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MSP Practitioner training course

MSP Practitioner (and Foundation) training courses.

Advance your programme management techniques with our MSP Practitioner course. Ideal for those involved in change programmes, book now to gain both Foundation and Practitioner knowledge.

Certified by AXELOS
Exam:
Manual: (with Foundation)
Free resit: (1 Practitioner resit)
Duration: Instructor-led: 2 or 4 days; Self-paced: 22 or 36 hours

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MSP Practitioner training courses - benefits

Benefits

This MSP Practitioner (with Foundation) 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.

MSP Practitioner (with Foundation) includes

The MSP Practitioner (with Foundation) course includes:

  • MSP Practitioner (with Foundation) training and exam preparation from an approved MSP trainer
  • MSP Practitioner (and Foundation) exams with 1 Practitioner free resit
  • MSP Practitioner certification (on passing the exams)
  • Digital copy of the official MSP manual – Managing Successful Programmes (5th edition)
  • Pre-course study materials (instructor-led only)
  • Detailed course materials
  • Expert trainer support
  • Sample exams
  • Professional CV writing service with 1 year free update
  • 1 month free subscription to the Business Learning Library (BLL)™.

MSP Practitioner includes

The MSP Practitioner course includes:

  • Training course materials accredited by PeopleCert (on behalf of AXELOS)
  • MSP Practitioner exam with 1 free resit
  • MSP Practitioner certification (on passing the exams)
  • Detailed course materials
  • Expert trainer support
  • Sample exams
  • Professional CV writing service with 1 year free update
  • 1 month free subscription to the Business Learning Library (BLL)™.
MSP Practitioner training courses - details

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.

Course times

MSP Practitioner course times for students:

  • This course takes 2 days
  • Classes begin at 9:00am and end at 5:00pm

Self-study MSP Practitioner course online

  • Self-study time required: 22 hours
  • Course access duration: 12 months.

MSP Practitioner (with Foundation) course times for students:

  • This course takes 4 days
  • Classes begin at 9:00am and end at 5:00pm
  • 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.

Self-study MSP Practitioner (with Foundation) course online

  • Self-study time required: 36 hours
  • Course access duration: 12 months.
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MSP Practitioner training courses - learning outcomes

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

MSP Practitioner (with Foundation)

This MSP Practitioner (with Foundation) course covers the following topics:

  • Course introduction
  • An overview of MSP
  • MSP principles
  • Programme organization
  • Programme design
  • Programme vision
  • Programme justification
  • Programme structure
  • Quality assurance
  • Decision-making
  • MSP processes
  • Delivering capabilities and embedding outcomes
  • Evaluating new information and closing the programme
  • Introductions and overview of the MSP Practitioner exam
  • Overview of the MSP manual
  • MSP themes and organization
  • MSP programme organization
  • MSP programme design
  • MSP justification theme
  • MSP structure theme
  • MSP Knowledge theme
  • MSP decisions theme
  • MSP processes
  • Designing programme outcomes
  • Exam revision.
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MSP Practitioner training courses - exam

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
  • Prerequisites: 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
  • Prerequisites: MSP Foundation
  • Timing: At any time after completing your MSP Practitioner training
  • Results: 3 business days.
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