MSP^® Advanced Practitioner

MSP^® Advanced Practitioner Certificate in Programme Management

Summary

Managing Successful Programmes^® offers principles and processes for the implementation and management of a program. A program comprises a set of related projects and activities in order to deliver outcomes and benefits relating to an organization’s strategic objectives.

Target group

A variety of roles, including (but not limited to):

• Senior Responsible Owners
• Program managers
• Those appointed to lead a portfolio or program support function
• Business Change Managers
• Other program support and management professionals

Context

Managing Successful Programmes^® Advanced Practitioner is the follow-up on Managing Successful Programmes^® Practitioner and part of the Best Management Practice Portfolio.

e-Competence Framework (e-CF)

Legend for coverage
General
Partial
Superficial

Prerequisites
Managing Successful Programmes^® Practitioner

Exam content

• Determine the most appropriate framework for change
• Justify specific activities that should be undertaken by each of the defined MSP^® roles during each of the processes of the transformational flow
• Produce, evaluate and suggest improvements to examples of MSP^® programme information (documents)
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the application of each of the MSP^® principles, the governance themes and the transformational flow processes
• Adapt the programme’s approach to the governance themes to the needs of both the wider programme environment and the sponsoring organization
• Learn from experience and, as a result, propose alternative approaches that would improve the effectiveness of the application of each of the MSP^® principles, the governance themes and the transformational flow processes

Exam Details
Number of questions: 2 essay based questions
Pass mark: 50% (38 out of 75 marks)
Open book: Yes (course notes, examples, copies of presentations, etc.)
Electronic devices permitted: No