MSP Practitioner
Classroom courses
MSP Practitioner is the ideal course for students who are already working in a change programme.
An MSP Practitioner course includes the MSP handbook (5th edition) and MSP Foundation and Practitioner exams.
Features
Qualification:
MSP PractitionerExam:
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Included (Foundation & Practitioner)Certified by:
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4 Oct - 7 Oct
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
(Virtual)
29 Nov - 2 Dec
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
(Virtual)
17 Jan - 20 Jan
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
(Virtual)
21 Feb - 24 Feb
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
(Virtual)
21 Mar - 24 Mar
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
(Virtual)
25 Apr - 28 Apr
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
(Virtual)
6 Jun - 7 Jun
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
(Virtual)
6 Jun - 9 Jun
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
(Virtual)
Our MSP courses can be delivered and tailored for in-house on-site delivery anywhere in the world. They can also be delivered in virtual classroom format.
Benefits
This MSP Foundation and Practitioner course offers the following benefits to students:
- Helps programme managers deliver the required outcomes and benefits, especially those dependent on the coordination of many related, integrated project outputs
- Enables you to better envision and communicate desired outcomes
- Teaches you to take the initiative, pro-actively identifying and overcoming obstacles to change such as working practices, attitudes, and behaviours
- Helps programme managers deliver tangible advantages to stakeholders while mitigating any risks to these advantages
- Helps you learn from experience while establishing a management culture that prompts staff to continuously identify new lessons over the life of a programme
- MSP Practitioner training provides a structured framework to help realize the benefits of complex programmes which require the output of many related projects
- MSP Practitioner has been designed to accommodate high levels of complexity, ambiguity, and risk. This makes MSP highly suitable as a framework for transformational change
- MSP Practitioner training helps candidates apply the MSP principles and processes in working contexts.
Includes
MSP Foundation & Practitioner
The MSP Foundation & Practitioner course includes:
- MSP Foundation and Practitioner training and exam preparation from an approved MSP trainer
- MSP Foundation and Practitioner exams
- MSP Practitioner certification (on passing the exams)
- MSP manual (‘Managing Successful Programmes’ 5th edition)
- Pre-course study materials
- Detailed course materials
- Expert tuition
- Sample exams.
Details
Who should attend?
- Programme managers and aspiring programme managers
- Project managers / senior project managers
- Business change managers
- Operational line managers/staff operating within a programme environment
- Other key staff involved in the design, development, and delivery of programmes, including programme board members, programme assurance, programme management office personnel
- Portfolio management staff
- Specialist programme staff.
MSP Foundation and Practitioner course times for students:
- This course takes 4 days
- Classes begin at 09:00 am and end at 17:00 pm
- The MSP Foundation exam is generally sat on the morning of the third day, while the MSP Practitioner exam can be sat at any time after completing the course
- There are 1-2 hours of homework to be completed after each day
- There are 2-3 hours of pre-course study to be completed before joining the course.
Course
Learning outcomes
Individuals will gain an understanding of:
- Key concepts relating to programmes and MSP
- How the MSP principles underpin the MSP framework
- The MSP themes and how they are applied throughout the programme
- The MSP processes and how they are carried out throughout the programme
- How to apply the MSP principles in context
- How to apply and tailor relevant aspects of the MSP themes in context
- How to apply and tailor relevant aspects of the MSP processes in context.
Curriculum
Exam
MSP Foundation exam
The MSP Foundation examination is intended to assess whether the candidate can demonstrate sufficient recall and understanding of the MSP programme management framework (as described in the syllabus) to be awarded the MSP Foundation qualification.
- Style: Multiple-choice
- Questions: 60
- Pass mark: 55% (33/60)
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Materials allowed: Closed-book
- Pre-requisites: None
- Timing: Morning of day 3
- Results: 1 business day.
MSP Practitioner exam
The MSP Practitioner exam assesses whether the candidate can demonstrate sufficient ability to apply and tailor the MSP programme management framework described in the syllabus.
- Style: Multiple-choice
- Questions: 70
- Pass mark: 60% (42/70)
- Duration: 150 minutes
- Materials allowed: Open-book
- Pre-requisites: MSP Foundation
- Timing: At any time after completing your MSP Practitioner training
- Results: 3 business days.