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 Manchester

Manchester is one of the major cities in the northwest of England. According to 2015 census, its population was 530,300. With 2.55 million population, it is the second most popular urban area in the UK. Manchester City Council is the local authority in the Manchester.

The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement that was established in AD 79 on a sandstone nearby the rivers Irwell and Medlock. The areas lying on the south bank of the River Mersey were merged in the 20th century and it became the part of Lanchester city.

Manchester remained the manorial township throughout the middle ages but started to expand in the turn of 19th century “at an astonishing rate”.  The unplanned urbanisation of Manchester come to boom with the revolution of textile manufacturing. As a result, it becomes the world’s first industrialised city.

Manchester gained the status of a city in 1853. In 1894, the Ship Canal was opened in Manchester. It creates the Manchester’s Port and joins the city and sea. Its prosperity fainted during the Second World War as this war resulted in deindustrialisation. In 1996, the IRA bombing led to broad investment and regeneration. 

Governance

Manchester City Council governs the city Manchester. In 1986, the prior Greater Manchester County Council was eliminated making it a unitary authority. Manchester is a member of English Core Cities Group since 1995. Thomas Greeley granted an agreement to the town of Manchester in 1301. In 1359, its borough status was gone in some court case.  

Climate

Manchester has an Oceanic temperature climate. The temperature in summer goes to 20 Celsius and reaches 25 particularly in July and August. Temperature now goes to 30 Celsius on occasions. During the winters, the temperature rarely follows below the freezing. There is general rainfall throughout the year. Manchester has an average of annual rainfall is 806.6 mm.

This means that 140.4 days per annum are rainy. The average of UK is 154.4 days per annum. It has high humidity level along with a great supply of soft water. This is one of the crucial factors that results in textile industry localization. Because of urban warming effect in the city, snowfall is not very common.

Demography

In 1931, the population of Manchester started to increase during the Victorian era. After it, the population start reducing rapidly because of the removal of the slum and the increased building of social housing overspill estates. In 2012, the estimated population was 510,700.

It is an increase of 1.6 since the 2011 MYE. The population has evolved to 20.8% since 2001. According to 2011 census, Manchester is the third fastest growing area. Manchester experienced the great percentage of growth outside the London with an increase of 500,000. With the increase of 2.8 % from 2011, the population is projected to reach 532,200 by 2021.

Economy

Along with Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford, the Office for National Statistics produce economic data for Manchester city. The growth of the economy is comparatively high between 2002 and 2012 where growth was 2.3% that is above the national average of the Manchester.

The UK’s wide-ranging economy of the metropolitan is the third largest with GDP of $88.3 bn. As it continues to recover from the recession that is faced in 2008-10, Manchester compares favourably to other geographies. It reports the annual growth of 5% in business stock.

Landmarks

The buildings of Manchester shows the variety of architectural styles that range from Victorian to contemporary architecture. The use of red brick makes the city beautiful. There is a large number of cotton mills just outside the city.

Components of MoP

Various Components of MoP

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