MSP Advanced Practitioner is a stand alone 1-day course that is run sequentially within the same week as MSP Foundation and MSP Practitioner. The course builds on the knowledge and experience gained by delegates building key programme documents during Foundation and Practitioner course exercises.
The MSP Advanced Practitioner exam is a 3-hour open book exam based on a complex healthcare-based case study set by the APMG. The exam case study is the subject of all case study exercises undertaken in preparation for the Advanced Practitioner exam. An Advanced Practitioner qualification requires a 50% pass mark.
Delegates are provided with the APMG exam case study 2 weeks in advance of the course start date to give them time to read and understand some of the complexities of the scenario. During the course delegates, working in collaboration with other course delegates, are engaged all morning in the development of key MSP documents such as a Programme Organisational structure (including the Change Teams), a Blueprint, Projects Dossier, Risk Register and Transition Plan. These case studies facilitate each delegate's comprehension of the case study so that each one is briefed adequately to write the Advanced Practitioner exam in the afternoon session.
This course is accredited by the APMG who are the examining body for MSP and responsible for all aspects of the provision of exams including setting, marking, feedback and appeals. Scoll Methods, as an accredited training organisation, acts as its agent in providing administrative facilities.
What You Will Learn
Practice MSP Advanced Practitioner Question
Develop a programme Blueprint
- Current state documented
- Syndicates develop an outline future state
Programme Organisation Structure
- Propose Project Executives
- Propose Tranche 1 Change Team
- Propose Tranche 2 Change Team
Projects Dossier
- Complete a partially populated Projects Dossier
Risk
- Identify risks at Strategic, Programme, Project, Operational perspectives
- Propose mitigating actions
End of Tranche Review
- Identify Pre; Change; Post transition activities
- Propose Programme Office involvement
Issue Management
- Handle the risk that has become an issue
- Maintain affected MSP documentation
MSP Advanced Practitioner Exam
The detailed case study information pack will be dispatched to you prior to the course with which you will need to familiarise yourself since this is the basis for the Advanced Practitioner exam scenario.
Examination Details
To be successful at MSP Advanced Practitioner level you need to pass the Foundation and Practitioner papers and then demonstrate an excellent understanding of the principles and theory of MSP in the exam. The examiners expect you to show that you can apply the method to the given scenario by using your practical experience and understanding in your answers. The paper must be taken on a Friday. This 3-hour, open book exam is based on a set case study which will have been studied during the training course. There are 2 or 3 questions worth 75 marks in total and candidates must obtain 50% of the marks in order to pass.
Related Courses
The 2½-day MSP Foundation course provides you with sufficient understanding and knowledge in the processes and governance themes of the OGC's Programme Management methodology (MSP) to act as a Programme Manager for a programme with a coherent project dossier or to act as a member of a Programme Office.
The 1½-day MSP Practitioner course is the natural corollary to the MSP Foundation course. It is for delegates who need a market-differentiating qualification at a cost effective price.
Both of these individual courses can be taken together as the MSP Foundation and Practitioner course.
