MSP® Exam Prep Workshop
This event will allow delegates the opportunity to consolidate their Managing Successul Programmes (MSP) learning within the topics area below, and discuss any areas the find difficult to understand. It is workshop driven; concentrating on case study and example practitioner questions/answers and gives delegates the opportunity to discuss typical questions before sitting the Practitioner paper.
Managing Successful Programmes Exam Prep Workshop Course Outline
Printable version of the MSP-Exam Prep Course Outline
Who Should Attend/Pre-requisites
This course is for those delegates who have completed their MSP topics through distance learning – online, paper, or CD, and who now wish to take the Foundation and Practitioner exams.
It is also suitable for those delegates who have completed the MSP Foundation classroom course and now wish to progress to Practitioner level.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this classroom course delegates will be able to:
• Understand the need for programme management and how the MSP framework helps effective project management.
• Understand and apply any part of the MSP process model to any programme
• Analyse programme stakeholders
• Profile, measure and map benefits
• Prepare key programme documents
• Understand and apply techniques for the management of risks and benefits
• Design a programme management organisation
• Take the MSP Foundation* and Practitioner exam
Examination Structure
This course covers the full syllabus as defined by the qualification’s awarding body, the APM Group. It is supported by the:
Foundation exam – Multiple choice, closed book, 40 minutes, 50 questions
Practitioner exam – Objective testing, open-book, 2.5 hours, 9 questions
Topics Covered - 2 Day
• Programme Management Overview
• Business Case
• Vision
• Identifying Programme
• Blueprint Design & Delivery
• Quality Management
• Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
• Risk Management & Issue Resolution
• Programme Planning & Control
• Programme Organisation
• Managing the Tranches
• Delivering the Capability
• Benefits Management
• Realising the Benefits
• Closing a Programme
• MSP Foundation exam