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Managing Successful Programmes
 

Managing Successful Programmes has undergone a major rewrite in the last 12 months and will be released in September 2007, code named MSP07.

Aspire Europe has been at centre of the changes, we have provided the OGC Lead Author and as such we are in a unique position to help customers to adopt the new approach. We will be first to market with our course and can offer a range of services to your clients

 

How can we help

We are offering a range of services and products to support organisations to adopt to MSP, as authors and MSP Registered Consultants, no one will be in a better position to help you than us, with:

  • MSP07 Briefings for you to run in-house
  • MSP07 1 day overviews available in-house and at public venues
  • MSP07 Impact Assessments on your current methodology, we can combine this with a P3M3 maturity assessment as well
  • MSP07 Qualification courses start in October

For more information, please call us on 01275 848099 or email rod.sowden@aspireeurope.com

 
 

What is different?
The manual itself is significantly bigger in terms of words, with more guidance on how to deal with the different aspects of programme management. The major changes can be summarised by as follows:

 
 

 

 
 
Major terminology changes
The first thing that is going to strike people when they open the manual is the new terminology. A requirement of the author brief was to differentiate programme and project terminology. These are the key ones that you should be aware of.
Was Now
MSP Principles Governance Themes
MSP Lifecycle Transformational Flow
Project Portfolio Project Dossier
 
     
 

Chapter changes
There are now 19 chapters in the book, 6 of them are completely new, with a number of changes to the others. Significant work has gone into all the chapters so you will find new concepts and ideas throughout the publication

Vision is new Blueprint Design and
Delivery is new
Programme
Management
Principles is new
Managing the
Tranche replaces
Governing the Programme
Delivering the
Capability replaces
Managing the Portfolio
Realising the
Benefits replaces
Managing Benefits
Health Check is new Programme Office is new Adopting MSP is new
 
 

 

 
 

Document changes
There are significant improvements to the document, with greater consistency of approach and to fill gaps that previously existed. These are the new documents

Programme Definition Document Information Management Strategy Monitoring and Control Strategy
Information Management Plan Quality Management Plan Resource Management Plan
Stakeholder Profiles Programme Preparation Plan  
 
     
 

Qualification Changes
In line with the changes to the MSP manual, there has been an extensive revamp of the supporting qualifications,. This table summarises the changes.

Examination cut over will occur from September 2007 through to February 2008.

Old New Impact
MSP03 Foundation MSP07 Foundation No change, simple multichoice
MSP03 Intermediate MSP07 Practitioner Now complex multi choice format
MSP03 Practitioner MSP07 Advanced Practitioner More complex
written exam with case study
NA Practitioner upgrad
to Advanced
TBC, likely to be one day
Registered Consultant Registered Consultant No change
 
     
 

There will also be an upgrade qualification to enable current MSP practitioners to migrate to Advanced, the details of this have not been released, it is likely to be a simple test of their MSP07 knowledge, possibly a multiple choice.

Aspire Europe will begin running MSP07 courses in parallel with MSP03 from October through to January to enable anyone wishing to do re-sits or finish off on the old material.

 
     
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