AXELOS - MoP® (Management of Portfolios)

Lehrplan

You'll gain an understanding of:

• The scope and objectives of portfolio management and how it differs from programme and project management
• The benefits from applying portfolio management
• The context within which it operates
• The principles upon which successful portfolio management is based
• The approaches to implementation, the factors to consider in maintaining progress, and how to assess the success of portfolio management
• The purposes of the portfolio management definition and delivery cycles and their component practices, and relevant techniques applicable to each practice
• The purpose and key content of the major portfolio documents
• The scope of key portfolio management roles

You'll learn how to apply MoP guidance, including how to:

• Define the business case to get senior management approval for portfolio management
• Plan the implementation of portfolio management
• Select and adapt MoP principles, practices and techniques to suit different organisational environments
• Evaluate examples of MoP information (including documents and role descriptions)
• Analyse the solutions adopted in relation to a given scenario

You'll learn all the above by covering the following topics:

Overview

• Facts, terms and concepts relating to an Overview of portfolio management.
• Terms and concepts relevant to an overview of portfolio management.
• Applying and tailoring MoP to a scenario.
• Identifying, analysing and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate application of the syllabus area to a scenario.

Implement, Sustain and Measure

• Facts, terms and concepts relating to implementing, sustaining and measuring portfolio management.
• How to implement, sustain and measure portfolio management.
• Applying and tailoring the recommended approaches taken to implementing, sustaining and measuring portfolio management to a scenario.
• Identifying, analysing and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate application of the recommended approaches to implementing, sustaining and measuring portfolio management within a scenario.

Strategic and Organisational Context

• Facts, terms and concepts relating to the relationships between portfolio management and other corporate functions and activities with a role in delivering strategic objectives.
• Key aspects of the relationships between the portfolio and other corporate functions and activities with a role in delivering strategic objectives.
• Applying and tailoring MoP to a scenario.
• Identifying, analysing and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate application of the syllabus area to a scenario.

Portfolio Management Principles

• Facts, terms and concepts relating to the principles upon which efficient and effective approaches to portfolio management are built.
• Principles upon which efficient and effective approaches to portfolio management are built.
• Applying and tailoring the portfolio management principles to a scenario.
• Identifying, analysing and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate application of the portfolio management principles to a scenario.

Portfolio Definition Cycle

• Facts, terms and concepts relating to the portfolio definition cycle.
• Terms and concepts relating to the portfolio definition cycle.
• Apply and tailor the practices and techniques of the portfolio definition cycle to a scenario.
• Identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of portfolio definition practices and techniques to a scenario.

Portfolio Delivery Cycle

• Facts, terms and concepts relating to the portfolio delivery cycle.
• Terms and concepts relating to the portfolio delivery cycle.
• Applying and tailoring the practices, techniques and responsibilities of the portfolio delivery cycle to a scenario.
• Identifying, analysing and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate application of portfolio delivery practices and techniques to a scenario.

Roles and Documentation

• Facts, terms and concepts relating to the main portfolio management roles and key documentation.
• Definitions and concepts relevant to the main portfolio management roles and key documentation.
• Applying and tailoring MoP to a scenario.
• Identifying, analysing and distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate application of the syllabus area to a scenario.