Management of Portfolios (MoP) Foundation and Practitioner

Programme Overview & Summary

Management of Portfolios (MoP) provides advice and examples of how to apply principles, practices, and techniques that together enable the most effective balance of organisational change and business as usual.

Style and Approach

Delivered by fully accredited trainers and industry leading experts with extensive experience of portfolio management, the course engages with you to ensure that theory is embedded and delegates feel confident in the practical application of MoP. This course includes both MoP examinations, and all course materials to prepare you fully.

Audience

MoP is aimed at those involved in a range of formal and informal portfolio management roles encompassing investment decision making, project and programme delivery, and benefits realisation. It is relevant to all those involved in the selection and delivery of business change initiatives (e.g. Directors of Change, Senior Responsible Owners, Portfolio, Programme, Project, Business Change, and Benefits Managers, Business Case writers and project appraisers)

Programme Structure

5 day class room based training. This course also includes both MoP examinations, and all course materials to prepare you fully.

Preparing for the workshop

None required.

Group Size

14 Participants.

Prerequisite & Requirements

It is a requirement to have passed Foundation before your Practitioner results will be released.

Supporting Resources

All course materials.

Course Duration

5 days

Course Cost

For all our course pricing please login at Course pricing. Please Note: Only employees with a Network Rail email address will be allowed access.

Learning delivery

Classroom based.

Course Objectives

This course looks at the introduction of core principles behind the disciplines of project controls.

Accreditation

Management of Portfolios (MoP) Foundation and Practitioner accreditation.

Course Progression

Stand alone course.

Course Syllabus

Course Learning Outcomes

This is an intensive course and please ensure you can commit the time to it. The structure of your course is:

  • Pre Course Learning: approx. 5 hours in advance of your course
  • 5 day course: 35 hours
  • Evening work: 8-10 hours doing mock exam questions
  • Foundation examination (taken in your own time following day 3): multiple choice, 50 questions, 25 correct answers (50%) to pass, 40 minutes, closed book
  • Practitioner examination (taken in your own time following the course): 3 hours, open-book (the official MoP manual only), 4 questions (20 marks per question), 40 marks to pass (50%)

How to apply

If you would like to attend this course or have any queries about your projects following the course, or wish to submit your project for accreditation, please goto our how to book webpage.