Audience
This course is for Programme Managers & members of Programme Management Board with the responsibility for the management of programmes.
Prerequisites
Project Management experience or Project Board experience is required. Some pre-course material is provided which should be fully read and understood before the course start. This is an intensive course and some evening work will be required during the course.
Duration
Two days or three if separate exam day.
Course Objectives
Delegates will gain sufficient knowledge and experience in the processes and principles of Programme Management (MSP) to act as a Programme Manager for a programme with a coherent project portfolio or to act as a member of a Programme Support Office.
Following the completion of the course participants will be able to:
- Describe and apply all facets of the programme
- processes, in accordance with the MSP method
- Set up and manage complex programmes
- Identify and control risk
- Monitor the objectives of a programme and the
- essential adjustments needed to respond to
- changes in the environment
Course Content
- Identifying a Programme
- Defining a Programme
- Programme Planning
- Benefits Management
- Issue and Risk Management
- Establishing a Programme
- Running a Programme
- Closing a Programme
- Case Study
- APM Programme Scenario
- Exam based exercises
The Examination
The MSP® 5th Edition Foundation examination is a 1 hour 60 multiple choice objective question paper. Currently the pass mark is 60% (36 marks).
Managing Successful Programmes describes the framework and strategies of Programme Management. Programme Management is an integral part of OGC’s Best Practice portfolio.