PEOPLECERTMSP Foundation (5th edition)
The MSP Foundation (5th edition) certification validates your understanding of the MSP programme management method, covering principles, themes, and processes that help organizations manage programmes effectively. It is designed for project and programme managers, business change managers, and others involved in programme delivery. Earning this credential demonstrates your grasp of benefits realization, governance, and aligning programmes with organizational strategy.
403 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30
3Domains
16Objectives
88Concepts
403Questions
MSP-FOUNDATION-5TH-EDITION Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the MSP-FOUNDATION-5TH-EDITION exam measures.
- Lead with purpose
- Collaborate across boundaries
- Deal with ambiguity
- Align with priorities
- Deploy diverse skills
- Realize measurable benefits
- Bring pace and value
- Programme strategy components
- Programme plans components
- PDCA cycle application
- Key documents in the organization theme
- Roles and responsibilities in the organization theme
- Recommended programme management team structure
- Applying the organization theme in practice
- Assessing effectiveness of the organization theme
- MSP Design Theme Overview
- Key Documents in Design Theme
- Roles and Responsibilities in Design Theme
- Recommended Approach for Design Theme
- Evaluating Design Theme Effectiveness
- MSP Justification Theme Overview
- Key Documents for Justification
- Roles and Responsibilities in Justification
- Recommended Approach for Justification
- Evaluating Justification Effectiveness
- MSP Structure theme key documents
- Roles and responsibilities in the Structure theme
- Recommended approach for applying the Structure theme
- Evaluating effectiveness of Structure theme application
- Knowledge theme key documents
- Knowledge theme roles and responsibilities
- Recommended approach for knowledge theme
- Evaluating knowledge theme effectiveness
- MSP assurance theme overview
- Key documents for assurance
- Roles and responsibilities in assurance
- Recommended approach to assurance
- Evaluating assurance effectiveness
- MSP decisions theme key documents
- Roles and responsibilities in decisions theme
- Recommended approach for decisions theme
- Evaluating effectiveness of decisions theme application
- Purpose of the 'identify the programme' process
- Activities in the 'identify the programme' process
- Inputs and outputs of the 'identify the programme' process
- Roles and responsibilities in the 'identify the programme' process
- Application of MSP themes in the 'identify the programme' process
- Tailoring the 'identify the programme' process
- Evaluating effectiveness of the 'identify the programme' process
- Purpose and context of the design the outcomes process
- Activities in the design the outcomes process
- Inputs and outputs of the design the outcomes process
- Roles and responsibilities in the design the outcomes process
- Application of MSP themes in the design the outcomes process
- Effectiveness and fit-for-purpose analysis of the design the outcomes process
- Purpose and context of plan progressive delivery
- Activities in plan progressive delivery
- Inputs to plan progressive delivery
- Outputs of plan progressive delivery
- Roles and responsibilities in plan progressive delivery
- Application of MSP themes in plan progressive delivery
- Effectiveness and fit-for-purpose analysis
- Purpose and context of the deliver the capabilities process
- Activities in the deliver the capabilities process
- Inputs and outputs of the deliver the capabilities process
- Roles and responsibilities in the deliver the capabilities process
- Application of MSP themes in the deliver the capabilities process
- Tailoring the deliver the capabilities process
- Evaluating effectiveness of the deliver the capabilities process
- Purpose of the embed the outcomes process
- Activities of the embed the outcomes process
- Inputs and outputs of the embed the outcomes process
- Roles and responsibilities in the embed the outcomes process
- Application of themes in the embed the outcomes process
- Assessing effectiveness of the embed the outcomes process
- Purpose of the evaluate new information process
- Activities in the evaluate new information process
- Inputs and outputs of the evaluate new information process
- Roles and responsibilities in the evaluate new information process
- Application of MSP themes in the evaluate new information process
- Effectiveness and fit-for-purpose analysis of the evaluate new information process
- Purpose and triggers of the Close the Programme process
- Activities in Close the Programme
- Inputs to Close the Programme
- Outputs of Close the Programme
- Roles and responsibilities in Close the Programme
- Application of themes in Close the Programme
- Effectiveness and fit for purpose of Close the Programme
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