Managing Successful Programmes MSP ™ Training Course
The Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) training course is ideal for programme managers and budding programme managers to upskill and improve your programme management capabilities – and career opportunities.
Our training course is for the new MSP 5th Edition.
MSP’s new framework and the use of programme management is recognised as a key enabler for organisations to manage transformation initiatives. MSP is being used and adopted more and more within both public and private sectors.
Project Plus and our trainers are accredited by PeopleCert on behalf of AXELOS to deliver the Managing Successful Programmes course and exams.
Our Managing Successful Programmes exams are conducted in our classrooms using paper exam sheets so that you are not distracted by technology issues.
We send you the course handbook in advance of the course for pre-course reading. You are also provided with a digital version of the handbook for your use after the training course.
During the course you should allow some time in the evenings for further work and study.
We provide your provisional exam results for the Foundation exam immediately after you have completed your exam.
We offer you the choice of classroom training courses in Central Auckland or Wellington. For more information please click here or contact us on 04 495 9100 or email us at info@projectplus.co.nz
AXELOS™, and MSP™ are trademarks of Axelos Limited. All rights reserved.
Better Business Cases ™ Certification Training course
Better Business Cases is used in 20 countries as the business case format.
- 2023 saw the 10 year anniversary of the BBC certification course
- 20,000 BBC exams have been taken worldwide in these 10 years.
APMG International conducted a survey in 2023 to understand the value that course participants had gained from participating in the training. Here’s a selection of key results from the recent survey of Better Business Cases candidates:
- When asked if individuals involved in the development and scrutiny of business cases/investment proposals should consider Better Business Cases training & certification to boost their ability, 98% of respondents selected “Strongly Agree” or “Agree”.
- 96% of respondents felt the learning/certification experience equipped them with skills and knowledge they could apply immediately.
- 97% of respondents felt the learning/training experience has enhanced their ability to develop and/or scrutinize business cases and investment proposals.
- When asked if individuals involved in the development and scrutiny of business cases/investment proposals should consider Better Business Cases training & certification to support career progression, over 90% of respondents selected “Strongly Agree” or “Agree”.
- 94% felt the learning/certification experience increased their confidence in developing and renewing business cases/investment proposals.
- When asked if government/public sector departments should consider Better Business Cases guidance, training and certification to help ensure maximum return on investment of taxpayer funds, 97% of respondents selected “Strongly Agree” or “Agree”.
Click here for APMG Internationals details of the BBC course and participants feedback
Recommended by NZ Treasury
The Better Business Cases training course is ideal if you are responsible for influencing or making investment decisions or are responsible for writing or reviewing business cases.
This course will help you understand this world leading, established and proven methodology. It is used by governments in 20 countries to help understand and evaluate potential investments.
The Five Case Model provides a step by step guide to developing a business case by:
- Establishing a clear need for intervention – a case for change
- Setting clear objectives – what you want to achieve from the investment
- Considering a wide range of potential solutions – ensuring an optimal balance of benefits, cost and risk
- Putting the arrangements in place to successfully deliver the proposal.
The course explains the Five Case model which enables effective decision making when scoping and planning proposals in a robust and thorough manner. The Five Case Model includes:
- The strategic case – the investment objectives and strategic fit
- The economic case – optimising for value for money
- The commercial case
- The financial case – affordability
- The management case – deliverability and plans for delivery
Click on the link below for more information:
http://www.projectplus.co.nz/courses/46-better-business-cases-foundation/
Project Plus is accredited by APMG International to deliver Better Business Cases training.
Better Business Cases is a trade mark of His Majesty’s Treasury. All rights reserved.
Building Project Careers with PRINCE2™, PRINCE2 Agile™, MSP™, MoP™ and MoR™4 certification from AXELOS
It is important to develop your project, programme and portfolio management skills. Many organisations use the highly popular frameworks which have been developed by AXELOS™ and you can gain your certification with Project Plus to help you perform and use these frameworks.
Classroom Training
We are accredited to deliver the world’s most popular project, programme and portfolio frameworks certification courses and you can learn in our classroom courses in Wellington and Auckland.
You can gain Foundation certification which covers all of the knowledge or you can obtain both Foundation and Practitioner certification which demonstrates your ability to apply your knowledge.
To reflect the increased costs of exams and manuals, the prices for Axelos courses have been increased for courses from 1 January 2023. Classroom Foundation level courses now cost $2695 plus GST and combined Foundation and Practitioner level courses now cost $3795 plus GST.
You can choose from a wide choice of dates in the first quarter of 2023 to gain your certification, and get upskilled and ready to take your career forward.
Click on the highlighted courses below for more details, dates and to register
• PRINCE2. PRINCE2 6th edition is based upon the tried and tested experience of project management practitioners around the world, and provides the themes, principles, and processes to deliver successful projects of any size and complexity.
• PRINCE2 Agile. PRINCE2 Agile blends the flexibility and responsiveness of Agile with the defined governance of PRINCE2.
• Managing Successful Programmes MSP. MSP (Managing Successful Programmes), 5th edition is the “go to” best practice programme management framework, designed to align programmes and projects with organisational strategy and enable enterprise agility. MSP focuses on the delivery of outcomes and benefits, while mitigating risk and actively engaging stakeholders.
• Management of Portfolios MoP. MoP is comprised of principles, techniques, and practices that will assist in the successful adoption of portfolio management. It is concerned with how to choose the optimal projects and programmes to suit your organisation’s strategic objectives and how to monitor the execution of the projects to optimise the value of the investment portfolio. The focus is on doing the right projects.
• Management of Risk M_o_R4. This certification is only at the Practitioner level and it demonstrates that you understand how to apply and tailor M_o_R® 4 and apply practical risk management in your organisation to enable the creation and protection of value.
Our trainers are all Kiwis, who live in Auckland and Wellington, where we deliver our classroom courses. They each have many years’ training delivery experience and project management experience and are accredited for each course by PeopleCert on behalf of Axelos. They each regularly receive very positive feedback from happy participants.
Project Plus is an Accredited Training Organisation. We are accredited by PeopleCert on behalf of AXELOS and can deliver their certification training courses and invigilate the exams in our classrooms.
All courses are fully catered so that you can concentrate on learning and we provide a paperback copy of your course handbook before the course to allow you to complete some pre course study.
Useful articles about how people have used the AXELOS frameworks can be found at the Axelos Resource Hub.
AXELOS, PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, MSP, MoP and MoR are trade marks of Axelos Limited. All rights reserved.
Building Project Careers
We are ready and able to help organisations to develop your project people and to help project people to upskill themselves to build solid project careers.
In the current employment environment it is important that people can develop their skills and capabilities to support and drive projects and that organisations can support career development to build on and retain their existing talent and to upskill new people.
Classroom Training
At Project Plus our Skills & Knowledge one and two day training courses teach the core project management skills and behaviours and provide a solid footing to help build project careers on.
We are accredited to deliver the world’s most popular project, programme and portfolio frameworks certification courses – PRINCE2™, PRINCE2 Agile™, Management of Programmes MSP™, and Management of Portfolios MoP™. See the links at the bottom of this page for these courses.
We are also accredited to deliver the new Management of Risk M_o_R4™, plus change management, stakeholder engagement and business case certification courses.
Our trainers are all Kiwis, who live in Auckland and Wellington, where we deliver our classroom courses. They each have many years’ training delivery experience and project experience and are accredited for each course by the international accreditation bodies. They each regularly receive very positive feedback from happy participants.
Recruitment
At Project Plus we can help your organisation to recruit the best people to manage and deliver your projects and programmes. Our teams in Auckland and Wellington are available to help you find the best people available whether it is for contract positions or permanent positions.
We specialise in recruiting project people.
If you are looking for the next step in your project career please send your CV to info@projectplus.co.nz.
If you are looking for a new role – please see here
Useful articles
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Direct links to Certification classroom courses
PRINCE2
PRINCE2 Agile
Managing Successful Programmes MSP
Management of Portfolios MoP
Management of Risks M_o_R4
Change Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Better Business Cases
PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, Management of Programmes MSP, Management of Portfolios MoP and Management of Risk M_o_R4 are trade marks of Axelos Limited. Better Business Cases is a trade mark of Her Majesty’s Treasury. All rights reserved.
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