MSP™ Foundation

Course Outline

MSP™ Foundation is a 2.5-day non-residential course, which will provide you with sufficient knowledge and experience in the processes and principles of the OGC's 2007 update to the Programme Management methodology - Managing Successful Programmes (MSP™), to work with a Programme Manager for a programme with a coherent project dossier or to act as a member of a Programme Office.

The course covers the syllabus for the MSP™ Foundation exam. This optional multiple choice exam, consisting of 50 questions and lasting 40 minutes, can be taken at the end of the course.

This course has been 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 their agent in providing administrative facilities.

What You Will Learn

Identifying a Programme

• MSP™, the Big Picture (product flow)
• The Transformational Flow model
• 7 Principles of Programme Management
• 9 Governance Themes
• Programme Mandate and Brief

Defining a Programme

• The Programme Vision
• Programme Blueprint
• Projects Dossier
• Structure of Programme Business Case
• Programme Definition Document

Programme Organisation Structure

• Key programme roles
• Programme Board
• Programme Manager
• Business Change Teams
• Programme Office

Programme Planning

• Monitoring & Control Strategy
• The Programme Plan
• The dependency network
• Programme schedule and tranches
• Transition Plans

Leadnership & Stakeholder Management

• Stakeholder analysis
• Stakeholder profiles
• Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
• Programme Communications Plan

Benefits Management

• Benefits Management Strategy
• Benefits Map
• Benefits Profiles
• Benefits Realisation Plan

Risk Management and Issues

• Risk Management process
• Risk Management strategy
• Managing risks
• Issue Management

Quality Management

• Quality Management Strategy
• Configuration Management
• Change Control
• Information Management

Managing the Tranches

• Managing people and other resources
• The Programme Office
• Directing work

Delivering Capability

• Project governance
• The programme / project interface
• Monitoring and controlling progress

Realising the benefits

• Pre-transition (assessing readiness for change)
• Managing Transition (supporting change)
• Managing post-transition (measuring benefits)

Closing a Programme

• Programme review
• Benefits review
• Disbanding the programme

Exam Preparation

• Sample Foundation exam
• APMG Programme Scenario Case Study