Course description
Management of Portfolios (MoP®) Foundations: On-Demand
The purpose of the Foundation certification is to confirm that you have sufficient knowledge and understanding to work as an informed member of a Portfolio Office or in a range of portfolio management roles.
In this MoP Foundation course, participants will acquire the sufficient knowledge and understanding of the principles, cycles, practices, techniques, roles, responsibilities, documents, and organizational context within which portfolio management operates. MoP helps organizations ensure if the investments are done in the right change initiatives and implementing them correctly. This is achieved by:
- Prioritizing the programs and projects in terms of their contribution to the organization’s strategic objectives and overall level of risk
- Managing the programs and projects consistently to ensure efficient and effective delivery
- Maximizing the benefit by providing the greatest return from the investment made
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who Should Attend
MoP Foundation qualification is targeted for professionals:
- Involved in a range of formal and informal portfolio management roles encompassing investment decision making, project and program delivery, and benefits realization
- Involved in the selection and delivery of business change initiatives
- Acting as experienced portfolio managers, managing large and complex portfolios of change initiatives
- Members of portfolio offices and senior managers such as, financial managers, quality managers involved in setting strategic goals, and giving direction to the organization’s portfolio of changes
- Members of Management Boards
- Directors of Change
- Senior Responsible Owners (SROs)
- Portfolio, program, project, business change and benefits managers
- Business case writers
- Project appraisers
Prerequisites
- 2-3 hours of pre-course study
- Approximately 2 hours of study per evening during the course will be required by those who wish to pass the exam
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What You Will Learn
Individuals certified at the MoP Foundation level will be able to:
- Define the scope and objectives of portfolio management and how it differs from program and project management
- List the benefits of applying portfolio management
- Explain the context it operates in
- List the principles upon which successful portfolio management is based on
- List the different approaches to implement MoP
- List the factors required to maintain the progress and assess the success of portfolio management
- State the purpose and key content of the major portfolio documents
- Define the scope of key portfolio management roles
Training Course Content
Introduction: MoP Scenario
Background of the Methodology
The MoP Principles
- Senior Management Commitment
- Governance Alignment
- Strategy Alignment
- Portfolio Office
- Energized Change Culture
The MoP Definition Cycle
Roles and Responsibilities
The MoP Delivery Cycle
- Management control
- Benefits management
- Financial management
- Risk management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Organizational governance
- Resource management
The MoP Framework
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