MSP: Managing Successful Programmes

Introduction

Managing Successful programmes (MSP) provides those responsible for managing programmes with a best practice approach applicable to any type of organisational transition or programme. MSP is designed to assist organisations in delivering successful change.

What is

It is an advanced programme management framework to help change managers and general managers deliver the business benefits required from major change, whilst addressing the need for sensible governance and control over multiple projects. MSP is a principled driven programme management framework for implementing business strategies and large scale change, where there is a “vision” of the programme’s outcome – a transformed organisation. The path to achieving the vision may deviate and change direction. The vision itself may require adapting as work progresses and individual projects deliver against their approved plans.
Programme Management helps to:
Organise, Manage, Accommodate and Control …these changes so that the eventual outcome meets the objectives set by the business strategy.

Benefits

MSP was developed to help achieve excellence by improving practices, offering better services and preparing more effectively for the future.

Its approach brings numerous benefits.

Users find out how to:

• Plan effectively
• Focus on outcomes
• Respond to internal and external change
• Define responsibilities and clear lines of communication
• Involve stakeholders
• Analyse risk
• Audit and manage quality

MSP creates a structured framework that acknowledges that every programme is unique but at the same time must be universally applicable, deliver quality outcomes and lasting benefits.

By creating a framework that encourages organisation to focus on outcomes and anticipate issues in advance, MSP offers a framework that is proven to work even for most challenging, multiple programmes. Because MSP has far-reaching organisational implications, it will involve a wide range of people, for example:

• Policy and strategy developers who are initiating change to ensure the policy or strategy has a feasible delivery route
• Members of the executive management board responsible for commissioning programmes
• Business managers responsible for the realisation of the benefits identified with a programme
• People involved in the direction, steering or management of projects that are part of a programme
• Review team leaders and members involved in assessing programmes
• People who are members of project team whose projects are to be implemented within a programme
• Management consultancies and service providers working within a programme

MSP helps all organisations achieve successful outcomes from their programme management time and time again. Its framework allows users to consistently manage a huge variety of programmes so that they deliver quality outcomes and lasting benefits.

Information Sheets

• MSP Foundation & Practitioner (5 days)
  

Testimonials

“Guy Eastoe, and the folks at Snaptech, provided an insightful and useful framework for managing programmes. The Managing Successful Programmes course outlined a clear emphasis on benefits realisation as well as delivering capability. I was also keen to understand that ambiguity in a programme is not only normal but in fact expected! Guy facilitated the course material well, and it was great to get some insight into his own real world experience.”

Taylor Kerrie (Old Mutual)