Management of Portfolios (MoP®) provides the set of techniques, principles, and best practices to help individuals and organisations to make sure that projects and programmes running are contributing to the fulfilment of strategic objectives and attain maximum Return On Investment (ROI).
Management of Portfolios (MoP®) is developed primarily to guide executives, decision-makers of any organisation. It provides them with a set of techniques, practices, and principles to help organisations ensure that their projects and programmes are contributing to achieve strategic objectives, and maximise Return On Investment (ROI).
Our MoP® course ensures that the trainees will acquire a comprehensive understanding of MoP® practice methods, procedures, strategic change principles, and its uses within businesses. The knowledge gained during these courses will guide your decision-making process and help you to start and sustain business progress. These courses will provide you with advanced skills and knowledge that will help you to pass your MoP® certification exam in the 1st attempt Certificate examination.
Course Objectives
This course will provide you with a complete understanding of MoP® principles, portfolio definition cycle, delivery cycle, portfolio management’s roles, and more. Other than that, you will learn many advanced concepts and terminologies for sustaining, managing, and delivering excellent portfolio results.
This course will provide you with the knowledge of advanced techniques to implement, sustain, and, monitor portfolio management in a real-life scenario. You will also learn how the documentation is done, deciding key roles, analysing key portfolio documents to fit your purpose, and more.
Course Features
- Lectures 40
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 15 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English & Arabic
- Students 576
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 9 Sections
- 40 Lessons
- 15 Hours
- Introduction2
- What is Portfolio Management?8
- 2.1Relationships with other best management practice products
- 2.2Define the terms project, programme & portfolio
- 2.3Describe the terms & Explain the differences between projects, programmes & portfolio
- 2.4The Principles of MoP
- 2.5The “Lite Touch” techniques
- 2.6Portfolio Cycles & the definition & Delivery practices
- 2.6Tailoring the MoP guidance to suit your organization
- 2.7Objectives & Benefits of Portfolio Management
- Strategic & Organizational Context3
- 3.1Be familiar with the context in which portfolio management operates
- 3.1The organizational functions or activities that portfolio management must coordinate with.
- 3.2The relationship between portfolio management and Business As Usual, Strategic and Business Planning, Budgeting & Resource Allocation, Programme & Project Management, Performance Management & Corporate Governance.
- Roles and Documentation5
- Portfolio Management Principles2
- Implement, sustain & measure Control6
- 6.1The three broad approaches to implementing portfolio management.
- 6.2State when each approach is most relevant
- 6.3The seven steps required to implement portfolio management and their benefits
- 6.3The key factors involved in sustaining progress
- 6.4The approaches and metrics used to assess portfolio mgmt. maturity and its impact in the organization
- 6.4The benefits of assessing the impact of portfolio management
- Portfolio Definition Cycle5
- 7.1The purpose of the portfolio definition cycle and its key output
- 7.2The results of a portfolio definition cycle that functions correctly and describe the situation if this is not the case
- 7.3The portfolio definition practices and explain their purposes
- 7.4What is involved in each practice and discuss their ’keys to success’
- 7.4The techniques of: financial metrics – Three point estimating – Driver-based strategic contribution analysis – Multi-criteria analysis – Decision-conferencing – Clear line of sight planning
- Portfolio Delivery Cycle7
- 8.1Describe the purpose of the portfolio delivery cycle
- 8.2Describe the results of a portfolio delivery cycle that functions correctly and describe the situation if this is not the case
- 8.3List the portfolio delivery practices
- 8.4Explain the purpose of each practice
- 8.4Describe the challenges and solutions to effective dependency management
- 8.5Explain what is involved in each practice and discuss their ‘keys to success’
- 8.6Describe the techniques of: Management by exception, One version of the truth, Staged release of funding, Clear line of sight reporting, The champion-challenger model
- Exam Technique2
Target audiences
- Professionals who have little to no understanding of portfolio management. In this course, you will learn about portfolio management, its various methodologies, principles and how to implement them, etc. Other than that, you will become familiar with the roles and responsibilities of portfolio management along with documentation, assessment of the portfolio.
- Portfolio Managers
- Senior Responsible Owners
- Management Board Members
- Portfolio Office Contributors
- Business Case Writers
- Project and Portfolio Appraisers
