MSP® Foundation and Practitioner

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A Quick Glance

Get to know about various methods for effective Management of projects
Learn about MSP® principles, governance themes and transformational flow
PeopleCert accredits Pentagon Training's MSP® Foundation and Practitioner course
Our well qualified and MSP® certified instructors helps the delegates to understand MSP® methodology elaborately
Prepare well for the MSP® Foundation and Practitioner exam
Gain certification and enhance your potential with us

MSP® stands for Managing Successful Programmes. It provides us with a well-structured approach for managing various programmes within the organisation. This is developed by leading practitioners worldwide using their practical experience, knowledge and skills. This technique includes the best practices to manage programmes that are accessible to everyone.

MSP® is an internationally recognised methodology. In MSP® Foundation and Practitioner course, the delegates will gain the skills required to use MSP® for managing organisational activities confidently.

During the course, learn to coordinate with programme projects to ensure the proper implementation of plans, resources and risk controlling factors.

Who should take this course

MSP® Foundation and Practitioner course is best suited for the following audience:

Account Managers
Project Directors
Business Strategists
Consultants
Operational staff
Project Managers
Project Support Staff
Business Managers
Project Sponsors
Experienced Project Managers
Program office team members
Business change team members
Project delivery team members
Program managers

Delegates who need to understand the practical application of Managing Successful Programme (MSP).

Delegates who wish to gain Foundation as well as Practical qualification.

Those delegates who are newly appointed as Programme managers and have no previous experience can take this course.

Senior Managers who sponsor the projects and held responsible for its success.

Operational Managers are responsible for embedding change in their area.

Delegates are seeking certification in programme management.

Those delegates who need to understand concepts and terminology of MSP and wish to achieve the professional qualification.

The delegates should possess experience of leading or managing projects
Must have good working knowledge of program management
Have basic knowledge of issues of business change
The delegate must hold Foundation Certificate before attending Practitioner course.

Make sure that program investment is in place with strategic needs so that the value or service can be delivered
Lead the organisational changes by managing multiple stakeholders and complex tasks
Learn how to use MSP transformational flow design, plan and control organisational functions
Learn to manage multiple projects by using new capabilities gained during the training
Decrease and control the risks or issues that may occur at the program level
Effectively communicates within the team to have desired output
Prepare for MSP® Foundation as well as MSP® Practitioner exam

Exam(s) included

Key Learning Points

Tutor Support

Certification

Course Overview

Pentagon Training’s MSP® Foundation and Practitioner course is designed to help the delegates in understanding and applying techniques of MSP® to clear the exam in the first attempt. Get specialised in working with other organisations and also understand how MSP® works and efficiently merge it into existing structures as well as processes of the organisation.

This Pentagon Training’s accredited course is aimed to guide the delegates about basics of good programme management along with the Principles, Transformational Flows and Governance Themes as described in the MSP® approach. Prepare well for the MSP® Foundation and Practitioner examination. It also explains roles and responsibilities of program management to advance your ability to engage and meet the client’s business requirements.

MSP® Foundation and Practitioner course allow delegates to study at their own pace and according to their schedules.

Course Content

Introduction to Programme lifecycle

Define programme lifecycle
Design Programme team
Role of leaders in a team
Draft a brief programme
Engagement of stakeholders
Final Product quality
Plan, implement and control progress
Present programme definition
Control changes
Role of Communication in programme
Risk and issue management
Management of new business capability developing

Program Management Processes

Identify programme
Define and Govern programme
Manage benefits from processes

MSP® structure and philosophy

Describe programme
Relationship between principles, governance themes and transformational flow of MSP®

MSP® Principles: Factors supporting the success of any transformational change are derived from negative and positive lessons learned from experience of organisational programme.

Stay aligned with corporate strategy
Lead change
Envision and Communicating a better future
Focus on benefits and threats to them
Add value
Design and deliver a coherent capability
Learn from current or previous experience

MSP® Governance themes

Identify organisational approach to manage the programme and allow the organisation to put everything in place for better results.

MSP governance themes

Organization
Vision
Leadership and stakeholder engagement
Benefits management
Blueprint design and delivery
Planning and control
Business case
Risk and issue management
Quality and assurance management

MSP® Transformational flow - Provide way through programme lifecycle from conception to delivery.

The 6 MSP® Transformational Flow Processes

Identifying a programme
Defining a programme
Managing the tranche
Delivering the capability
Realising the benefits
Closing a programme

*After completing 4 days of classroom training and successfully passing your MSP® Foundation Exam, the fifth day of this course is a flexible exam preparation day to complete at your convenience in order to prepare you to take and pass your MSP® Practitioner exam online.

We provide comprehensive support during the exam process to make the experience as simple as possible. This exam can be taken at a suitable time, subject to availability; online, anywhere.

Benefits of MSP® online exams include:

Proven higher pass rates
Quicker Results
Save Travel Costs
Flexibility
Convenient
Take your exam at your home, office, or work when you are ready

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About Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire, England. It ranges from 36 square miles. Stoke is polycentric, having been molded by an association of six towns in the early 20th period. It reached its name from Stoke-upon-Trent, where the railway station and the town hall are situated. The four other payments are Burslem, Tunstall, Longton and Fenton.

Geography:

Stoke-on-Trent is situated about half-way between Birmingham and Manchester. It links the town and area of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The city located on the higher hill of the River Trent at the south-west foothills of the Pennines, ranging from 106 to 213 meters (350 to 700 ft.) above sea level. The city is measured to be the southernmost end of the Pennines, restricted by the plains of the Midlands to the south, counting the Cheshire Plain deceitful west of Newcastle. The Peak District National Park lies straight to the east and comprises part of the Staffordshire Moorlands District, as well as parts of Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and West and South Yorkshire.

Climate:

Stoke-on-Trent, as with all of the United Kingdom, practices a temperate nautical weather, missing in weather limits. The local area is comparatively raised due to its nearness to the Pennines, subsequent in cooler temperatures year round likened to the nearby Cheshire Plain. However, on calm, clear nights this is frequently upturned as cold air drainage reasons a temperature overturn to occur. As such, the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle area are not vulnerable to plain frosts. The nearest Met Office weather station is Keele University, about four miles west of the city centre.

The absolute high temperature is 32.9 °C (91.2 °F), logged in August 1990, although more classically the average warmest day of the year should be 27.0 °C (80.6 °F). In total, just under fourteen days should report a temperature of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above.

Demography:

Based on the 2001 survey, the total population of the city was 240,63. This was a warning of 3.5% since 1991. 51.3% of the population is female. 96.3% of the population of Stoke-on-Trent were instinctive in the UK. 94.8% of the population recognised themselves as white, 2.6% as Asian British Pakistani, 0.5% Asian British Indian and 0.3% as Black Afro Caribbean. Concerning faith, 74.7% labelled themselves as Christian, 3.2% Muslim and 13.4% had no religion. In the same survey, 19.9% were recognised as under 15; 21.0% were over 60. A total of 24.2% of non-pensioner families were logged as having no working grownups. In 2011 the population had amplified to 249,000. It is the first time that the city's population has full-grown since it drawn at 276,639 in 1931.