MSP Programme Management 2011 Update - What's Changed?

Aug. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- MSP® 2011 Update

The latest version of the Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) guide will be launched on 30 August 2011. The refresh has taken 18 months to mature through four reviews by experienced practitioners and consultants. The guidance is now mature and valued by organisations across the world, so great care had to be taken that changes were adding value, not destabilising other elements of the guide and achieved the mandate provided to the authoring team.

The result is a guide with additional and improved guidance that has built on the experience and body of knowledge that will help organisations deliver better programmes in the future and cements the MSP position as the thought leading guidance on delivering transformational programmes.

What changes will you find in the new MSP Guide?

There are a lot of valuable additions to the manual that will make things clearer for practitioners and people who are new to programme management, these include:

# Each Governance Theme chapter now has a section outlining how that Theme relates to each of the Transformation Flow processes.

# Throughout the guidance there are new “Hints” on practical ways to apply the guidance, one of these is the introduction of the Workstream concept for example
The concept of the Tranche has been clarified, with specific guidance on the risk of overlapping Tranches.

# All the Governance Theme “processes” have now been renamed “cycles” to avoid confusion with the Transformational Flow processes.

# Improved guidance for each key role, through updated tables in the Transformational Flow and more practical “Area of Focus” advice at the end of each of the Theme chapters.

# The role guidance in the Governance Themes and Transformational Flow for the Sponsoring Group and Programme Board has been removed, to focus the attention on the individuals who sit on these groups rather than the collective responsibility which can reduce clarity.

# Benefits Management chapter has practical advice on techniques and categorisation, a new cycle of activities with better vocabulary integration with the other chapters
New references to the relationship between the programme Blueprint and project requirements.

# Quality Management includes a significant new section on Assurance
Risk and Issue Management chapter has applied the Management of Risk guidance specifically to the programme environment and the section of issue Management has significantly improved.

# Appendix A has been refreshed with a new layout for the way the information is presented and some rationalisation has been undertaken.


MSP® 2011 Training

First updated MSP Training Course: 19-23 September 2011

SPOCE will be running the first MSP 2011 training course in Bournemouth during the week commencing 19 September 2011. Further courses are available throughout the year in Bournemouth, London, Manchester and Nottingham.

This new event is available as a 3-day MSP Foundation course or a 5-day MSP Foundation and Practitioner course.

Be one of the first to certify on this new updated MSP guidance: http://www.spoce.com/courses/msp/msp-open-course-dates.aspx


Free Introductory Sessions

SPOCE will be holding a day of free introduction sessions in Central London on Tuesday 11th October 2011. The sessions are designed to provide an overview of PRINCE2® Project Management, APMP Certification and MSP® Programme Management. You are invited to register for the full day or any one of the three sessions.

09.30am – 12.00pm : PRINCE2 Overview
12.15pm – 01.15pm : APMP for PRINCE2® Practitioners
01.30pm – 04.00pm : Introduction to MSP®

Dates:
- 11 October, Central London
- 06 December, Central London

http://www.spoce.com/courses/seminars.aspx

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