MoP® Foundation & Practitioner

Learn to implement MoP® into an organisation

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Management of Portfolios Foundation and Practitioner course ensure that delegate gain the knowledge of Portfolio management and the skills required to implement, guide, adapt and alter data and documentation of Portfolio. During this course, the delegates will learn to suggest and start the implementation of Portfolio into an organisational environment. Also learn to deliver the projects/ programmes successfully within time, make effective decisions and enhance the communication between the staff members.

  • Get the knowledge and skills required to implement MoP principles into an organisation

  • Make better decisions and invest in a right manner

  • Attain both MoP Foundation and MoP Practitioner certification

  • MoP Foundation is the prerequisite of MoP Practitioner

  • Our trainers are well experienced and MoP certified professionals

  • Become a competent project manager

PREREQUISITES

  • Delegate should be able to understand and implement the MoP techniques effectively

The delegate should also be able to:

  • Define the business case to get approval of senior management for management of portfolio
  • Understand the portfolio management implementation
  • Select suitable MoP principles and practices to meet the needs of the organisation

For the Foundation course:

The delegates should have an understanding of delivering projects/programmes and develop an organisational strategy

For the Practitioner course:

Before enrolling into it, delegates are required to clear the MoP Foundation exam.

TARGET AUDIENCE

  • Delegates who want to enhance their skills for efficient portfolio management.
  • MoP Foundation and Practitioner course is best suitable for the decision makers, senior managers involved in the management of project and programmes as well as the staff working in the organisation.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

  • Get an understanding of MoP principles, practices, techniques and other operations into an organisation
  • Learn the various approaches to invest, select, categorise and then prioritise
  • Understand how adopting a suitable portfolio management strategy, the success rate of the project and programme can be improved
  • Work efficiently as the member of the portfolio office or at any portfolio management roles
  • Learn to apply and adapt MoP techniques
  • Efficiently analyse data of portfolio, its documentation and various other roles in according to the situation
  • Enhance the communication among the members
  • Better decision making and more productivity
  • Manage the resources effectively
  • Manage the risks efficiently and get better return on investments

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Management of Portfolios (MoP) provides delegates with the knowledge to implement practices, principles and techniques to enhance the performance of the organisation regarding investment and BAU work. MSP Training delivers MoP Foundation and Practitioner course to attain this qualification. MoP helps the businesses and organisations to make better decisions and implement business changes from a top-down approach. Achieve MoP Foundation and Practitioner certification to get a better knowledge of portfolio management regarding applying best practice techniques and methods.

Examination

The format of MoP® Foundation examination:

  • There are multiple choice examination questions
  • Number of questions per paper is 50
  • To clear the exam 25 marks are required that is 50%
  • Duration of the exam is 40 minutes
  • It is a closed book examination

Examination format of MoP® Practitioner upgrade :

  • The format of an examination is objective type
  • Number of questions per paper is four, and every question has 20 marks
  • All question items are worth one mark
  • Total marks of paper is 80
  • Duration of the exam is three hours
  • To clear the exam 40 marks are required that is 50%

MoP Foundation and Practitioner


PROGRAM CONTENT

Overview

  • Define Portfolio
  • Introduction to Portfolio Management
  • Portfolio Management Model
  • Relation between MoP principles, practices and cycles
  • Difference between portfolio and portfolio management
  • Methods to adopt cost-effective approaches
  • Circumstances that effect the implementation of MoP principles and practices
  • Benefits and Objectives of Portfolio Management

Implement and Measure

  • Three approaches to implementing portfolio management
  • Understand the impact of Portfolio management
  • Seven steps towards implementation of portfolio management

Organisational and Strategic Context

  • 6 Primary functions and activities of portfolio management
  • Portfolio management by Business As Usual
  • Allocation of resources and budgeting
  • Strategic planning
  • Effective corporate governance

Portfolio Management principles

  • Senior management commitment
  • Governance alignment
  • Strategy alignment
  • Portfolio office
  • Energised change culture

Portfolio Definition Cycle

Various portfolio definition practices:

  • Understand
  • Categorize
  • Prioritize
  • Balance
  • Plan

Terms and concepts related to portfolio management cycle:

  • Three-point estimating
  • Reference class forecasting
  • Multi-criteria analysis
  • Decision conferencing
  • Clear line of sight

Portfolio Delivery cycle

Portfolio Delivery practices

  • Management control
  • Benefits management
  • Financial management
  • Risk management
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Organizational governance
  • Resource management

Roles and Documentation

  • Major purpose of portfolio management
  • Roles and Responsibilities of portfolio managers
  • Use of significant documentation of Portfolio management

Implement, sustain and measure

  • Suitable approaches for implementing, measuring and maintaining portfolio management for a given situation
  • Analyse the suitable approaches

Portfolio Definition cycle

  • Implement and adapt the practices and techniques of Portfolio definition cycle to the situation
  • Find best suitable practices and techniques
  • Find, analyse and differentiate between the suitable and unsuitable portfolio definition cycle approaches

Portfolio Delivery cycle

  • Implement and adapt the practices, responsibilities and techniques of portfolio delivery cycle
  • Find suitable methods and techniques

Roles and Documentation

  • Implement and adjust MoP to the situation
  • Find the appropriate solution to the significant portfolio management roles
  • Find, analyse and differentiate between the necessary and unsuitable portfolio definition cycle approaches
  • Find that the specified roles reworking appropriately

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ABOUT Bath

Bath city is a largest city in the Lieutenancy areas of England. The city has geographical area of 11 squares miles with 88,859  population in 2011. The bath city is situated in the valley of the river Avon which is 97 miles west of capital city,London. The city is also near to Bristol town. This city is well-known for its hot springs, which further lead to Spa  Industry. On arrival of Romans, they built a temple and baths in the valley of river Avon. As per the previous records, the hot springs were present there since ancient time. But the site got explored when Romans entered the city. The 7th century, centre known as Bath Abbey went through renovations in 12th and 16th centuries. In 17th century, it became belief of local people that this water is special one and has so many curative properties. It brought both the popularity and tourists to the town. Apart from this, It offers a wide range of attractions including restaurants, businesses, theatres and city tours with 4.4 million visitors each year. The historic Roman Baths and Thermae Bath Spa giving their services to the city.

History

Earlier the motive of the Romans while constructing the bath was to used it for medicinal purposes. But the popularity of the water rose very quickly, so it was used for other purposes as well. In the medieval period, the wool industry went extra mile in production as  new equipment and tool were introduced .They focused in the industry well and took it to new height. The town get distinguished after the introduction of neoclassical Palladian art, literature, and building under regime of George I,II, and III in the 18th century . Romans used this bath for their Pleasure. Number of baths were built after one another. Most of them built near hot springs. The Minerva goddess temple also built alongside one bath. In 3rd century, Walls built near boundary to save it from attack. Following collapse of Roman Empire, the town expanded nearly 760. King Offa constructed  An abbey, dedicated to St. Peter. In the 15th century, the Abbey church of Bath city was broken down.

Culture

During the 18th century bath became the centre of fashionable life in England and attracted internationally renowned companies and directors with its five famous theatres. The city hosts the annual Bath International Music Festival and Mozartfest, the yearly Bath Literature Festival, and the Bath Film Festival.The Bath city is home to the Victoria Art Gallery (which is named after Queen Victoria), the Museum of East Asian Art, and Holburne Museum, as well as some other museums.

Climate

The climatic condition of Bath is far cry from rest of the country. The variation in the seasonal temperature is less as compared to the most of the United Kingdom due to adjacent sea temperature. In summer the maximum temperature is maximum to 21° C whereas minimum temperature goes to 1° or 2° C in winter. The average rainfall is near about 700mm with typically 8 to 15 days of snowfall.

Education

The Bath city has sufficient number of educational schools . It has two universities, the University of Bath which was established in 1996 offering programs in languages, engineering, architecture, politics etc. with 17,308 students out of which more than 30% are from outside the UK. Second is Bath Spa University which was given degree-awarding powers in 1992 and university status in 2005 offering courses leading to a Postgraduate certificate in education. The city has private and public schools, several sixth forms as part of state, Bath College, and one education college.

 

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