Managing Successful Programmes MSP ™ 5th Edition

MSP is a globally recognised framework for best practice programme management to manage initiatives that deliver change. It is an adaptable set of approaches that focuses on benefits and the delivery of outcomes, managing risks, and actively engaging stakeholders.

The framework emphasises the incremental nature of programmes and enables a cyclical progression towards the future state. It is the "go-to" certification for programme managers, team members and business change managers.

Participants will learn the seven principles, themes, and methods that provide a clear roadmap for the programme life cycle. 

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The topics focus on:

• The seven principles
• The seven themes
• The seven processes

and include

• Organisation
• Tailoring
• Stakeholder engagement
• Design
• Vision
• Justification
• Structure
• Knowledge
• Assurance
• Decisions

Our MSP Certification courses include the price of the exam and the official manual which is sent in advance with pre course work. Prices are as follows:

• MSP Foundation - $2695 plus GST. 3 day course inc. exam and official MSP Manual

• MSP Foundation and Practitioner - $3995 plus GST 
  5 day course inc. exam and official MSP Manual

• MSP Practitioner only - $2195 plus GST 
  2 day course including the exam

For the exact dates of a course, please click on Session Information 

Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea are included so you can focus your attention on the course.

There are no prerequisites to join the MSP Foundation course or sit the Foundation exam.

You must have gained a valid MSP 5th Edition Foundation certificate within the last three years of the Practitioner exam date to gain your Practitioner certification.  

Note that there is pre-course reading and evening study during the course.

The Practitioner course is held over two days and includes the Practitioner exam. It has a workshop style to learn how to apply the techniques and rules. You will review the MSP integrated framework and navigate the principles, themes and processes. You will also learn how to analyse information and determine how the parts relate to one another and the MSP Framework.

This part of the course covers real-life scenarios and helps you build your skills in leading and managing a programme. MSP emphasises more flexibility, adaptability and responsiveness by adopting an incremental approach to the programme lifecycle, thus enabling organisational agility.   

Foundation Exam

• This exam is taken on Day 3
• 60 minutes
• Closed book
• Pass mark of 60% or above

Practitioner exam

• This exam is undertaken on Day 5. 
• 2 hours 30 minutes
• Open book using the official MSP manual only
• 70 questions
• Pass mark of 42 (60%) or above

You must hold the MSP 5th Edition Foundation certificate to sit the Practitioner exam.

By studying MSP and gaining certification you will be able to:

• enable organisational agility by adopting an incremental approach to the programme lifecycle
• respond positively to the challenges when managing programmes and larger or multiple projects
• align the delivery of programmes and projects to your organisation's strategy
• focus on the delivery of outcomes and benefits while understanding and mitigating risks
• gain stakeholder buy-in by actively engaging and managing internal and external stakeholders   

The Foundation course is held over three days and includes the Foundation exam. You will learn how to successfully manage multiple projects and programmes.

Through this course, you will gain theoretical knowledge of how to plan, manage and deliver a programme from start to finish.

• Programme managers
• Project managers
• Business change managers
• Programme delivery team members
• PMO and Portfolio managers
• Decision makers