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MSP® Overview
This course is a rapid run through of the key principles of Programme Management and the processes that should be followed to achieve a successful outcome according to the Managing Successful Programme (MSP) framework.
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The course will cover the MSP methodology identifying the key elements and critical success factors for any programme and will provide an effective introduction for groups and teams of all levels at the start of an implementation or adoption of these techniques. It can also act as very effective preparation for the 5 day course.
Senior managers, Programme leaders, Project teams, Business analysts and Operations staff involved in change programmes or who wishes to understand what MSP can do for their programmes or organisation.
- Appreciate the framework offered by MSP to support programmes
- Become familiar with the roles and responsibilities associated with using MSP, such as the SRO, Programme Manager and Business Change Manager
- Appreciate the relationship between MSP’s principles, its transformational flow and its governance themes
- Appreciate the tension between strategy, programmes and business as usual
The course relays the importance of an orderly management of change which, in a programme environment, is especially difficult to achieve. The focus of the overview course is to highlight the strengths of the MSP framework, notably its emphasis on an orderly transition between the changes delivered by the programme and the operational environment that is to receive it, and, in addition, the techniques offered to identify and measure benefits.
The course will help you gain an awareness of the MSP framework, to appreciate the roles involved in its use and to understand the benefits of using the approach to manage programmes.
- The key steps and the interface with strategic change drivers
- The key elements of taking a programme from concept to reality
- Controls to assure delivery of the new capability and the benefits
- Organisational change concepts and interventions required to release benefits
- The role of the projects in a programme scenario
- Steps in a structured Closure to ensure that the defeat is not snatched from the jaws of victory
- Painting a picture of a better future supported by a detailed description of the outcomes
- The key roles and layers of control within a programme
- Critical role of benefits and the processes that define and release them
- Levels of Risk, responsibilities and mitigation strategies that can be used
- Identify the contents of a Programme Plan and the role of Tranches and the Dependency Network
- Techniques that can be used for identifying and managing stakeholders and effective communications
- Key elements and its role as a control tool within a programme
- Look at the role of Audit, Assurance and Configuration Management within a programme
There are no pre-requisites for this course and it is designed for people with minimal experience.
About the Lead Trainer
Toby is a Project, Programme and Risk Management trainer with over twenty years’ experience in both public and private sector delivery. An accountant by profession, he is a rare breed in that he does indeed have a sense of humour. Very much a family man, if you meet him, no doubt you will hear about the ‘Boos’ in his attempt to bring aspects of the subject to life.
