COURSE DESCRIPTION:This three-day course provides participants with a
thorough understanding of the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
programme management methodology, providing the knowledge needed to
confidently understand and explain the use of MSP to manage programmes
in line with strategic aims of a business and the its day-to-day
running. Delivered by fully accredited trainers and industry leading
experts who have extensive experience using MSP, the course includes a
relevant, modern case study to help delegates understand how to apply
the MSP way of managing programmes in the real world. There is also
plenty of opportunity for participants to present their exercise
results and discuss them with the rest of the class, thus gaining
further knowledge from many different points of view, in many
different industries.
COURSE TOPICS:
● MSP Introduction and Overview – What is a programme?
What is programme management? MSP Structure
● MSP Framework and Concepts – Principles, governance
themes, transformational flow, management strategies and plans.
● VISION – What is a vision’? What makes a good Vision
Statement?
● Identifying a Programme – Programme Mandate. Linking to
Policy and Strategy. Preparing a Programme Brief. Planning to Define
the Program.
● Blueprint Design and Delivery – What is a Blueprint,
and what does it contain? Developing a Blueprint from the Vision
Statement.
● Defining a Programme – Creating a Programme Definition
Document (including the Project Dossier, the Programme Plan and the
Programme Business Case).
● Planning and Control – What is a Programme Plan and how
is it developed? The Project Dossier. Resourcing and scheduling.
● Benefits Realisation Management – The key driver for
the program. How benefits realisation links to achieving strategic
objectives. Outcome relationship models and Benefit Maps. Planning for
benefits realisation.
● Organisation and the Programme Office – Organisation
and leadership. Organisational structure, the key roles and their
responsibilities. What is a Programme Office and what service does it
provide.
● The Business Case – Developing, managing and reviewing
the program’s Business Case.
● Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement – Leadership as
opposed to management. How leaders’ actively engage stakeholders.
Analysing and engaging with stakeholders. Stakeholder maps and
matrices.
● Managing the Tranches – Implementing governance
arrangements. Establishing tranches. Managing risks and issues.
● Delivering the Capability and Realising the benefits
Co-ordinating and managing projects on the Project Dossier. Starting
and closing projects. Maintaining alignment with the program. Ensuring
that project outputs are fit for purpose and can be integrated into
operations, so that benefits can be realised. Pre-transition,
transition and post-transition activities.
● Quality and Assurance Management – Critical Success
Factors. The scope of programme quality and assurance management.
Quality processes. Configuration Management. Quality Management
Strategy and Plan. Information Management Strategy and Plan.
● Risk Management and Issue Resolution- Principles,
approach and strategy for managing risks and resolving issues.
Managing and controlling changes in programmes.
● Closing a Programme- Formal confirmation of completion.
Finalizing programme information.
LEARNING GOALS:
● Understand the principles and structure of MSP.
● Understand the benefits of a structured method in a
changing environment.
● Explain the MSP process model.
● Understand the MSP themes.
● Draft a Programme brief and Vision Statement.
● Propose a Programme organisation structure.
● Engage with stakeholders at all levels.
● Understand the vision and the blueprint and how they can
be applied to the best advantage.
● Apply progress control mechanisms.
● Appreciate the principles of programme level quality and
risk management.
● Realize the importance of configuration management
COURSE AGENDA:
DAY 1
● MSP® Introduction and Overview
● MSP® Framework and Concepts
● Identifying a Programme
● Blueprint Design and Delivery
● Defining a Programme
● Planning and Control
DAY 2
● Benefits Realisation Management
● Organisation and the Programme Office
● The Business Case
● Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement
● Managing the Tranches
● Delivering the Capability and Realising the benefits
● Quality and Assurance Management
● Risk Management and Issue Resolution
● Closing a Programme
WHO CAN ATTEND?
● Newly appointed programme managers who may have a
background in managing projects, but have not previously operated in a
transformational change environment.
● Senior managers who will sponsor the change, or perhaps
be held accountable for its success.
● Operational managers charged with embedding the change in
their area.
● Operational staff undertaking a role in the programme or
related projects.
● Programme office staff (PMO) wishing to build upon their
project management knowledge.
● Experienced project managers.
● Those seeking a professional qualification in programme
management.
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