MSP Practitioner, 5th Edition

The MSP guidance and certification are designed for professionals who lead, manage or support transformational change. MSP was created as industry best practice with a principle-based approach to deliver outcomes and benefits in any sector. It focuses on the common challenges involved to ensure project outputs translate into business outcomes and benefits, and deliver increased value to an organisation. The updated MSP 5th edition adopts an incremental approach to the programme lifecycle that emphasizes more flexibility, adaptability, and responsiveness and the enabling of organisational agility.

The MSP Practitioner course provides further guidance on the application of principles, processes and tools used to manage programmes in any environment. It confirms you have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the MSP guidance to act as an informed member of a programme management team.

This course is ideal for existing or aspiring project, operational or programme managers, those working in the area of quality assurance and any professional looking to learn about project management to gain the certifications needed for a career or just to improve their understanding.

Entry Requirements

The course is open to anyone with an MSP Foundation certificate.
You should continue to familiarise yourself with the methods manual and study for around five hours before the first day of training.
You will also need to study between training days.
You cannot sit for the Practitioner exam unless you have passed the Foundation exam.

What's Included in the Course Price?

All training
Course materials provided via Blackboard
An online exam
When you register for your first MSP course with us, we will also include one official manual at no extra cost to you
Take2 - free exam re-sit in case of an unsuccessful result

No VAT is payable on our short courses.

About MSP

MSP is a globally recognised certification for both existing or aspiring programme managers and project managers. Anyone involved in the direction, management, support and delivery of programmes or multiple projects will benefit from the guidance. This course is ideal for any professional looking to learn more about project and programme management, to gain the certifications needed for a career or just to improve on their understanding.

Programme management is the coordinated management of projects and business-as-usual activities to achieve beneficial change. The MSP 5th edition framework provides a practical, step-by-step approach for designing and running successful programmes. It will improve programme-level decision-making and is relevant to both public and private sector companies of all sizes.

MSP comprises a set of principles, governance themes and a set of processes for use when managing a business transformation. It provides an integrated framework that guides the work using three lenses:

Fundamental principles: these are derived from positive and negative lessons learned from programme experiences. They are the common factors that underpin the success of any transformational change.
Governance themes: these define an organisation's approach to programme management. They allow an organisation to put in place the right leadership, delivery team, organisation structures and controls, giving the best chance for success.
Processes across a programme lifecycle: this provides a route through the lifecycle of a programme from its conception through to the delivery of the new capability, outcomes and benefits.

Discounts and Offers

Group: If you are booking as a group or institution, please contact us before you book as you may be able to benefit from our 15% group or corporate discounts.
Foundation and Practitioner bundle: Book the MSP Foundation course together with the MSP Practitioner course for a 10% discount on the combined price.
Returning short course delegates: We offer a 10% discount to returning short course delegates. If you’re not booking your first short course or professional qualification with us and this discount is not applied to your course at checkout, please contact us.
UoW undergraduate/postgraduate students, alumni and colleagues: We also offer a 20% discount to our undergraduate and postgraduate students, alumni, and colleagues. To receive your discount code, please contact us before booking your course.

Course Structure

The MSP Practitioner course follows on from the Foundation course, where we introduced the method, its philosophy and its terminology. It focuses on the more intricate aspects of the method. Based on a case study, the method is put into practice through a series of challenging questions that mirror the questions of the exam.

The course consists of a series of classroom (or online) lectures and group exercises. The lectures introduce the method’s terminology, then we will discuss case studies to explain how to use the method in practice. We will provide supplementary learning material via the University’s online learning platform. At the end of each day, we will use multiple choice questions to remind us of the day’s learning and to prepare us for the certificate exam.

The exam has the following format:

Multiple-choice questions
58 questions per paper (including 6 matching questions worth 3 marks each), 70 marks available in total
42 marks required to pass (out of 70) - 60%
Two-and-a-half hours’ duration
Open book exam

The exam is a PeopleCert Online Proctored Exam. You will get an exam voucher from us and you then book your exam with PeopleCert, at a date of your choosing. Your MSP Practitioner exam must be sat within six weeks of the end of your course.

For your online proctored exam, you must ensure your computer and the room you choose to take your exam in meet the minimum requirements. More information can be found on the PeopleCert website.

Candidates may only use the official digital copy or official hard copy of the Managing Successful Programmes 5th Edition Guide in the exam. The manual may be annotated and tabulated but no sticky notes or loose-leaf papers containing additional notes will be allowed.

As part of your preparation, you will be encouraged to highlight important passages and ensure you know where everything is so that you can quickly get to the relevant content during the exam.

Accreditation

This course is professionally accredited by PeopleCert.

The University of Westminster is an Accredited Training Organization (ATO), approved by PeopleCert.

MSP is part of the PeopleCert PRINCE2 portfolio.

Your Career

Programme management takes project management to the next level and is often a natural progression for experienced project managers. Whereas projects deliver outputs and discrete parcels of change, programmes focus on the coordination of multiple related projects. They are more strategic, more focused on managing organisational growth and change and have a defined value proposition.

If you are looking to accelerate your career, possessing the industry-recognised MSP Practitioner certification will demonstrate your proficiency to successfully deliver transformation change. MSP certification helps you stand out to prospective employers, giving them confidence you can carry out the coordinated organisation, direct and implement a dossier of projects while maintaining performance and effectiveness. MSP is applicable across numerous industries and can be tailored to local situations.

Learning Outcomes

For You

At the end of the course you will be able to:

Use best practice in programme management to successfully deliver transformational change
Tailor your project management to meet the needs of each project
Carry out the coordinated organisation, direction and implementation of multiple projects and transformation activities simultaneously to achieve strategic outcomes.
Manage the transition of the solutions developed and delivered by projects into the organisation’s operations while maintaining performance and effectiveness
Encourage realistic expectations of the organisational capacity and ability to change
Lead business transformation and accommodate high levels of complexity, ambiguity and risk

For Your Organisation

The course will help your organisation to:

Align corporate strategy, delivery mechanisms for change and the business-as-usual environment
Continually monitor progress, assess performance and realise benefits
Apply a common framework to understand and manage all programmes or projects
Reduce the risk of project failure
Encourage feedback and develop a culture of learning to refine future strategies based on past experience

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The MSP® Practitioner course is designed for professionals who lead, manage, or support transformational change. It provides further guidance on the application of principles, processes, and tools used to manage programs in any environment.

To develop the skills necessary to effectively manage programs in any environment.
To prepare for the MSP® Practitioner exam.

Description:

The MSP® Practitioner course builds upon the MSP® Foundation course, focusing on the more intricate aspects of the method. It uses a case study approach to put the method into practice through challenging questions that mirror the exam questions. The course is ideal for existing or aspiring project, operational, or program managers, those working in quality assurance, and any professional looking to learn about project management to gain certifications or improve their understanding.

Assessment:

The MSP® Practitioner exam is a PeopleCert Online Proctored Exam. It consists of:

Multiple-choice questions: 58 questions per paper (including 6 matching questions worth 3 marks each), 70 marks available in total.
42 marks required to pass (out of 70) - 60% pass rate.
Two-and-a-half hours' duration.
Open book exam.

Careers:

Possessing the industry-recognized MSP® Practitioner certification demonstrates proficiency in successfully delivering transformational change. It helps individuals stand out to prospective employers, giving them confidence in their ability to carry out coordinated organization, direct, and implement a dossier of projects while maintaining performance and effectiveness.

The course consists of a series of classroom (or online) lectures and group exercises.
Supplementary learning material is provided via the University's online learning platform.
Multiple-choice questions are used at the end of each day to reinforce learning and prepare for the certificate exam.
The MSP® Practitioner exam must be sat within six weeks of the end of the course.
The University of Westminster is an Accredited Training Organization (ATO), approved by PeopleCert.
MSP® is a registered trademark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited.
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