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MSP®:
Achieving Practitioner Certification

Course 3631 • 5 Days

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Quick Enrol

You Will Learn How To

  • Prepare for and take the Managing Successful Programs (MSP®) Foundation and Practitioner Exams
  • Apply the seven MSP principles and nine Governance Themes throughout the life cycle of the program
  • Identify and define programs that support the organization's strategic objectives
  • Manage the program to deliver the right capabilities and attain measurable benefits
  • Close the program by formally recognizing achievement of the end goal
  • Align transformational flow processes with the governance themes

Course Benefits

The Managing Successful Programs guide sets the standard for delivering sustainable change programs in organizations. This intensive exam preparatory course provides comprehensive coverage of MSP. Through workshops, exam practice questions and overnight study you gain the knowledge required to take both the MSP Foundation and Practitioner Exams.

Who Should Attend

Anyone participating in a strategic program and those who want to achieve the MSP Foundation and Practitioner certification. Previous experience working in a program environment is recommended but not required.

Workshop Course

Through a series of simulated practice exams, facilitated by a highly experienced MSP trainer and practitioner, you prepare for the MSP exams. Workshops include:
  • Applying the MSP guidance to a scenario
  • Critiquing program information
  • Investigating the examiner's rationale
  • Leveraging proven exam techniques for varied question types
  • Optimizing your study time and focus

Course 3631 Content

Introduction to MSP

  • Exploring the program management environment
  • Adhering to MSP Principles
  • Defining the Transformational Flow processes and Governance Themes

Transformational Flow Processes

Identifying a program

  • Appointing the Sponsoring Group and Program Board
  • Developing a Program Brief
  • Creating a Program Preparation Plan
  • Gaining approval to proceed

Defining a program

  • Refining the Vision Statement and developing the Blueprint
  • Modeling the benefits
  • Establishing a Program Plan
  • Designing governance arrangements
  • Confirming the Business Case
  • Bringing together the Program Definition Document

Managing the tranche

  • Implementing defined governance for the program
  • Undertaking audit and assurance reviews
  • Maintaining alignment between program blueprint and business strategy objectives
  • Managing risks and issues

Delivering the capability

  • Starting projects
  • Engaging stakeholders
  • Controlling project delivery
  • Closing projects

Realizing the benefits

  • Preparing for transition
  • Undergoing transition
  • Measuring the benefits

Closing a program

  • Confirming program closure
  • Reviewing the program
  • Disbanding the program organization

Leading the Program

Program organization

  • Designing a program organizational structure
  • Identifying purpose and responsibilities of everyone involved in leading and managing the program

Ensuring stakeholder engagement

  • Analyzing and identifying stakeholders
  • Profiling and mapping stakeholder interests and issues
  • Developing a Communications Plan
  • Measuring communication effectiveness

Aligning the Vision, Blueprint and Business Case

Creating the Vision and Blueprint

  • Envisioning a better future
  • Designing and delivering a model of the future organization
  • Modeling processes, organization, technology and information

The Business Case

  • Creating and evolving the Business Case
  • Validating against the Vision and Blueprint
  • Testing the ongoing viability of the program

Governing the Program

Planning and controlling the program

  • Deciding on the structure of the tranches
  • Defining the contents of a Program Plan
  • Resourcing the program
  • Identifying how the program will be controlled with associated responsibilities

Benefits management

  • Mapping, profiling and categorizing benefits
  • Employing the benefits management cycle

Managing risks and issues

  • Controlling the aggregated risk profile
  • Responding to threats and opportunities
  • Resolving issues

Quality and assurance management

  • Designing a Quality and Assurance Management Strategy for a program
  • Achieving the right level of quality
  • Applying the principles of assurance management

Foundation and Practitioner Exams

Preparing for the exams

  • Gaining insight into the exam process
  • Applying proven tips for exam success
  • Practicing with sample exam questions

Foundation Exam: Day 4

  • Taking the exam
  • Obtaining your Foundation exam results

Practitioner Exam: Day 5

  • Taking the exam
  • Completing the necessary APMG paperwork

Important Course Information

  • In order to maintain the pace of this content-rich 5-day course, it is strongly recommended that you complete the pre-course preparation which includes approximately 20 hours of reading. The reading materials (Learning Tree Precourse Study Guide and Managing Successful Programmes 2011 Edition) are shipped to you prior to your training course.
  • 2 hours of home study each evening.

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