MSP® 5th Edition Foundation eLearning

• Organizations wishing to benefit from MSP’s best practices

• Prospective and experienced project and program managers hoping to study and become certified in a highly-respected methodology

• Employees seeking to contribute to or lead MSP program management teams

• Students hoping to meet the prerequisites for sitting the MSP Practitioner exam

• Anyone wishing to pass the MSP Foundation exam on their first attempt

• The concepts, responsibilities, and key facts of the Principles and Governance Themes of MSP

• The six MSP Transformational Flow Processes

• How to create and tailor MSP frameworks for real-world organizations

• The importance of leadership and stakeholder engagement in MSP

• MSP’s approach to blueprint design and delivery, risk and issue management, and quality and assurance management

• Everything needed to pass the official MSP Foundation exam

Why should you take this course?

• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) is a highly respected and widely proven project and program management framework, and MSP certifications are in high demand

• MSP 5th Edition is an all-new iteration of the framework, offering up-to-date insight and best practices from the world’s leading program management specialists

• Good e-Learning is an award-winning online training provider

• The course features regular knowledge checks, as well as a practice exam simulator to help students prepare for the official MSP Foundation exam

• The course includes interactive slides, instructor-led videos, and other online training assets created with help from highly experienced MSP practitioners

• Passing the MSP Foundation exam is a prerequisite for sitting the MSP Practitioner exam

• We offer each student 6 months access and a FREE exam voucher, as well as a FREE resit with Exam Pledge (T&Cs apply)

• This course is fully accredited by PeopleCert on behalf of AXELOS

Module 0: Course Overview Learning Objectives

This module introduces the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) 5th Edition Foundation course, providing students with a course guide and outlining the course structure.

Module 1: Key Concepts in Program Management Learning Objectives

This module introduces the key concepts found throughout the MSP Foundation course.

Module 2: The 3 Lenses of MSP Learning Objectives

This module introduces the Principles, Themes, and Processes of MSP. These will be relevant throughout the Foundation and Practitioner courses.

Module 3: The Organization Theme Learning Objectives

This module looks at the MSP Theme of ‘Organization’, which deals with leadership, scrutiny, decision-making, and sponsorship. Students learn what role Organization plays in planning and implementing successful programs.

Module 4: The Design Theme Learning Objectives

The module introduces the MSP Theme of ‘Design’, which deals with how programs are shaped to clarify the end-state, as well as risks, and benefits. Students will learn what the Theme entails and what kind of role it plays in successful program management.

Module 5: The Justification Theme Learning Objectives

This module examines the MSP Theme of ‘Justification’ and the role it plays in successful program management initiatives. Through Justification, MSP users guarantee that investing in a program is worthwhile. It also deals with elements such as budgeting and cash-flow management.

Module 6: The Structure Theme Learning Objectives

This module deals with the MSP Theme of ‘Structure’. This helps users plan how to deliver programs, including how to set the pace of delivering results and how resources such as people, equipment, and facilities are chosen, allocated, and optimized.

Module 7: The Knowledge Theme Learning Objectives

This module looks at the MSP Theme of ‘Knowledge’. This deals with how programs acquire, curate, utilize knowledge, and verify the integrity of knowledge. It also looks at how MSP users take lessons from programs and enable continual improvement.

Module 8: The Assurance Theme Learning Objectives

This module introduces the ‘Assurance’ Theme, which deals with roles, responsibilities, and the ‘three lines of defense’. Students also learn how Assurance supports program governance and how to plan Assurance activities.

Module 9: The Decisions Theme Learning Objectives

This module introduces the ‘Decisions’ Theme. Managers need to make decisions throughout a program’s lifecycle, whether for the sake of resolving issues, responding to risk, or anything else. Following the Theme ensures managers have a proven and well-governed approach to decision-making.

Module 10: The MSP Processes Learning Objectives

This module introduces the Processes of MSP. These guide MSP practitioners through programs, helping them to deliver desired outcomes on time and to an acceptable quality.

Module 11: Course Wrap Up Learning Objectives

This module revisits previously covered course material to help students prepare for the MSP Foundation certification exam.

Practice Exam Simulators Learning Objectives

This module provides two exams designed to help students prepare for the official MSP Foundation certification exam. Students are advised to get used to exam conditions before attempting the real thing.

Once a student feels ready to sit the exam, they can contact the Good e-Learning support team to request a free exam voucher.