Monthly Archive: December 2008

Dec
12

Overview of Sample MSP Exams (updated)

Check these free MSP exam samples – So you’ve prepared yourself for your MSP exam. All you need to do now is find some MSP questions to practise the exam. Ofcourse you can go to a MSP ATO, pay a couple of hundred euro’s for exam training. But another option is to test yourself with …

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Dec
10

Successful Candidate Register for MSP exams

The APMG group has a Successfull Candidate Register available where you can check if somebody has passed the MSP foundation, practitioner or advanced practitioner exam. MSP Advanced Practitioners Candidates who have successfully passed all 3 MSP examinations are entitled to put MSP Advanced Practitioner on their business cards. As an employer you can ask APMG …

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Dec
10

Survey: Are you preparing for a MSP exam?

I just started this MSP weblog and it doesn’t get as many pageviews as my Prince2 weblog but the numbers are raising every day. I’m a little bit curious if you are on this weblog because you’re preparing yourself for a MSP exam, or that you are interested in MSP as a way to manage …

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Dec
08

Stakeholder Analysis, why?

Stakeholder Analysis is a vital tool for identifying those people, groups and organisations who have influence and interest in specific programme interest areas. Clear understanding of the potential influence and interest of the many different stakeholders is a fundamental prerequisite for successful programme management, so stakeholder analysis is a basic tool for achieving this understanding. Stakeholder analysis is a prerequisite for …

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Dec
02

The Transformational flow: overview

The MSP framework is based on three core concepts: MSP principles MSP Governance Themes MSP Transformational Flow In this post I’ll go a little bit more in detail on the programme transformational flow. The Transformational flow: overview The programme mandate is input for Identifying a programme. Output is an approved Programme brief. This Programme brief …

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Dec
01

TF: Identifying a programme (MSP)

In this post we’ll look into the first process from the transformational flow: identifying a programme. Transformational flow The transformational flow looks at how transformational business changes are achieved. The steps needed are iterative and interrelated. The following Transformational flow processes are identified within MSP: Identifying a programme Defining a programme Managing the tranches Delevering …

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