a programme?  What is programme management? Terminology?  Structure of MSP.

MSP FRAMEWORK AND CONCEPTS  

Principles, governance themes, transformational flow, management strategies and plans

VISION

What is a ‘vision’? What makes a good Vision Statement?

IDENTIFYING A PROGRAMME

Programme Mandate.  Linking to Policy and Strategy. Preparing a Programme Brief.  Planning to Define the Programme.

BLUEPRINT DESIGN AND DELIVERY

  What is a Blueprint, and what does it contain? Developing a Blueprint from the Vision Statement.

DEFINING A PROGRAMME

 Creating a Programme Definition Document (including the Project Dossier, the Programme Plan and the Programme Business Case).

PLANNING AND CONTROL

 What is a Programme Plan and how is it developed?  The Project Dossier.  Resourcing and scheduling.

BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

The key driver for the programme.  How benefits management links to achieving strategic objectives. Outcome relationship models and Benefit Maps. Planning for benefits realisation.

ORGANISATION AND THE PROGRAMME OFFICE

 Organisation and leadership.  Organisational structure, the key roles and their responsibilities.  What is a Programme Office and what service does it provide?

THE BUSINESS CASE Developing,

managing and reviewing the programme’s Business Case.


LEADERSHIP AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

Leadership as opposed to management. How ‘leaders’ actively engage stakeholders. Analysing and engaging with stakeholders. Stakeholder maps and matrices.


MANAGING THE TRANCHES

Implementing governance arrangements. Establishing tranches.   Managing risks and issues.


DELIVERING THE CAPABILITY AND REALISING THE BENEFITS

Co-ordinating and managing projects on the Project Dossier.  Starting and closing projects.  Maintaining alignment with the programme.  Ensuring that project outputs are fit for purpose and can be integrated into operations, so that benefits can be realised.  Pre-transition, transition and post-transition activities.


QUALITY AND ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT

Critical Success Factors.  The scope of programme quality.  Quality processes.  Configuration Management.  Quality Management Strategy and Plan.  Information Management Strategy and Plan.


RISK AND ISSUE MANAGEMENT

Principles, approach and strategy for managing risks and resolving issues.  Managing and controlling changes in programmes.


CLOSING A PROGRAMME

Formal confirmation of completion. Finalising programme information.   Confirming closure and ensure the ‘end goal’ has been achieved.
 

In-House Training

The tailoring of the MSP certification programme for all our in-house training is complimentary.  We highly recommend that you take this option.
We can swiftly build the tailored private programme using detail about your organisation, its culture, infrastructure, issues, project materials etc, to be used as real life working examples

What exams are taken on the course?

• MSP Foundation:

 1-hour, closed book, consisting of 75 multiple-choice questions. •

MSP Practitioner:

2 1/2 hours, open book (MSP manual only) consisting of 8 questions based objective test questions.


InfoSpec offer 3-day Foundation and 5-day Practitioner course options.
The courses is a mixture of input and practical sessions, delivered by an  approved trainer with practical experience of project and programme management.


The pre-course material includes pre-course study guide and the MSP Manual. Delegates should spend approximately 10 hours studying this pre-course material in order to be well prepared for the course.


InfoSpec’s flexible approach to the course means that delegates can attend the Foundation course and then return at a later date to complete the Practitioner Exam.
You have a choice