Course Outline

Prices quoted include

• the manual (where applicable)

• exam fees

• delegate materials

• refreshments including lunch.

P3O® Foundation is a 2-day non-residential course with homework, which covers the OGC’s P3O® Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices guidance and APMG's syllabus for the APMG P3O® Foundation exam. Delegates can attend on the following morning of day 3 to take the optional Foundation exam. It is recommended that anyone attending this course has a basic understanding of project and programme management principles.

This course is for anyone seeking to implement or re-energise a Portfolio, Programme and/or Project Office model, or provide consultancy in how to do this. Unlike many P3O courses available in the public domain which simply introduce you to the P3O material and focus on preparing you for an examination, this course is designed for anyone wanting to go further and return to their place of work with documented arguments for (a Business Case) and a description of what P3O model they want to implement in their organisation (its Blueprint). Thus, during the course, we help you to apply the P3O® concepts to your organisation's change management environment. At the end of the course you will be able to handle the real issues related to P3O® implementation: practical knowledge on how to argue for, deliver a Business Case justifying, and develop a Blueprint for a P3O® model suitable for your unique organisational context. Class sizes are kept small to facilitate lecturer – student interaction and class discussion. Our novel and more practical approach has been recognised by the examining body whose course reviewer stated: "The design of the courseware is very different to that normally provided by Accredited Training Organisations (and) was well thought through."

The optional Foundation exam can be taken on the morning after the course as follows:
The Foundation exam is a 40-minute, 50 question, multiple choice paper in which you must get 60% or 30 questions correct in order to pass. The paper is taken as the only activity on the morning of the day after the training. It is marked straight away so that you know if you have passed before leaving the course.

(The APMG is still to determine if it will introduce a Practitioner exam qualification in the future; however, intentions for this have not yet been announced).

This course has been accredited by the APMG who are the examining body for P3O® 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

P3O® Introduction

• P3O context
• What is a P3O?
• Example P3O Models
• Governance and control

Identifying the P3O Requirement

• P3O definitions of:-
  • Portfolio Office
  • Programme Office
  • Project Office
• Programme approach to P3O implementation
• Vision for P3O
• Business Case:-
  • P3O Value Matrix
  • Business change governance support and enablement
  • Principles for extracting value

Defining the P3O Requirement

• 6 key Definition activities
• Designing the Definition team
• Engaging stakeholders
• Developing the P3O Blueprint:-
  • Temporary v Permanent Office?
  • Tools and Techniques
• Benefits management
• Risk management
• Implementation planning

Delivering the P3O Requirement

• Transition planning
• P3O roles and responsibilities
• What level of maturity?
• Periodic review

Closing a P3O Implementation

• End review
• Lessons learned
• Benefits review

Live Case Study

• Using P3O learning for delegate's situation
• Producing example templates:-
  • P3O Vision
  • P3O Blueprint:-
    • Current P3O Model
    • Required, future P3O Model
• Business Case for P3O implementation

Pre-Requisites

There are no pre-requisites for delegates to attend the course.