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    Get to know about key principles used in MSP® Foundation

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    The delegates will be trained by well qualified and highly experienced MSP® certified trainers

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    Pentagon Training offers this course at an affordable price as we value your money

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    Understand how to use gained skills in managing programs for better output than before

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    Enhance earning potential by becoming MSP® Foundation Certified

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    PeopleCert fully accredits MSP® Foundation course of Pentagon Training

The management of organisational programs is the most vital asset of an enterprise. The organisations who understand the importance of Program Management can survive in the modern economy.

Pentagon Training introduces MSP® Foundation course to help delegates in breaking organisational structure into smaller and more manageable sizes for implementing best practices in program management. In this course also learn MSP framework which gives strategic outcomes and helps to realise its significant benefits.

Who should take this course

MSP® Foundation course is best suited for the following audience:

  • Project sponsors
  • Senior managers­­­­
  • Senior executives
  • Programme office team members
  • Project delivery team members
  • Senior project managers
  • Program managers
  • Portfolio and Program Management Office managers
  • Business change managers
  • Change managers
  • Programme sponsors
  • Business change team members
  • Business Change Managers (BCMs)
  • Senior Responsible Owners (SRO's)
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Prerequisites

The delegates who want to attend this course should have some experience in program environment and good knowledge of concepts of project management

MSP® does not demand any particular qualification, but the experience of working in well-structured project environment can be beneficial for the delegates.

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What Will You Learn

  • Identify and make use of MSP® processes, governance themes and principles for managing the program
  • Get to know about various benefits of using a consistent and a well-structured approach to programme management
  • Make sure that the projects align with the concepts of MSP®
  • Improved competence which will allow delegates to deliver programs successfully
  • Attain the strategic objectives of the organisation
  • Get sufficient knowledge or understanding required to clear foundation exam
  • Apply the Key concepts and terminologies learnt to their own organisation or into own program management
  • Determine the major difference between a project and a programme
  • Successfully plan and control programmes
  • Manage strategic programmes for better results
  • Understand when and where to use MSP® programme management framework
  • Identify different ways to use programme management for successful planning as well as delivery of programs
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What's included

  Course Overview

Pentagon Training’s MSP® Foundation course covers entire syllabus of MSP foundation and prepares delegates for foundation exam.

The intent of the course is to make sure that the delegate gets an adequate amount of knowledge and skills required to interact efficiently with other members involved in program management and act as an active member of program office team. Understand the MSP® core principles ad terminology used in MSP®.

Get to know about MSP® principles, governance themes and transformational flow process to plan, direct, manage, support a deliver programs successfully.

MSP® provides a consistent approach to all industry sectors for program management. MSP® also helps to make use of organisational resources in a better way. It also provides a better approach for business. Program management and also regulatory change risk.

MSP® framework is based on following concepts:

MSP® Principles

  • MSP® Principles are based on positive and negative feedback from experienced programme managers

MSP® governance themes

  • It helps program managers to structure the approach to managing organisational programs

MSP® transformational flow

  • It provides clear path from start to conclusion of organisational programs

During the course, attain the required skills and knowledge to manage various projects which will suit senior project managers and programme managers. In this MSP® Foundation course, our trainer will give the delegates real world examples so that the delegates can have a clear picture of the subject. After clearing this MSP® Foundation exam, delegates will be eligible to give MSP® Practitioner exam. PeopleCert accredits MSP® Foundation course.

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  Course Content

Module 1

  • Define Program
  • Scope and Objective
  • Key Principles of Program Management
  • MSP® structure and philosophy

Module 2

  • Governance Themes
  • Blueprint Design and Delivery
  • Programme Planning and Control
  • The Business Case
  • Risk Management and Issue Resolution
  • Quality Management
  • Organisation
  • Vision
  • Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement
  • Benefits Realisation Management

Module 3

  • Transformational Flow
  • Identify Program
  • Define Program
  • Manage the Tranches
  • Deliver the Capability
  • Realise the Benefits
  • Close a Programme
  • Programme Office
  • Communicate and envision for better future

Module 4

  • Prepare for MSP® Foundation Exam
  • MSP® Foundation Exam

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About Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire, England. It ranges from 36 square miles. Stoke is polycentric, having been molded by an association of six towns in the early 20th period. It reached its name from Stoke-upon-Trent, where the railway station and the town hall are situated. The four other payments are Burslem, Tunstall, Longton and Fenton.

Geography:

Stoke-on-Trent is situated about half-way between Birmingham and Manchester. It links the town and area of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The city located on the higher hill of the River Trent at the south-west foothills of the Pennines, ranging from 106 to 213 meters (350 to 700 ft.) above sea level. The city is measured to be the southernmost end of the Pennines, restricted by the plains of the Midlands to the south, counting the Cheshire Plain deceitful west of Newcastle. The Peak District National Park lies straight to the east and comprises part of the Staffordshire Moorlands District, as well as parts of Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and West and South Yorkshire.

Climate:

Stoke-on-Trent, as with all of the United Kingdom, practices a temperate nautical weather, missing in weather limits. The local area is comparatively raised due to its nearness to the Pennines, subsequent in cooler temperatures year round likened to the nearby Cheshire Plain. However, on calm, clear nights this is frequently upturned as cold air drainage reasons a temperature overturn to occur. As such, the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle area are not vulnerable to plain frosts. The nearest Met Office weather station is Keele University, about four miles west of the city centre.

The absolute high temperature is 32.9 °C (91.2 °F), logged in August 1990, although more classically the average warmest day of the year should be 27.0 °C (80.6 °F). In total, just under fourteen days should report a temperature of 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) or above.

Demography:

Based on the 2001 survey, the total population of the city was 240,63. This was a warning of 3.5% since 1991. 51.3% of the population is female. 96.3% of the population of Stoke-on-Trent were instinctive in the UK. 94.8% of the population recognised themselves as white, 2.6% as Asian British Pakistani, 0.5% Asian British Indian and 0.3% as Black Afro Caribbean. Concerning faith, 74.7% labelled themselves as Christian, 3.2% Muslim and 13.4% had no religion. In the same survey, 19.9% were recognised as under 15; 21.0% were over 60. A total of 24.2% of non-pensioner families were logged as having no working grownups. In 2011 the population had amplified to 249,000. It is the first time that the city's population has full-grown since it drawn at 276,639 in 1931.

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