MSP Practitioner Course Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
Introduction This Practitioner course is a PeopleCert Accredited Course that covers the elements contained in the AXELOS Syllabus for the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner Course. The Practitioner course is aimed at individuals who have successfully completed their MSP Foundation examination and now need to review in detail MSP Principles, Governance Themes and Transformation Flows. The delegates are expected to apply their programme management experience and knowledge of MSP to a given scenario. The course will use a mix of tutorial, group work and self-study to enhance the individual learning including the use of sample examination papers to familiarise participants with the Practitioner examination. Learning outcomes of the course On completion of the course the participants should be able to: Discuss the structure and contents of MSP Practitioner examination paper. Explain the Glossary of MSP Practitioner examination questions types. Apply understanding of MSP and project management to answer MSP practitioner examination questions.
Course
The course will examine:
Contents and structure of a MSP Practitioner examination paper including:
Contents of Practitioner Paper including Scenario, Question and Answer
Booklets
Glossary of examination question types
General advice on answering examination questions
Analysis of a Case Study to provide delegates with the opportunity to put some of the
theory obtained during the classroom sessions into practice by using a reproduction
of a real-life project, albeit limited by practicality constraints. It is divided into the
following areas:
- Scenario
- Organisation
- Vision
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Benefits Management
- Planning and Control
- Risk and Issue Management
- Business Case
- Quality and Assurance
Case Study exercises have been styled in a similar manner to the Practitioner
Examination question style, with roughly the same amount of information provided.
Sample Practitioner Examination questions
Conclusion
Practitioner Examination
The Practitioner exam uses objective test questions which require a candidate to choose a
response to a question from a set of choices for which the correct answer is pre-determined.
The question types include:
- Classical Multiple Choice
- Multiple Response
- Matching
- Sequencing
- Assertion/Reason
Reference to the candidates’ own annotated MSP manual is permitted. No additional support
material is permitted, including use of post-it notes and stapled sheets. A candidate, may
however, index their manual.
The examination is two and a half hours in duration. This includes any time required to
analyse the scenario and any additional information required to answer the questions.
The Question Booklet will contain eight questions, each covering a different syllabus area
which will be clearly identified at the beginning of each question. Each of the eight questions
contains 10 question lines, each of which attracts 1 mark, giving a total of 80 marks. The
pass mark is 40 (50%). Each of the eight questions will be sub-divided into parts. Each of
the ‘part-questions’ will identify the portion of the 10 marks allocated to it. You are expected
to answer all questions and part-questions
Prerequisites
To gain the most from the Practitioner Course we recommend that delegates should have had
prior experience or awareness of programmes and the programme management
environment. Prior to Day One of the course, delegates should have completed their pre-course study pack. The course content and timing is based on the assumption that they will have done so.
It is essential that the delegates have passed their Foundation Examination.
RKA/JCS – MSP Practitioner Course Outline V12.0 Jan2018
MSP® is a registered trademark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. The Swirl logo™ is a trade mark of the AXELOS Limited used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.
MSP Practitioner Course Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
Introduction This Practitioner course is a PeopleCert Accredited Course that covers the elements contained in the AXELOS Syllabus for the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner Course. The Practitioner course is aimed at individuals who have successfully completed their MSP Foundation examination and now need to review in detail MSP Principles, Governance Themes and Transformation Flows. The delegates are expected to apply their programme management experience and knowledge of MSP to a given scenario. The course will use a mix of tutorial, group work and self-study to enhance the individual learning including the use of sample examination papers to familiarise participants with the Practitioner examination. Learning outcomes of the course On completion of the course the participants should be able to: Discuss the structure and contents of MSP Practitioner examination paper. Explain the Glossary of MSP Practitioner examination questions types. Apply understanding of MSP and project management to answer MSP practitioner examination questions.
Course
The course will examine:
Contents and structure of a MSP Practitioner examination paper including:
Contents of Practitioner Paper including Scenario, Question and Answer
Booklets
Glossary of examination question types
General advice on answering examination questions
Analysis of a Case Study to provide delegates with the opportunity to put some of the
theory obtained during the classroom sessions into practice by using a reproduction
of a real-life project, albeit limited by practicality constraints. It is divided into the
following areas:
- Scenario
- Organisation
- Vision
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Benefits Management
- Planning and Control
- Risk and Issue Management
- Business Case
- Quality and Assurance
Case Study exercises have been styled in a similar manner to the Practitioner
Examination question style, with roughly the same amount of information provided.
Sample Practitioner Examination questions
Conclusion
Practitioner Examination
The Practitioner exam uses objective test questions which require a candidate to choose a
response to a question from a set of choices for which the correct answer is pre-determined.
The question types include:
- Classical Multiple Choice
- Multiple Response
- Matching
- Sequencing
- Assertion/Reason
Reference to the candidates’ own annotated MSP manual is permitted. No additional support
material is permitted, including use of post-it notes and stapled sheets. A candidate, may
however, index their manual.
The examination is two and a half hours in duration. This includes any time required to
analyse the scenario and any additional information required to answer the questions.
The Question Booklet will contain eight questions, each covering a different syllabus area
which will be clearly identified at the beginning of each question. Each of the eight questions
contains 10 question lines, each of which attracts 1 mark, giving a total of 80 marks. The
pass mark is 40 (50%). Each of the eight questions will be sub-divided into parts. Each of
the ‘part-questions’ will identify the portion of the 10 marks allocated to it. You are expected
to answer all questions and part-questions
Prerequisites
To gain the most from the Practitioner Course we recommend that delegates should have had
prior experience or awareness of programmes and the programme management
environment. Prior to Day One of the course, delegates should have completed their pre-course study pack. The course content and timing is based on the assumption that they will have done so.
It is essential that the delegates have passed their Foundation Examination.
RKA/JCS – MSP Practitioner Course Outline V12.0 Jan2018
MSP® is a registered trademark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. The Swirl logo™ is a trade mark of the AXELOS Limited used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.
