MoP Foundation
Course Outline
Prices quoted include
the manual (where applicable)
exam fees
delegate materials
refreshments including lunch.
MpP Foundation is a 3-day non-residential course, which will provide you with sufficient knowledge and experience in the principles and practices of the OGC's Portfolio Management guidance - Management of Portfolios (MoP) - to successfully introduce or re-energise portfolio management approaches, or to act as a Portfolio Director, Portfolio Manager or member of a Portfolio Committee. The course will explain how to improve initiative prioritisation and therefore management of your organisation's corporate portfolio.
The course covers the syllabus for the MoP Foundation exam. This optional multiple choice exam, consisting of 50 questions and lasting 40 minutes (pass mark is 50% or 25 correct answers), can be taken at the end of the course.
This course has been accredited by the APMG who are the examining body for MoP and responsible for all aspects of the provision of exams including setting, marking, feedback and appeals. Scoll Methods, as an accredited training organisation, acts as their agent in providing administrative facilities.
What You Will Learn
What is portfolio management?
- Definitions
- The portfolio management model
- The 5 Principles of portfolio management
- Portfolio management cycles and practices
- The benefits of portfolio management
The strategic and organisational context
- Portfolio management and business as usual
- Portfolio management and strategic and business planning
- Portfolio management and budgeting and resource allocation
- Portfolio management and programme and project management
- Portfolio management and performance management
- Portfolio management and corporate governance
- Portfolio management and corporate functions
5 portfolio management principles
- Senior management commitment
- Governance alignment
- Strategy alignment
- Portfolio office
- Energised change culture
Portfolio definition cycle
- Practice 1: Understand the portfolio
- Practice 2: Categorise the portfolio
- Practice 3: Prioritise the portfolio
- Practice 4: Balance the portfolio
- Practice 5: Plan the portfolio
Portfolio delivery cycle
- Practice 6: Management control
- Practice 7: Benefits management
- Practice 8: Financial management
- Practice 9: Risk management
- Practice 10: Stakeholder engagement
- Practice 11: Organisational governance
- Practice 12: Resource management
Portfolio management roles and documentation
- 5 roles, and their descriptions and responsibilities
- 9 documents, and their purpose and contents
Exam Preparation
- Sample Foundation exam questions
- Portfolio Scenario Case Study
Related Courses
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.
