MSP-Practitioner : BUNDLE PACK LEARNING TOOLS INCLUDED

Exam Format
Objective testing
70 question items per paper
42 marks required to pass - 60%
Two-and-a-half hours’ duration

Equips you with the expertise to effectively apply MSP principles and best practices, ensuring measurable value is delivered to your organization.

Open book exam. Candidates may use the official printed hard copy of the Managing Successful Programmes 5th Edition. The manual may be annotated and tabulated but no sticky notes or loose-leaf papers containing additional notes will be allowed.

Skills
bullet-pointAdvanced programme management
bullet-pointGovernance and Strategy
bullet-pointRisk and Benefits Management

What will you learn?
Programme Management
Develop expertise in programme management best practices, mastering principles, themes and processes to help organizations manage programmes effectively.

Stakeholder Engagement
Learn how to effectively manage diverse stakeholders, including executives, sponsors, team members, suppliers and customers, with advanced communication and relationship-building skills.

Governance and Control
Gain an in-depth understanding of programme governance, including setting up and maintaining governance structures, accountability mechanisms and assurance processes to deliver programme success.

Benefits Realization
Master techniques for identifying, defining, tracking and realizing the full range of benefits a programme is intended to deliver, with a focus on benefits measurement and realization.

Resource Management
Learn how to allocate and optimize resources (human, financial and material) effectively, even in complex and changing environments, to achieve programme objectives.

Problem Solving
Develop expertise in addressing complex programme management challenges and resolving issues efficiently and effectively.

Risk and Issue Management
Acquire advanced knowledge of identifying, assessing and managing risks and issues that can impact a programme's success.

Quality Management
Understand quality assurance and control processes to ensure that programme deliverables and outcomes meet or exceed defined quality standards.

Tailoring
Learn how to tailor the MSP 5th edition method to suit the specific needs and context of your programme and organization.

For project, programme and business change managers who want to apply the MSP framework to real-life scenarios.

MSP is the go-to certification and guidance for programme managers, business change managers and the next step for project managers to develop their knowledge and skills to be able to positively respond to the challenges they face when managing programmes and larger, more strategic or multiple projects.

Target Audience
MSP Practitioner is designed for project, programme and business change managers who want to apply the MSP framework to real-life scenarios. Practitioner is a must-have certification for both project and programme management professionals who need to deliver organizational value for their employers and to boost their careers.

See the MSP Practitioner 4th Edition page for more information about the previous version of this certification.

Pre-Requisites
Before sitting the Practitioner exam, you must first pass Foundation.

Booking an exam where Pre-Requisites Apply
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During Open Book examinations you have the option to use your Official Core Guidance Paperback Book, if you have one, or your Official Core Guidance eBook. Learn more here.

Certification Renewal
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Sample Question and Answers

QUESTION 1
Which of the following statements best defines 'transformational Flow'?

A. Common factors of success derived from lessons learned in programmes that had both positive and negative results
B. Allow organizations to put in place right leadership, delivery team, robust organization structures and controls
C. Provides a route through lifecycle of a programme, from its conception through to delivering new capability
D. Temporary flexible organization created to coordinate, direct and oversee implementation of set of related projects

Answer: C

QUESTION 2
Which of the following is a critical organizational element?

A. Leading change
B. Stakeholder engagement
C. Quality management and assurance
D. Delivery mechanisms for change

Answer: D

QUESTION 3
Which of the following is kind of a vision led programme?

A. Programme evolved from concurrent, individual projects with need to ensure compliance to organization strategy
B. Must do programmes due to change in legislation
C. Public programme started to fulfil electoral promises
D. Programme focused on bringing organization in tune with laws of the country of operations

Answer: C

QUESTION 4
Which of the following is a programme management principle?

A. Quality and assurance management
B. Remaining aligned with corporate strategy
C. Leadership and stakeholder management
D. Realizing the benefits

Answer: B

QUESTION 5
Which of the following is not correct about 'Leading change'?

A. Appoint right people at right time
B. Actively engage stakeholder
C. Create novel solutions to problems
D. Get approval from sponsoring group

Answer: D