PPM MSP® Combined (Foundation & Practitioner)

Identification Programme

• Detailed review of techniques to take a programme from concept to feasibility and a Programme Brief.
• Definition Programme
• Development of future business models and planning and application to a case study.

Managing the Tranche

• Steps and mechanisms used to enable the programme to flex to external events and keep the programme under control.

Realising Benefits

• Application of steps and activities required to take the capabilities delivered by the projects to release the benefits.

Delivering Capability

• Design of case study project portfolio to ensure that they deliver the required capabilities to the change programme.

Closing a Programme

• Steps in a structured Closure to ensure that the defeat is not snatched from the jaws of victory.

Benefits Management

• Identifying and defining, from the case study of a benefits strategy, followed by profiling and modelling their delivery.

Organisation and Governance

• Design an organisational structure for a programme, identifying responsibilities and additional roles that could be required.

Vision and Blueprint

• Establishing a viable Vision on which the programme should be based, and developing an optimal end game Blueprint that steers the programme.

Risk and Issue Management

• Apply the 4 levels of Risk to the scenario, develop mitigation strategies and a process for resolution of issues.

Planning and Control

• Define the contents of a Programme Plan and identify how the programme will be controlled, with associated responsibilities and tools.

Stakeholder Engagement and Leadership

• Identify and analyse the stakeholders, profile and map their interests and issues and develop the Communications Plan.

Business Case

• Look at the challenges for the Business Case in the case study scenario and its use as a control tool.

Quality Management

• Design a Quality Management Strategy for a programme and the issues associated with implementation.