P3O® Foundation

Maintaining Programmes and Projects

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Various techniques have evolved over the recent years that have helped project managers in maintaining their projects. Frameworks such as Lean Six Sigma, TOGAF®, PMP®, and PRINCE2®   etc. are quite known ones. A new framework came up in 2008 known as the P3O or the Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices that has since helped in project management.  The P3O is desired framework by any project manager as it provides support for both programmes and projects.

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices is designed to help professionals especially project managers by providing them knowledge of principles, procedures and techniques to facilitate effective delivery to enable focused support structures. The structures that are used herein remove the differences between planning, implementation and programme and project delivery.

PREREQUISITES

The P3O Foundation course comes with no pre-requisites. However, the following would be an advantage:

  • Any experience in the field of project, programme and portfolio environment
  • Any kind of training that relates to programme development or project management
  • Currently working in the designation of programme manager or project manager
  • Any previous experience in the senior management, leadership or executive role

TARGET AUDIENCE

  • Programme Managers
  • Project Management
  • Portfolio Managers
  • Senior Executives
  • Programme/Project Management Office Head
  • Portfolio, Programme and Project Support Office Staff

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The course aims to make the delegates aware of the practices as suggested by the Portfolio, Programme and Project Office. The P3O Guidance is what makes available the support for portfolio, programme and project management. A P3O environment can be either be temporary or permanent; and even physical or virtual. They can also be de-centralised or centralized.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

While implementing P3O  it is a must that one is capable enough to express the value proposition of these support offices to the various stakeholders.

The P3O helps the professionals who are into designing, implementing and operating their respective P3 offices in gauging and calculating their individual development.

The P3O Maturity Assessment Tool is used by the organisations to measure and communicate the manner in which P3O services are being delivered. It is also helpful in knowing how to configure those services to aim at specific improvements in the implementation of P3O.

Examination

  • Type: Multiple Choice Question Examination and Closed Book Exam
  • Questions: 75: - 70 live while 5 will be trial i.e. no marks awarded for the trial questions.
  • Pass Percentile: 50% or 35 marks required to pass the P3O Foundation Certification

PROGRAM CONTENT

  • Main Subjects
    • Recognize the best P3O model that can be adapted to deliver strategic aims.
    • Understand the significance of P3O and how to measure it
    • Recognize the functions and services received by an organisation by implementing P3O
    • The roles and responsibilities required to successfully carry and operate P3O services
    • Discover a range of calculated examination and portfolio prototyping techniques used within a P3O
    • Understand the relationship between strategy, portfolio, programme and project management
    • Understand the ways to execute a P3O
    • Understand a P3O business case and how it integrates with P3M3
  • P3O - An Overview and Principles
    • Defining P3O
    • P3O management role and authority responsibilities
    • P3O characteristics
    • Portfolio, Programme and Project offices – The Differences
  • The Business Case:
    • Elements and differences between the right programmes and projects and programmes and right projects
    • P3O value matrix
    • P3O KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and their measurement
  • Re-Energise or Implement a P3O:
    • The permanent P3O model lifecycle - It’s components
    • Capability maturity - P3O tools and techniques
    • Reporting requirement and blueprint information flows
    • P3O Models - Temporary versus permanent
    • Temporary Programme or Project Office - Key areas of focus
  • P3O Models:
    • Functional areas of a P3O
    • P3O Services and Functions
    • Other corporate function offices and their relationships 
    • Information Assurance
    • Sizing a P3O comprising different model types
  • How Maturity Effects P3O implementation:
    • Function and Services
    • Knowledge management techniques
    • Assisted workshops types
  • Tools and Techniques:
    • Using P3O tools and techniques
    • The Critical Success Factors
    • Tools - Individual, collaborative and integrated
    • Advantages and Aims of portfolio prioritisation and management dashboards; optimisation; information; knowledge management
  • Roles and Responsibilities:
    • Management, generic and functional based P3O roles

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ABOUT Derby

Derby is an English city located on the banks of the Derwent River in the Derbyshire. It is the unitary authority area in the Derbyshire with a population of around 248,700 according to 2011 census. The status of the city was granted to the Derby in 1977 after the entitlement of all Saints Church as a Cathedral. The early settlement of the area can be found back to the Roman period. The small town in the Roman province of Britannia ‘Derventio’ was found by the Romans and Anglo-Saxons and Vikings supported the town in becoming the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. The other four boroughs are Lincoln, Stamford, Nottingham and Leicester. Later on, Derby along with Leicester, Nottingham and Lincoln became the county towns of the United Kingdom. The city comprises the southernmost area of the World Heritage Site of the Derwent Valley Mills.

The town remained as a market town for long period till industrialisation and also recognised as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. The economy of the town grew rapidly in the industrial era. The railway was introduced in the city in the 19th century and it became the significant centre of the British rail industry. The largest aero engine manufacturer Rolls Royce is based in the city. The city also serves as a principal centre for advanced transport manufacturing and houses the large train manufacturer of the country, Derby Litchurch Lane Works. 

History

The old Roman fort served major site for the Roman camp of Derventio. The town was one of the fortified towns of the country, later on, it was occupied by Lady of Mercia and adjoined into the Kingdom of Mercia. It has been suggested that the name of the city is derived from the Deoraby meaning village of the Deer. Some stated that the name is borrowed from the Danish words for meaning deer settlement, while others claim that the name comes from the Derwent river meaning a valley thick with oaks. The early history of the city depicted that the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings communities were probably existed together and enclosed two parts of land surrounded by water.

The town was protected by the Parliamentary troops during the period of the Civil War in the 16th century and these troops contributed towards many battles and other engagements in the surrounding towns such as Nottinghamshire and Cheshire. John Lombe built the first water powered silk mill in the city in 1717. The notable residents of the town in the 18th century are John Whitehurst, Charles Darwin and Joseph Wright, contributed in the fields of paintings, philosophy, doctor and scientist. The Normanton Barracks were constructed in the city in 1877 to accommodate permanent military presence. 

The Local Government Act, 1888 transformed the Derby and it became county borough included the rural districts of South East Derbyshire resulted in the substantial rise in population from 132,408 to 219,578 in 1971. The economy of the city flourished with the arrival of car and aircraft factory city by Rolls Royce in the early 19th century. The city was attacked by German bombers during the both World Wars but faced comparatively little damage despite the presence of the rail and aero-engine industries. The city has also become a major cultural centre for the deaf community uses sign language in Britain.  

Education

The city follows two-tier education system includes non-selective primary and secondary schools. There are fifteen secondary schools, three independent schools and four special needs establishments. For further education, the city is served by the University of Derby located on the Kedleston Road.

Landmarks

The famous places to visit in the city include Darley Abbey, Derby Canal, Derby Industrial Museum, Derby Cathedral, St Mary’s Church, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, River Derwent, Royal Crown Derby Museum, Cathedral Quarter, Derby Arboretum and much more exciting locations.