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MSP Practitioner

MSP Foundation and Practitioner with exams

This course includes both the MSP Foundation and MSP Practitioner courses.

An MSP Practitioner course build upon your knowledge gained at Foundation level to provide you with the analytical tools required to think strategically as a successful programme manager.

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Qualification:
MSP Practitioner
Exam:
Included
Manual:
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Certified by:
AXELOS
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MSP Practitioner training courses - benefits

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.

MSP Foundation & Practitioner includes

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)
  • 1-month free AXELOS membership with every used Foundation or – Practitioner exam voucher
  • 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.

MSP Practitioner includes

The MSP Practitioner course includes:

  • Training course materials accredited by PeopleCert (on behalf of AXELOS)
  • MSP Practitioner exam
  • MSP Practitioner certification (on passing the exams)
  • 1-month free AXELOS membership with every used Practitioner exam voucher
  • Detailed course materials
  • Expert trainer support
  • Sample exams.
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 Foundation and Practitioner 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 Foundation and Practitioner 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 Foundation and Practitioner

This MSP Foundation and Practitioner 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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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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