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Overview
QA Total Learning™ is our newest and most effective way to learn.
Combining the best of digital and live learning, with access to world-class industry experts, we focus on ensuring you can apply your learning to help drive impactful results in your workplace. What's more, our digital platform gives you the tools to track your progress and manage your own learning.
This course is for existing and aspiring programme managers looking to develop their skills and knowledge and earn an industry best practice qualification in programme management.
Learners may be preparing to transition from a project management role into a programme management position. Alternatively, they could be experienced programme managers or senior managers looking to prove their change implementation skills and enhance their programme credentials by gaining the MSP® (Managing Successful Programmes) Foundation and Practitioner certifications.
In this Total Learning course, learners will have access to both digital and live learning to provide the best possible preparation to pass the MSP Foundation and Practitioner examinations. This includes the official MSP manual and a Digital stage designed around the MSP syllabus, including sample exam questions, quizzes, and a combination of video and written content.
The 3-day virtual Live event focuses on deepening learners’ understanding of the key topics and feedback sessions on exam craft, specifically tailored to MSP exam-style questions. Day 1 of the Live event will focus on the Foundation content and conclude with the Foundation exam. Days 2 and 3 will delve deeper into the Practitioner-level content, focusing on how to apply the principles explored at Foundation as well as covering Practitioner exam techniques to enable learners to confidently progress on to the Practitioner exam.
Accreditation
This course is accredited by PeopleCert and includes the Managing Successful Programmes Foundation and Practitioner examinations.
We are confident in the quality of our course and aim for all our learners pass their exam on their first attempt. However, if you are not successful on your first attempt, our Exam Pass Pledge offers you assurance that we will arrange a free resit, taking the cost and hassle away from you.
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Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for taking the MSP 5th edition Foundation exam. However, to take the MSP 5th edition Practitioner exam, candidates are required to have an MSP 5th edition Foundation certificate.
Course material
Learners undertaking this course will be provided with an eBook of the official course manual to support their learning, instructions on how to access the eBook will be provided with the course joining instructions.
Please note: For open book exams learners are permitted to use a second device to access the official course manual, the use of dual monitors is not permitted during the exam.
Please ensure you bring a device such as a mobile phone, tablet or laptop to be able to load your course material on to as you may need this for use in the evenings.
Outline
This Total Learning course consists of three key stage, all explained during a 1-hour virtual kick off session, which includes a Q&A session:
Digital stage
The Digital Learning is valid for 3 months from the date of the kick off session
During the digital stage, learners will work through online content exploring the MSP syllabus through a series of modules. The MSP Digital modules contain digital learning designed around the MSP syllabus, exam hints and tips, sample exam questions, quizzes, and a combination of video and written content.
The Foundation-focused digital modules include:
The Practitioner-focused digital modules include:
Live event
During the 3-day virtual Live event, learners will work individually and in teams to consolidate the MSP Foundation and Practitioner theory through practical, exam-focused activities. The facilitator will use Miro to create a digital workspace environment, enabling a collaborative and interactive learning experience.
Exam
After the Live event, learners will progress on to the MSP Practitioner exam.
Note: We recommend that learners pre-book their MSP Foundation exams from 4:30pm after Day 1 of the Live event.
Learners can select a suitable timeslot for their Practitioner exams following the full 3-day Live event. We know that some learners prefer to schedule this soon after the event itself, where others prefer a short break to revise the content. Booking via PeopleCert will give the learner the choice.
PeopleCert exams take place remotely via PeopleCert Online Proctoring. On the afternoon of the last day of your course, learning will continue until approximately 4.00pm. When booking your exam, please ensure that it is for a time after the course has concluded and at a time convenient for you. You will be required to download and install ExamShield and conduct a compatibility test prior to sitting the exam.
About the Foundation exam:
About the Practitioner exam:
Certification
If you need training for 3 or more people, you should ask us about onsite training. Putting aside the obvious location benefit, content can be customised to better meet your business objectives and more can be covered than in a public classroom. Its a cost effective option. One on one training can be delivered too, at reasonable rates.
Submit an enquiry from any page on this site and let us know you are interested in the requirements box, or simply mention it when we contact you.
All $ prices are in USD unless it’s a NZ or AU date
SPVC = Self Paced Virtual Class
LVC = Live Virtual Class
Our clients have included prestigious national organisations such as Oxford University Press, multi-national private corporations such as JP Morgan and HSBC, as well as public sector institutions such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Health.
