MSP^® Practitioner

MSP^® Practitioner Certificate in Programme Management

Summary

Managing Successful Programmes^® offers principles and processes for the implementationand 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

• Project Managers
• Business Change Managers
• Experts and advisers working within a program office
• Other specialist/governance roles involved in supporting programs following the MSP^® guidance

Context

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

e-Competence Framework (e-CF)
Legend for coverage
General
Partial
Superficial

Prerequisites
Managing Successful Programmes^® Foundation

Exam content

• Explain each of the MSP^® principles, the governance themes and the transformational flow activities
• Identify additional value as a result of managing the described change as an MSP programme
• Explain the relationship between the MSP^® principles, governance themes, the transformational flow, programme information (documents) and the MSP^® defined programme management roles and can apply that understanding
• Apply each of the MSP^® principles, governance themes and transformational flow processes
• Produce or evaluate examples of MSP^® programme information (documents)
• Identify activities that should be undertaken during each of the processes of the transformational flow together with the accountabilities and responsibilities of each of the defined roles
• Understand which management products are input to, output from, and updated in each of the six transformational flow processes

Exam Details

• Exam duration: 150 minutes
• Number of questions: 80
• Pass mark: 50% (40 out of 80)
• Open book: Managing Successful Programmes Guide only
• Electronic devices permitted: No

• Expiration: after three years