MoP
Management of Portfolios
Foundation and Practitioner Certification course
Overview
Management of Portfolios (MoP) helps organisations make decisions about implementing the right changes to business as usual those changes are delivered via projects and programmes. MoP is a co-ordinated collection of strategic processes and decisions that together enable the most effective balance of organisational change and business as usual.
Objective
• Provides practitioners with universally applicable principles and practice that will enable individuals and organisation to successfully introduce portfolio management approaches.
• Provides an overview of portfolio management - what it is, the case for doing it, how it fits with other related organisational activities, how to get started and sustain progress.
• Provides description of the principle and practices upon which successful approaches to portfolio management are built.
• Provides examples of portfolio management that illustrate how the principles and practices can be adapted to suit local circumstances.
Course Content
The Strategic and Organisational Contex
Business as usual • Strategic and usiness Planning • Programme and Project Management • Performance Management • Corporate Governance • Corporate Functions
Five Portfolio Management Principles
• Senior Management Commitment • Governance Alignment • Strategy Alignment • Portfolio Office • Energised Change Culture
The Portfolio Management Cycle
s • Portfolio Definition • Portfolio Delivery • Implementation Approaches • Sustained Progress
Portfolio Management Practices
Portfolio Definition Cycle
• Understand • Categorise • Prioritise • alance • Plan
Portfolio Delivery Cycle
• Management Control • enefits Management • Financial Management • Risk Management • Stakeholder Engagement • Organisational Governance • Resource Management
Case Study
Discussions on how to implement MoP™
- in your working environment & the application of MoP relevant to the complexity, risk and importance in a real business environment.
Practical Exercises
Exam Structure and Techniques
What exams are taken on the course?
MoP Foundation:
40-Minutes, closed book, consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions
• MoP Practitioner:
-hours, open book (MoP manual only) consisting 4 questions per paper with 20 marks available per question - all question items will be worth 20 mark, making the total number of marks available per paper 80 . The pass mark is 50 % (40 marks).
Meaning of the qualifications at Foundation or Practitioner level
Foundation Qualification:
To confirm that a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding to work as an informed member of a Portfolio Management roles.
Practitioner Qualification:
Pre-requisite is candidate must PASS MoP foundation exam. To confirm whether the candidate has achieved sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor the MoP guidance and to analyse portfolio data, documentation and roles in relation to a scenario situation. A successful Practitioner candidate should, with suitable support, be able to advise on the implementation of appropiate practices and techniques, and apply the method to a live portfolio, but may not be sufficiently skilled to do this appropiately for all situation. Their individual expertise, the complexity of the portfolio, and the support provided will also inuence the impact the Practitioner can achieve.
What’s special about doing this course at Info Spec?
InfoSpec offer 3-day Foundation and 5-day Practitioner course options. The courses is a mixture of input and practical sessions, delivered by an approved trainer with practical experience of project portfolio and programme management.
The pre-course material includes pre-course reading and the MoP Manual. Delegates should spend approximately 10 hours studying this pre-course material in order to be well prepared for the course.
InfoSpec’s flexible approach to the course means that delegates can attend the Foundation course and then return at a later date to complete the Practitioner Exam.
You will receive an original printed copy of Official reference book when you register for the course.
Who Should Attend ?
Senior Management from all discipline
CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, Financial Controller, Auditor, General Manager, ranch Manager, ead of Department, Directors of Change, Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) Portfolio, Programme, usiness Change and enefits Managers and usiness Case riters and Project Appraisers.
Any IT Professionals
Managers, System Analyst, Software Engineers/Integrators, Service Management Support Staff, Project Managers, Solution and Infrastructure Architects.
Any Non-IT Professionals
Those work involve with Systems, Auditors, Quality Assurance, Risk Analyst, People responsible for due diligence and strategic decision, negotiators for IT Contracts.
In-House Training
The tailoring of the MoP certification programme for all our in-house training is complimentary. It is highly recommended that you take this option.
We can swiftly build the tailored private programme using details about your organisation, its culture, infrastructure, issues, project materials etc, to be used as real life working examples.
Approach
The event will be delivered by APMG approved MoP Trainers with practical experience of using the MoP principles over a wide range of portfolios.
The style of delivery will be instructor-led with the trainer taking attendees through each elements of the course content and illustrating each key point with examples.
Questions and discussions will be encouraged throughout the event.
Joining instructions including pre-course study pack and MoP manual are sent out approximately 1-2 weeks before the course start date. Typically pre-course preparation will require -8 hours of study.
Delegate will receive an official Management of Portfolios Manual worth RM350
Trainer Profile
Simon Seow has had more than thirty five years of industry and mentoring experience in different countries and cultures. He was a Councilor in MNCC and was founding member of the EDP Auditors Association (now ISACA) chapter. He was an Examiner for the BCS (British Computer Society) System Analysis Examinations Board and Regional Moderator for the NCC, UK National Computing Centre.
He is an approved trainer for PRINCE2®, P30®, MSP®, MoP® , Advanced MSP (Managing Successful Programmes), ITIL®, OBASHI® & EA Enterprise Architecture.
People whom Simon has mentored can be found at all levels in organisations, from senior management to supervisory to technical and operations, in Industry, in Government and in Academia. His passion is to share his insights into the on-going changes and the critical skills that will be needed now and for the foreseeable future. His informal, approachable style helps participants to quickly grasp difficult concepts and immediately apply them.
Other Related Certification Courses that Info Spec offer:
PRINCE2® - Project Management and Governance Methodology
MSP® - Managing Successful Programmes
P3O® - Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices MoP® - Management of Portfolios
BASA - Business and Systems Analysis
TOGAF® 9.1 Certification Training
Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture - Certified
OBASHI® Foundation Course