MSP® Qualification - 2007 Version
APMG-International accredits a network of training organisations including their trainers and course materials, to be able to offer MSP® courses and examinations.
There are currently three qualifications available for MSP®; Foundation, Practitioner and Advanced Practitioner.
The exam formats are as follows:
Foundation
- Multiple-choice
- Forty minutes duration
- 50 questions
- 25 correct answers or more are required to pass
- Closed-book.
Practitioner
- Objective testing
- Two-and-a-half hours duration
- 8 questions
- 80 marks available
- 40 marks or more are required to pass
- Open book (only the MSP Guide is allowed).
Advanced Practitioner
- Essay based
- Three hours duration
- 2 questions
- 75 marks available
- 38 marks or more are required to pass
- Open-book (other material in the form of course notes, examples, copies of presentations, etc. can be used during this examination but no electronic aids, such as laptops, may be used).
Re-Registration
All MSP Practitioners and/or Advanced Practitioners should be re-registered within 3-5 calendar years of their original certification. Find out more about the Re-Registration Examination.
In this section
| MSP - Managing Successful Programmes | |
| What is MSP? | |
| Qualifications | |
| Re-Registration Examination | |
| Training Accreditation | |
| Accredited Training Providers | |
| Successful Candidate Register | |
| MSP Bookshop |
Qualification Scheme Update
The MSP Qualification Scheme has been amended inline with the updated version of the Managing Successful Programmes guide.
Currently, candidates can choose to take exams based on either the 2007 or the updated 2011 version of the manual. From the Friday 2 November 2012, candidates will only be able to sit exams based on the 2011 guide.
Find out more about the structure of the 2011 version of the exams.
