What is Management of Portfolios

Management of Portfolios (MoP) is guidance on how to establish a framework of strategic processes and decisions that together enable the most effective balance of organisational change and everyday business as usual.

At a difficult economic time in which organisations need to know if they are spending their finite resources wisely, portfolio management has become significant. Organisations want to improve how they prioritise their investment in change initiatives whilst protecting their operations' ability to continue goods and services to clients. Portfolio management helps - it facilitates corporate survival and growth by better coordinating investment in programmes and projects of change.

Portfolio management leads organisations to:

• Invest in the 'right' change projects and programmes given the organisation's strategic goals and environment.
• Ensure successful delivery and benefits realisation.

MoP...

...Is the UK Government Best Practice standard for effective Portfolio Management

...Defines a portfolio as: "The totality of an organisation's investment (or segment thereof) in the changes required to achieve its strategic objectives"

Standard Accredited MoP courses are detailed below:

Click on any of the following course headings for further information. Should you wish an in-house Foundation, Practitioner or combined Foundation and Practitioner course for a group of delegates, we would be happy to help.

MoP Foundation

The 3-day MoP Foundation course is the pre-requisite to this course. It provides you with sufficient understanding and knowledge in the principles and practices of the OGC's Portfolio Management guidance (MoP 2011) to act as a Portfolio Director or Portfolio Manager or to act as a member of a Portfolio Committee.

MoP Practitioner

The 2-day MoP Foundation course prepares you for the OGC's MoP Practitioner exam taken at the end of day two. Its emphasis is therefore upon examination preparation.

MoP Combined Foundation and Practitioner

This course consists of completing the 3-day Management of Portfolios Foundation and then the 2-day Management of Portfolios Practitioner courses back-to-back.