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PROGRAMME AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Professional managers use project and programme management concepts and tools to deliver change and business benefits.

Project management is now recognised as the key competence for achieving pre-determined goals within time and cost constraints. Project management involves starting with clear objectives and systematically organising, planning and controlling the work to achieve them.

Perhaps the most obvious programme and project management (PPM) challenge is to find the right approaches for each particular situation and, increasingly, organisations are looking to equip their people in this regard – guided by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), which develops and disseminates best practice.

The National School has contributed to this process, and all of our activities in support of PPM are underpinned by the work of OGC.

We offer a number of qualifications in PPM:

- APM Group’s Managing Successful Programmes Foundation Certificate;
- APM Group’s Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner Certificate;
- PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate;
- PRINCE2® Practitioner Certificate;
- Association for Project Management APMP Certificate;
- Programme and Project Support Office Certificated (Foundation);
- Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Diploma and Certificate in PPM.

We can offer the new APM Group’s Programme and Project Sponsorship (PPS) qualification for Senior Responsible Owners (SROs).

For further information Juliet Shaljean-Tilley 01344 634 318, gtn 3803 4318 juliet.shaljean-tilley@nationalschool.gsi.gov.uk

Please note:

PRINCE2® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in the UK and other countries.

MSP® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in the UK and other countries.

Managing Successful Programmes – Foundation and Practitioner Certificate

This recently revised programme will prepare you to sit the APM Group (APMG) Managing Successful Programmes Foundation and Practitioner examinations in line with the new standards. You will be required to demonstrate your ability to apply the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Managing Successful Programmes best practice guidance to a complex case study. About 20 hours’ home study is required before taking part in the programme. You’ll need to demonstrate that you have been actively involved in programme management for about two years before applying.

Programme Director Adrian Kent

Code Length Price

PRG1 5 days £2,385

Venue Dates

Sunningdale 19-23 Apr 10, 7-11 Jun 10, 2-6 Aug 10, 18-22 Oct 10, 6-10 Dec 10, 14-18 Feb 11

For further information Gillian Carter 01344 634 042, gtn 3803 4042 gillian.carter@nationalschool.gsi.gov.uk nationalschool.gov.uk/prg1

Managing Successful Programmes Foundation Certificate

For programme management professionals who wish to embark on the MSP® journey

This programme is for programme mangement professionals who wish to embark on Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) by undertaking the Foundation Certificate.

Programme Director Adrian Kent

Code Length Price

MSP1 3 days £1,450

Venue Dates

London 10-12 May 10, 24-26 Nov 10

For further information Gillian Carter 01344 634 042, gtn 3803 4042 gillian.carter@nationalschool.gsi.gov.uk nationalschool.gov.uk/msp1

Programme and project management professionals should also see our introductory, and other, programmes on these subjects on pages 51-52.

Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner Certificate

To prepare for and sit the recently revised APM Group (APMG) MSP® Practitioner examination, demonstrating an ability to apply the OGC MSP® guidance to a complex case study. This course is focused on the attainment of the APMG MSP® Practitioner qualification.

Director Adrian Kent

Code Length Price

MSPP 3 days £1,450

Venue Dates

Sunningdale 15-17 Sep 10, 23-25 Mar 11

For further information Gillian Carter 01344 634 042, gtn 3803 4042 gillian.carter@nationalschool.gsi.gov.uk nationalschool.gov.uk/mspp

Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner

For programme management professionals who have passed the new Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) Practitioner qualification or the older MSP® Intermediate qualification and now wish to take this advanced qualification. You must have passed the older MSP® Intermediate qualification or the new MSP® Practitioner qualification in order to be accepted on this programme.

Programme Director Adrian Kent

Code Length Price

MSP2 3 days £1,550

Venue Dates

London 16-18 Jun 10, 27-29 Oct 10, 23-25 Feb 11, 28-30 Mar 11

For further information Gillian Carter 01344 634 042, gtn 3803 4042 gillian.carter@nationalschool.gsi.gov.uk nationalschool.gov.uk/msp2

Programme Management for Practitioners

For those who are or who will be part of a programme management team. This programme explains how to deliver strategic objectives through programmes of organisational change to realise business benefits. On completion, you’ll understand programmes and projects in context, their organisations, differences and relationships between programmes and projects, relevant techniques, and ways to measure success.

This programme can also be presented in the form of an executive briefing.

Programme Director Adrian Kent

Code Length Price

PRG 2 days £990

Venue Dates

Sunningdale 10-11 Jun 10, 23-24 Sep 10, 2-3 Dec 10, 10-11 Mar 11

For further information Gillian Carter 01344 634 042, gtn 3803 4042 gillian.carter@nationalschool.gsi.gov.uk nationalschool.gov.uk/prg