MSP Foundation

Are you considering a career in Programme Management? Are you in Programme Management but don't have the certification to complement your experience? This course helps you to successfully manage business change and transformation.

Programme Management methods and frameworks are evolving faster than ever. This is occurring in order to keep pace with the growing needs of public and private organisations to deliver better project outcomes and benefits. This rapid evolution has expressed itself in recent years in the following ways:-

• A demand for formally qualified Programme Managers.
• Rising salaries for qualified Programme Management Professionals.

Just take a quick look at job boards like Jobserve and you will salaries in the range of £60,000 to £120,000 per annum.

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Today's organizations exist in a climate of constant and increasing change. Organizations that have learned how to transform themselves through effective leadership and strategic control are more likely to survive and prosper. Programme management is increasingly being recognized as key to enabling organizations to manage that transformation.

Where there is major change there will be complexity, risk, many interdependencies to manage and conflicting priorities to resolve. Organizations are unlikely to be able to deliver change successfully where:

• There is insufficient board-level support
• Leadership is weak
• There are unrealistic expectations of the organizational capacity and capability to change
• There is inadequate focus on benefits
• There is no real picture of the future capability
• There is a poorly defined or poorly communicated vision
• The organization fails to change culture
• There is not enough engagement of stakeholders.

Foundation

The foundation course introduces the Managing Successful Programmes framework and terminology. The purpose of the Foundation certification is to determine whether you know and understand the MSP guidance well enough to be able to work with a team involved in the management of a programme or act as an informed member of a programme office, business change team or project delivery team working within an environment supporting Managing Successful Programmes.

The purpose of the Managing Successful Programmes Foundation certification is to confirm you understand the MSP guidance thoroughly enough to work effectively with those involved in the management of a programme or to act as an informed member of a programme office, business change team or project delivery team working within an environment supporting MSP.

Course Modules :-

• Getting Started
• Introduction to Managing Successful Programmes
• Organisation and Programme Office
• Vision
• Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement
• Benefits Management
• Blueprint Design and Delivery
• Planning and Control
• The Business Case
• Risk and Issue Management
• Quality and Assurance Management
• Transformational Flow
• Examination Approaches

Course Features

• 30 hours of learning
• 12 modules
• Notes to support each lesson
• Interactive video presented lessons
• Interactive exercises to consolidate learning
• Mock exams
• MSP eBook provided with Foundation exam
• Practice questions
• Extensive exam approaches module
• Progress Reports
• 150 days access

Foundation Exam

• 75 multiple choice questions (5 questions are trial and not counted in scores)
• 35 marks or more required to pass (out of 70 available marks) – 50%
• Closed Book exam
• 1 hour duration
• This exam tests how much of the theory you have retained and understand
• Qualification valid for life
• Prerequisite for the Practitioner Exam

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BENEFITS OF MSP

• Creates a vision and blueprint for transformational change
• Designs the programme to deliver the blueprint
• Identifies the right outcomes and benefits and plans for their delivery
• Delivers on time, to budget and desired quality
• Breaks down initiatives into clearly defined projects and offers a framework for handling them
• Defines responsibilities and lines of communication
• Involves stakeholders
• Manages risk and ensures the programme responds to change
• Audits and maintains quality.

• Members of the Programme Office
• Business change team members
• Programme Managers
• Project Managers
• Business Change Managers
• Product Owners, SROs and Project Sponsors
• Operational Line Managers / Staff participating in a Programme

No prerequisites required for this course and exam bundle.

This qualification will assist anyone wanting to move into Programme Management or working within a Programme such as a member of a PMO.

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