MSP® 2011 Courses

APMG has revised the MSP official manual "Managing Successful Programs " and as such the 2007 version of MSP training courses has been updated to MSP Version 2011.

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

• 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