MSP™ (Managing Successful Programmes)Foundation Course
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MSP™ Foundation

Course Outline
MSP™ Foundation is a 2.5-day non-residential course, which will provide you with sufficient knowledge and experience in the processes and principles of the OGC's 2007 update to the Programme Management methodology - Managing Successful Programmes (MSP™), to work with a Programme Manager for a programme with a coherent project dossier or to act as a member of a Programme Office.

The course covers the syllabus for the MSP™ Foundation exam. This optional multiple choice exam, consisting of 50 questions and lasting 40 minutes, can be taken at the end of the course.

This course has been accredited by the APMG who are the examining body for MSP™ and responsible for all aspects of the provision of exams including setting, marking, feedback and appeals. Scoll Methods, as an accredited training organisation, acts as their agent in providing administrative facilities.

What You Will Learn
- Identifying a Programme
- MSP™, the Big Picture (product flow)
- The Transformational Flow model
- 7 Principles of Programme Management
- 9 Governance Themes
- Programme Mandate and Brief
- Defining a Programme
- The Programme Vision
- Programme Blueprint
- Projects Dossier
- Structure of Programme Business Case
- Programme Definition Document
- Programme Organisation Structure
- Key programme roles
- Programme Board
- Programme Manager
- Business Change Teams
- Programme Office
- Programme Planning
- Monitoring & Control Strategy
- The Programme Plan
- The dependency network
- Programme schedule and tranches
- Transition Plans
- Leadnership & Stakeholder Management
- Stakeholder analysis
- Stakeholder profiles
- Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
- Programme Communications Plan
- Benefits Management
- Benefits Management Strategy
- Benefits Map
- Benefits Profiles
- Benefits Realisation Plan
- Risk Management and Issues
- Risk Management process
- Risk Management strategy
- Managing risks
- Issue Management
- Quality Management
- Quality Management Strategy
- Configuration Management
- Change Control
- Information Management
- Managing the Tranches
- Managing people and other resources
- The Programme Office
- Directing work
- Delivering Capability
- Project governance
- The programme / project interface
- Monitoring and controlling progress
- Realising the benefits
- Pre-transition (assessing readiness for change)
- Managing Transition (supporting change)
- Managing post-transition (measuring benefits)
- Closing a Programme
- Programme review
- Benefits review
- Disbanding the programme
- Exam Preparation
- Sample Foundation exam
- APMG Programme Scenario Case Study
- 2 days training and exams





 
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