Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) - Advanced Practitioner Certificate

Audience

Programme staff requiring an excellent understanding in the principles and theory of MSP® supported by practical application. The course is particularly suitable for (aspiring) programme managers, and other key staff involved in the design, development and delivery of programmes including :

• Programme Directors
• Senior Responsible Owners
• Business Change Managers
• Programme Office Manager
• Programme Office staff
• Project Executives and Managers

Prerequisites

Attendees require a good general level of understanding that comes from having worked within large programmes and to have the MSP® Practitioner Qualification.[1]

Duration

2 days.

Course Objectives

This course will enable delegates to:

• Apply MSP Principles, Governance Themes and Transformational Flow to real life situations
• Become thoroughly versed in key linkages between MSP Governance Themes, Transformational Flow, Deliverables and Roles
• Prepare for and take the MSP Advanced Practitioner examination.

Course Content

The case study from the MSP® Advanced Practitioner examination is used extensively throughout the course to allow delegates to consolidate their skill in applying MSP through hands-on work and to become immersed in the case study

Day 1

• Course introduction
• MSP Overview and Principles
• Structure and Linkages in MSP
• Case Study and Pre-Course Work
• Sample Examination Question 1
• Governance Themes Revisited
• Sample Examination Question 2 

Day 2

• Governance Themes Revisited
• Examination preparation
• Advanced Practitioner Certificate Examination (3 hours)

MSP® is a Registered Trade Marks of the UK Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries. The Swirl logo™ is a Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce. PRINCE2™ is a Trade Mark of the UK Office of Government Commerce.

The UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC) develops and publishes a wide range of guidance on best management practice methodologies. The OGC have appointed an official accreditor, the APM Group (APMG), to assist them in providing quality products and services based on their best management practice methodologies.

This course is delivered on behalf of Verhoef by Benchmark Training Ltd who are approved by the APMG.

[1] If a candidate wishes to sit the Advanced Practitioner examination before they have their results from the Practitioner exam, they may do so. However, MSP candidates who pass the Advanced Practitioner exam yet fail the Practitioner exam must re-sit the Practitioner exam within 24 months to validate their Registered Advanced Practitioner Status.
The course is intensive and delegates are advised to undertake some revision work in the evening of the first day to prepare for the examinations. The course fee includes a copy of the latest edition of the official MSP Guide and all examination fees.