MSP: Practitioner

This is an intensive exam preparatory course that offers a clear, comprehensive understanding of Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®), a standardised, proven programme management framework widely accepted as best practice for managing strategic change programmes. Through practice questions from sample exams, workshops and evening study, you gain the knowledge required to take the MSP® Foundation certificate in programme management and Practitioner examinations in order to achieve certification. Expert MSP accredited instructors provide the necessary guidance to prepare you for the examinations through a series of interactive sessions and exercises that reinforce the concepts taught on the course.

By the end of this training you will:
- Understand the core concepts of MSP: Practitioner module.
- Be able to apply the knowledge learned to progress in your career as a Project Manager.

Essential
Working Knowledge on Change Programme
Recommended/Additional
A good bachelor’s degree in any field would be an advantage. Awareness to database technologies and basic software knowledge is advantageous but not a must.

Classroom Training: An Instructor led training in our dynamic learning environment based in our office at West London. The classroom is fitted with all the essential amenities needed to ensure a comfortable training experience and with this training you will have an opportunity to build a Networking with other learners, share experiences and develop social interaction.

Online: Unlike most organisations our online based training is a tutor led training system similar to the classroom based training in every given aspect making it more convenient to the students from any location around the world and also cost effective.

Onsite: This training is specifically made for the Corporate clients who wish to train their staff in different technologies. The clients are given an opportunity where they can tailor the duration of course according to their requirements and the training can be delivered in house/ at your location of choice or online.

Customised one to one: A tailored course for students looking for undeterred attention from the tutor at all the times. The duration of course and contents of the course are specifically customised to suite the students requirements. In addition to it the timings of the trainings can also be customised based on the availability of both the tutor as well as the student.

4Weekends, 32 Hours, 10AM - 2PM

Contractors can expect to earn between £300 and £500 per day depending on the experience. Permanent roles on average offer a salary of between £30 and £60k per annum, again depending on the experience required for the job.

Although there is no guarantee of a job on course completion we are almost certain that you should be able to find a suitable position within a few weeks after successful completion of the course. As a part of Placement service, we offer CV reviewing in which your CV would be reviewed by our experts and essential modifications to be made would be recommended so that your CV suits perfectly to the kind of training you have taken.

Course Preview

- Adhering to MSP Principles
- Defining the processes and themes

Identifying a programme
- Appointing the Sponsoring Group and Programme Board
- Developing a Programme Brief
- Creating a Programme Preparation Plan

Defining a programme
- Refining the Vision Statement and Blueprint
- Modelling the benefits
- Establishing a Programme Plan
- Designing governance arrangements
- Confirming the Business Case
- Bringing together the Programme Definition Document

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

Delivering the capability
- Starting projects
- Engaging stakeholders
- Controlling project delivery
- Closing projects

Realising the benefits
- Preparing for transition
- Undergoing transition
- Measuring the benefits

Closing a programme
- Confirming programme closure
- Reviewing the programme
- Disbanding the programme organisation

Programme organisation
- Designing a programme organisational structure
- Identifying responsibilities of everyone involved

Ensuring stakeholder engagement
- Analysing and identifying stakeholders
- Profiling and mapping stakeholder interests and issues
- Developing a Communications Plan
- Measuring communication effectiveness

Creating the Vision and Blueprint
- Designing a model of the future organisation
- Modelling processes, organisation, information

The Business Case
- Creating and evolving the Business Case
- Validating against the Vision and Blueprint
- Testing the ongoing viability of the programme

- Planning and controlling the programme
- Deciding on the structure of the tranches
- Defining the contents of a Programme Plan
- Resourcing the programme
- Identifying how the programme will be controlled with associated responsibilities

Benefits management
- Mapping, profiling and categorising 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 programme
- Achieving the right level of quality
- Applying the principles of assurance management