MSP Foundation (5th edition)
Understand programme governance and coordinated organizational change.
60 questions · 60 minutes · Closed book · 60% pass threshold
No prior qualification is listed on the current Foundation product page.
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The current programme qualifications are MSP Foundation and Practitioner, 5th edition.
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Understand programme governance and coordinated organizational change.
60 questions · 60 minutes · Closed book · 60% pass threshold
No prior qualification is listed on the current Foundation product page.

Apply programme management to governance, benefits and delivery decisions.
58 questions with sub-questions; 70 marks · 150 minutes · Open book · 60% pass threshold
MSP Foundation 5th edition or MSP Practitioner 4th edition.
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Choose MSP when responsibilities extend across coordinated projects, organizational change and the benefits a programme should deliver.
Compare other PRINCE2 paths →Foundation 5th edition establishes programme concepts. Practitioner 5th edition applies them; MSP Practitioner 4th edition is also accepted as an entry qualification.
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Foundation 5th edition establishes programme concepts. Practitioner 5th edition applies them; MSP Practitioner 4th edition is also accepted as an entry qualification.
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