Duration: 5 Days

One step up from the PRINCE2® Practitioner Certificate, Managing Successful Programmes® Practitioner Certificate brings together the principles of project management on a large scale, to allow project managers to master highly complex, multi project portfolios.

   Who Should Attend -

Programme managers and members of the programme management board, with responsibility for management of a programme.

   What is it about?

The Managing Successful Programmes® Practitioner Certificate is about developing a full understanding of the knowledge and techniques required for the management of a portfolio of projects.

  Course Overview

The following areas will be covered, and will be followed by a case study and exam preparation time.  Prerequisites Project Management experience or Project Board experience is required. Some pre-course material is provided which should be fully read and understood before the course start. This is an intensive course and some evening work will be required during the course.

The Examination
The Practitioner examination is an open book (MSP® Manual only) objective test examination based on a given scenario and lasting 150 minutes. There are 8 questions each worth 10 marks, making a total of 80 marks. The pass mark is 50%.

Managing Successful Programmes describes the framework and strategies of Programme Management. Programme Management is an integral part of OGC's Best Practice portfolio.

Please note that the APM Group require every candidate's identification to be verified by the examination invigilator. You will be required to produce some photographic identification before being allowed to take the exam.

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Transformational Flow

• Identifying a Programme
• Defining a Programme
• Managing the Tranches
• Delivering the Capability
• Realising the Benefits
• Closing a Programme 

  Writing terms of reference

• Sponsoring group
• Programme Director
• Business Change Manager
• Programme Manager
• Programme Support Office
• Capabilities and characteristics

  Compiling a Blueprint

• Expanding the Programme Vision Statement
• The required business model
• Service levels & Key Performance measures
• Support systems

  Planning a programme

• Scheduling projects
• Resource sharing
• Defining tranches
• Handling dependencies

Running a programme

• Issue management
• Risk management
• Quality management
• Benefits Realisation
• Programme Benefit Reviews

What will I get out of it?

• A framework to develop a programme definition from a brief
• A set of KPIs to measure the success of a programme
• An understanding of the roles, skills and attributes for a successful programme
• Techniques to compile a programme blueprint
• The ability to develop a risk management strategy
• Better communication lines for project/programme interfaces