AXELOS Management of Portfolios MoP® Foundation and Practitioner

This accelerated MoP® Portfolio Management Foundation & Practitioner certification gives you the knowledge and understanding required to work as an informed member of a Portfolio Office.

The purpose of the Foundation certification is to confirm that you have sufficient knowledge and understanding to work as an informed member of a Portfolio Office or in a range of portfolio management roles.

The Practitioner certification allows you to demonstrate an understanding of how to apply and tailor the MoP guidance and to analyse portfolio data, documentation and roles in relation in a practical context. You will be able to advise on the implementation of appropriate practices and techniques, and apply the method to a live portfolio.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the PeopleCert Axelos exam, and achieve your MoP® Portfolio Management Foundation & Practitioner certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

• People involved in a range of formal and informal portfolio management roles including investment decision making, project and programme delivery, and benefits realization. It is relevant to all those involved in the selection and delivery of business change initiatives including: members of Management Boards and Directors of Change; Senior Responsible Owners (SROs); Portfolio, Programme, Project, Business Change and Benefits managers; and business case writers and project appraisers.

Module 1: Overview

• Know facts, terms and concepts relating to an Overview of portfolio management.
• Understand the terms and concepts relevant to an overview of portfolio management.
• Be able to apply and tailor MoP to a scenario.
• Be able to identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of the syllabus area to a scenario.

Module 2: Implement, sustain and measure

• Know facts, terms and concepts relating to implementing, sustaining and measuring portfolio management.
• Understand how to implement, sustain and measure portfolio management.
• Be able to apply and tailor the recommended approaches taken to implementing, sustaining and measuring portfolio management to a scenario.
• Be able to identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of the recommended approaches to implementing, sustaining and measuring portfolio management within a scenario.

Module 3: Strategic and organizational context

• Know facts, terms and concepts relating to the relationships between portfolio management and other corporate functions and activities with a role in delivering strategic objectives.
• Understand the key aspects of the relationships between the portfolio and other corporate functions and activities with a role in delivering strategic objectives.
• Be able to apply and tailor MoP to a scenario.
• Be able to identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of the syllabus area to a scenario.

Module 4: Portfolio management principles

• Know facts, terms and concepts relating to the principles upon which efficient and effective approaches to portfolio management are built.
• Understand the principles upon which efficient and effective approaches to portfolio management are built.
• Be able to apply and tailor the portfolio management principles to a scenario.
• Be able to identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of the portfolio management principles to a scenario.

Module 5: Portfolio definition cycle

• Know facts, terms and concepts relating to the portfolio definition cycle.
• Understand the terms and concepts relating to the portfolio definition cycle.
• Be able to apply and tailor the practices and techniques of the portfolio definition cycle to a scenario.
• Be able to identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of portfolio definition practices and techniques to a scenario.

Module 6: Portfolio delivery cycle

• Know facts, terms and concepts relating to the portfolio delivery cycle.
• Understand the terms and concepts relating to the portfolio delivery cycle.
• Be able to apply and tailor the practices, techniques and responsibilities of the portfolio delivery cycle to a scenario.
• Be able to identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of portfolio delivery practices and techniques to a scenario.

Module 7: Roles and documentation

• Know facts, terms and concepts relating to the main portfolio management roles and key documentation.
• Understand the definitions and concepts relevant to the main portfolio management roles and key documentation.
• Be able to apply and tailor MoP to a scenario.
• Be able to identify, analyse and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of the syllabus area to a scenario.

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered Certification Guarantee:

MoP® Portfolio Management Foundation exam

• Duration: 40 minutes
• Format: Multiple choice; Closed book
• Number of questions: 50 questions per paper
• Passing score: 25 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) - 50%

MoP® Portfolio Management Practitioner exam

• Duration: 40 minutes
• Format: Objective testing; Open book
• Number of questions: 50 questions per paper
• Passing score: 40 marks required (out of 80 available) to pass - 50%.
• Four questions per paper with 20 marks available per question - all question items will be worth one mark, making the total number of marks available per paper 80
• Candidates may use the official printed hard copy of the Management of Portfolios guide. The manual may be annotated and tabulated but no sticky notes and loose leaf papers containing additional notes will be allowed.

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:

• To take the MoP Practitioner examination, you must hold a current MoP Foundation certificate.

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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