Tag Archive: MSP

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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Nov
30

Document management over the programme lifecycle (MSP).

Appendix A of the manual “Managing Successful Programmes” is titled Programme Information. The appendix contains information about the information that is needed in order to manage a programme successfully. Appendix A contains the following paragraphs: A1: Introduction A2: Working with programme information A3: Programme information evaluation A4: Programme information A5: Programme information responsibilities In this …

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Nov
30

GOV Planning & control: the projects dossier

The projects dossier is a summary description of all the projects and their outputs. The projects together will deliver the required future state as described in the programme’s blueprint. The projects dossier contain information about existing projects as well as information about the projects that still have to start. So he Projects Dossier also shows …

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Nov
24

Managing Successful Programmes: brief overview

MSP is another best practise from the office of Government Commerce (OGC). They provide to the public their best practise on procurement, programme management and project management. For project management OGC’s knowledge and experience is put together in the Prince2 project management standard. One of the basics of Prince2 is its Product Based approach. MSP …

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Nov
23

MSP web log open for business ;-)

Last week I’ve started a programme management course called “Managing successful programmes”. The reason to do this? It felt natural to do this course in order to assure my obtained Prince2 experience and my business experience running programmes and projects. At my department I see a lot of programmes, but I’m not sure if they …

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