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 Southampton

Southampton situated 75 miles off south-west London, is the largest city of Hampshire. Southampton is a major port that lies nearest to the New Forest. Lying at the confluence of the Rivers Test and Itchen, where the River Hamble joins them to the south, the city is a unitary authority and has a population of 253,651. Southampton is pronounced as “Soton” by the locals who are known as “Sotonian”.

According to the census conducted in 2001 census Southampton and Portsmouth were separate urban areas but by 2011 they had become the sixth largest built area in England. It also formed a part of the South Hampshire metropolitan area or the Solent City. Its population of over 1.5 million makes it United Kingdom's most populous metropolitan areas.

Shipping

Southampton has been known for shipbuilding since a very early era. The RMS Titanic (known as the Unsinkable) sailed for the first and the last time from Southampton. The Royal ships - RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth -  belonged to Southampton. It is believed that the flying boats of the Royal Imperial Airways were located at Southampton.

Education

Universities of Southampton and Southampton Solent University offered hotcake courses such as PGCE (Secondary), Doctorate degrees, l BSc (Hons.)and some professional courses. They get a bulk of students of nearby cities too. The University of Southampton ranked 81 among other global universities. With regard to, Southampton Solent University has a history of 160 years. It also won “Most improved student Experience ‘’ prize in 2015 by the Times higher education. Sononian is the local resident. They also represent the largest social online communities of the globe. Southampton F.C is the famous football club.

 Sports

Southampton plays host to the Southampton Football Club who are also known as “The Saints” which plays in the Premier League at St Mary's Stadium. “The Saints” achieved the best team status when playing in the English football (First Division) for the first time in the year 1966 and held that position for eight years. In 1976 they won the FA Cup beating the favourites Manchester United and stayed in that position for 27 continuous years. In 1992 “the Saints”  became founder members of the Premier League before being relegated in 2005. In 2012, they reentered the Premier League (Division 1) and in 2015, finished 7th.  The  Portsmouth F.C. ("South Coast derby") is one of the strongest rivals of “the Saints”.

Southampton also plays cricket. The Hampshire County Cricket Club is the famous cricket club that has been playing at the Rose Bowl in West End, the County Cricket Ground and the Antelope Ground, both of which fall near the city centre. Another league known for cricket is the Southampton Evening Cricket League.

The Southampton Hockey Club is one of the largest clubs in Hampshire which was founded in 1938 and has 7 men’s and 5 women’s teams. They girls and boys for the junior teams are chosen at an age of 6 years. Hampshire is also known for playing Rugby. The Trojans RFC are the oldest team that plays Rugby in Hampshire. The citizens of Hampshire also love yachting and water sports. Old Bowling Green – the world's oldest bowling green and first used in 1299 - is also located in Southampton and still is in use.

Miscellaneous

The Men’s Fitness magazine declared Southampton as the "fittest city in the UK" in 2006. In 2007, it fell one place down finishing next to London. Regarding parks and green places it was still ranked first. The people of Southampton watch television the least number of hours.

People     

  • Issac Watts, Musician
  • Benny Hill, Comedian
  • Chris Packham, Naturalist
  • Matt Cardle, Known for the X-Factor Series
  • Shellina Permaloo, Masterchef
  • Scott Mills, Radio Personality
  • Jane Austen, Author (Pride and Prejudice) lived in Southampton
  • Mike Brown, Rugby Union Player
  • Wally Masur, Australian Tennis Player
  • Millvina Dean, Last Survivor from the ill-fated RMS Titanic
  • Richard Aslett Pearce, first deaf-mute Anglican clergyman

 

Components of MoP

Various Components of MoP

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