MSP™ Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner — A 2-Day Course

 Open Public Course Closed In-House Course

Synopsis

All organisations and companies undergo continuous change and improvement as a natural process. Programmes represent major change. They are complex, difficult and carry substantial risk. Programme Management provides a framework for managing such change. It provides a sound basis for managing collections of related projects that deliver change and benefits to the business. Programmes involve many parts of an enterprise and a great deal of valuable resources. The impact of not managing them successfully could be considerable. Programmes require effective management to be successful.

This workshop is designed to build upon the learning outcomes achieved at Foundation and Practitioner levels and, hence, facilitate the achievement of the learning outcomes at Advanced Practitioner level, identified in the MSP 2007 syllabus, published by the APM Group Ltd.

Course Objectives

After completing this course the student will be able to:

• Understand the OGC (Office of Government Commerce) approach to Programme Management (as documented in the book, Managing Successful Programmes 2007 edition) by practising essential aspects against a realistic scenario and relating them to actual experience
• Have the opportunity to sit the MSP 2007 Advanced Practitioner Examination
• Explain how programme governance can be tailored to suit different programme and business environments
• Explain how each of the Governance Themes can be tailored to suit a particular programme scenario
• Apply the MSP defined Governance Themes to the activities of the Transformational Flow
• Explain the MSP defined Principles as applied to the Governance Themes and Transformational Flow
• Produce definition, governance and planning documentation as defined in the MSP manual

Intended Audience

This Managing Successful Programmes course is designed for Programme Managers, Programme Directors, those managers involved in Business Change, Programme/Project Support staff and Project Managers who will undertake roles in Programmes.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have experience of:

• Programme Management and are required to have been awarded an MSP Practitioner certificate (although it is possible to attend the course and sit the exam while results are pending).

Examinations

The course has been designed to prepare delegates for the MSP 2007 Advanced Practitioner Certificate Examination, administered by the Association for Project Management Group Ltd (APM Group Ltd). This exam is sat at the end of the course. The Advanced Practitioner exam is a 2 hour, scenario based, open-book essay style paper.

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Outline Course Contents

Drivers for Change

Programme Brief

Risks and Issues

Blueprint Design

Programme Organisation

Stakeholder Engagement

Programme Planning

Programme Change