Why use MSP®?

 The key advantages of the learning  the MSP approach are:-
  • You will have the knowledge of a complete and well defined programme management methodology.
  • You will have an internationally recognised qualification in the most widely accepted programme approach in the Aotearoa/New Zealand context.
  • You can take this knowledge and competence to a market where there is rapidly increasing recognition of, and requirement for programme managers to be certified.
  • You will have access to readily available reference material.

Advantages of MSP to you and your Organisation

 Applying the MSP approach to programmes has the following advantages to your organisation or clients:-
  • A strong focus on final outcomes, business benefits and step changes in capability.
  • Excellent fit with the organisation’s project management method including PRINCE2® and PMBoK® . Note that while MSP does require that the organisation has a project management approach it does not require it to be PRINCE2 
  • While PRINCE2 (and generally all other project management approaches) demand clarity in terms of objectives, MSP is more able to operate within an ambiguous or emergent organisational strategy.
  • A programme layer is highly advantageous in an environment where delivery activities are complicated, with many interdependencies, and where there is going to be major organisational change that needs to be carefully managed.
  • A programme layer would also be highly advantageous for significant benefits realisation and tracking as well as complex and/or sensitive stakeholder management.
  • If you have a major business problem with no clear solution, MSP will provide you with a framework for developing the preferred option.  MSP has the concept of a Blueprint which, like the construction metaphor, describes the future solution from different angles.  You can build Blueprints for each solution option, with corresponding Business Cases, to support differentiation.  If it turned out that the selected solution could be managed as a project, you could move to PRINCE2 (or any other project management method) or create multiple projects under a programme umbrella. 
  • If you started down the project path with PRINCE2 (or any other project management approach) and then realised that the complexity was far higher than expected, then MSP would provide the framework for moving to a programme management layer while continuing to operate the constituent projects. 
  • Finally MSP defines artifacts which are useful in a complex project, and which PRINCE2 doesn’t provide (or only in a limited way).  These include:-
          -  Blueprint – Description of the future state;
          -  Approaches to defining, managing and realising benefits;
          -  Approaches to defining and managing stakeholders; and
          -  Cross project resource management.

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MSP Overview

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Application in NZ

​Geoff, our course developer, introduced it to Australasia. Paul has an in-depth consulting practice here. Click here for more details on application....

​Not Just Formula

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​Acknowledgements
Project Results is an Agile PM™, Better Business Cases™​, Change Management, Managing Benefits, MSP®, and PRINCE2® Accredited Training Organisation (ATO).  ​MoP®, M_o_R®, P3O® and PRINCE2 Agile™ training is provided by Inspiring Projects accredited by PEOPLECERT. Our courseware is developed by Inspiring Projects a division of Aspire Australasia Pty Ltd who is also an ATO for all of these products and MoV®. This accreditation has been given by APMG and PEOPLECERT, who along with accrediting ATOs, provides and moderates exams and accredits our trainers. With this level of accreditation and monitoring you can be confident of a quality course and an internationally recognised qualification.  The APMG-International Better Business Cases is a trade mark of Her Majesty's Treasury. Agile PM™and Change Management, is a trade mark of The APM Group Limited. The Agile PM™​, Change Management and Managing Benefits Swirl Device logo is a trade mark of The APM Group Limited .  MoP®, M_o_R®, MSP®, P3O®, PRINCE2® and PRINCE2 Agile™ and the AXELOS Swirl Device logo are registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.