Detailed Course Outline
Introduction to MSP
- Adhering to MSP Principles
- Defining the processes and themes
Transformational Flow Processes
- Identifying a programme
- Appointing the Sponsoring Group and Programme Board
- Developing a Programme Brief
- Creating a Programme Preparation Plan
- Defining a programme
- Refining the Vision Statement and Blueprint
- Modelling the benefits
- Establishing a Programme Plan
- Designing governance arrangements
- Confirming the Business Case
- Bringing together the Programme Definition Document
- Managing the tranche
- Implementing defined governance for the programme
- Undertaking audit and assurance reviews
- Maintaining alignment between programme blueprint and business strategy objectives
- Managing risks and issues
- Delivering the capability
- Starting projects
- Engaging stakeholders
- Controlling project delivery
- Closing projects
- Realising the benefits
- Preparing for transition
- Undergoing transition
- Measuring the benefits
- Closing a Programme
- Confirming programme closure
- Reviewing the programme
- Disbanding the programme organisation
Leading the Programme
- Programme organisation
- Designing a programme organisational structure
- Identifying responsibilities of everyone involved
- Ensuring stakeholder engagement
- Analysing and identifying stakeholders
- Profiling and mapping stakeholder interests and issues
- Developing a Communications Plan
- Measuring communication effectiveness
Aligning the Vision, Blueprint and Business Case
- Creating the Vision and Blueprint
- Designing a model of the future organisation
- Modelling processes, organisation, information
- The Business Case
- Creating and evolving the Business Case
- Validating against the Vision and Blueprint
- Testing the ongoing viability of the programme
Governing the Programme
- Planning and controlling the programme
- Deciding on the structure of the tranches
- Defining the contents of a Programme Plan
- Resourcing the programme
- Identifying how the programme will be controlled with associated responsibilities
- Benefits management
- Mapping, profiling and categorising benefits
- Employing the benefits management cycle
- Managing risks and issues
- Controlling the aggregated risk profile
- Responding to threats and opportunities
- Resolving issues
- Quality and assurance management
- Designing a Quality and Assurance Management Strategy for a programme
- Achieving the right level of quality
- Applying the principles of assurance management
Foundation and Practitioner Exams
- Preparing for the exams
- Gaining insight into the exam process
- Practising with sample exam questions