MoP® Foundation

Get familiar with basic concepts of MoP® to work as a member of portfolio office

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Management of Portfolios (MoP®) helps organisations to manage projects and programmes effectively. At the core of Portfolio Management approach exists the need to find the right programmes as well as projects to make sure that the organisational goals are achieved. MoP® comprises of set of principles and other best practices. MoP® allow private and public sector organisations of all sizes to make use of portfolio management practices. Organisations that make use of MoP® principles and practices can see great benefits in less time. In MSP Training MoP® Foundation course get a complete understanding of various methods and exercises that can be applied.       

  • MoP Foundation course makes sure that the delegates get the sufficient knowledge about MoP

  • Understand about the MoP® principles, practices and techniques

  • Get complete understanding of portfolio management

  • MoP Foundation act as a prerequisite to the MoP Practitioner

  • Our trainers are highly experienced and MoP certified professionals

  • MSP Training offers MoP Foundation course at an affordable price

PREREQUISITES

  • MoP® Foundation course has no prerequisites. However, it is recommended to have read and agreed to the terms and conditions of examination institute.
  • Knowing working within project and programme environment can be beneficial
  • Working as a project manager or programme manager
  • Previous experience of working in a role of senior management, executive and leadership
  • Before taking the exam, the acceptance of these terms and conditions will be confirmed.

TARGET AUDIENCE

MoP® Foundation course is suitable for the delegates involved in various activities related to Portfolio Management and its roles in decision making, delivering projects and programmes and understand the benefits.

Delegates responsible for the selection and delivery of change initiatives that include project managers, Senior Responsible Owners (SRO's), Members of the management boards, Directors of change, project appraisers and business case writers.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

  • Understand about the portfolio management
  • Understand difference between project and programmme management
  • Learn to implement and understand the factors that associate with the maintenance of progress
  • Understand the purpose of portfolio management and its delivery cycles
  • Know the techniques that can be used in each practice
  • Understand the scope of major portfolio management roles

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Management of Portfolios (MoP®) provides examples of methods to apply the MoP® principles, practices and techniques that help to enhance the investment of an organisation along with BAU. MoP allows organisations to answer various questions related to investment because investment is the major aspect. Portfolio Management is about making use of investment and resources available in a correct way.  

Major purpose of MoP Foundation Certification is to make sure that the candidate has gained enough understanding of MoP principles and practices. The delegate can work as a part of Portfolio Office or in any Portfolio Management Roles. MoP® Foundation Certification also act as a prerequisite for Practitioner certification.  MSP Training offers Management of Portfolios (MoP®) course to help delegates understand every aspect of Portfolio Management. Our trainers are highly qualified and well certified to help delegates understand each concept thoroughly.

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

PROGRAM CONTENT

Introduction to Portfolio Management

  • Definition of Portfolio Management
  • Definition of Portfolio
  • Overview of Portfolio principles

Portfolio Management Model

  • Define Portfolio Management Model
  • Relation between principles, practices, cycles and other techniques
  • Various portfolio definition practices
  • Portfolio delivery practices
  • Terms and concepts of portfolio management
  • Objectives
  • Benefits and limitations
  • Benefits of assessing portfolio management impact
  • Measure portfolio management

5 Major functions of Portfolio Management

  • Senior management
  • Governance alignment
  • Strategy Alignment
  • Portfolio Office
  • Energized Change Culture

Various techniques

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

Portfolio delivery cycle

Portfolio delivery practices

  • Management control
  • Benefits management
  • Financial management
  • Risk management
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Organizational governance
  • Resource management
  • Terms and concepts of portfolio delivery cycle

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ABOUT Glasgow

Glasgow, with a population of 1,057,600, is the biggest city in Scotland. Not only this, it is also the fourth biggest city in the whole of UK after London, Birmingham and Manchester in terms of population. Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde in the West Central Lowlands of the country. Citizens of Glasgow are known as “Weegithe es”.

Places of Interest

Glasgow is home to various places that attract visitors every year.  Some of the famous attractions of Glasgow have been listed below:

  • Glasgow City Chambers: It is the most magnificent building that dictates the story of wealth and its industrial prosperity as the Second City of the Empire. It is a building that is an instant favourite among all who visit this beauty. The building was inaugurated by Queen Victoria in the late 1880’s and even today it is the headquarter of the city councils. There is a statue of the Queen with Truth above her. According to locals, the statue is their version of “The Statue of Liberty”.
  • Glasgow Cathedral: The Reformation that happened in 1560’s in Scotland was a troubled time for the country. Many buildings famed for their architecture, collapsed. However, it was the Glasgow Cathedral that stood the test of times. It is considered to be a superb building of the medieval era. The building is said to have been built somewhere between the 13th and the 15th Interestingly, the building was built at the place where the patron saint and founder of the city, St. Mungo was laid to rest. The place is his shrine.The Glasgow Cathedral is home to a crypt that was built in the 13th century. The crypt houses the body of St. Kentigern.
  • Glasgow Museums: The city is home to eight museums each of which have a rich collection of various artworks from the past as well as the present. The list follows:
    • St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art and Provand's Lordship
    • Gallery of Modern Art
    • Scotland Street School Museum
    • Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
    • People's Palace and Winter Gardens
    • The Burrell Collection
    • Glasgow Museums Resources Centre
    • Riverside Museum

 The museums have abundant of rare artworks, collection of different type of furniture, arms and armaments, and what not. All the Glasgow Museums have free admission and their sections for the kids as well where they not only have fun, they also learn. The accompanying shopping centres in some of the museums also sell replicas of the artworks.

  • Glasgow Cross: The Glasgow Cross is medieval architecture building. It houses a Clock Tower that used to be a part of the City Chambers that was destroyed by fire in 1926. The building also houses another hexagonal shape building the Tolbooth.
  • Glasgow is also famous for its bridges. The Tradeston Pedestrian Bridge, Kingston Bridge, and the Clyde Arc are just some of them.The Tradeston crosses the River Clyde on the east of the M8 motorway while the Kingston Bridge crosses the River Clyde carrying the M8 motorway along with it.The Clyde Arc is a new bridge and also has a wonderful curved design as it crosses the bridge.
  • Parks: Besides museums and bridges forming the pride of Glasgow, the parks also help in promoting the city tourism. Some of the major parks that the visitors could come across in Glasgow are listed below:
    • Bellahouston Park
    • Botanic Gardens
    • Glasgow Green
    • Kelvingrove Park
    • Mugdock Park
    • Queen’s Park
    • Strathclyde Country Park
    • Victoria Park
      • Fossil Grove: Part of the Victoria Park, this is open in summers only.
    • Tollcross Park

 

 

Components of MoP

Various Components of MoP

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