Portfolio Management

Description

One thing is certain. Over the next 5 years, every organisation will have to change radically to adapt to a changing economy, changing government priorities and to survive in an increasingly uncertain world. Organisations that manage their portfolio of change in a co-ordinated way can:

Develop an understanding of the whole change landscape
Ensure that the right projects and programmes are launched
Provide resources across projects and programmes in a much more cost effective way
Provide independent scrutiny, audit and oversight to ensure projects and programmes are delivering effectively
Provide management reporting on expensive change activities
Manage risk better
Improve accountability, transparency and visibility of resources involved in producing change
Leverage benefits better across projects and programmes
Protect their reputation and stakeholder confidence

P3O® is the OGC's methodology for Managing Portfolios of change and provides guidance to organisations to leverage change effectively across portfolios, programmes and projects.

Course

Our P3O course is a 3 day course accredited by the APMG that enables delegates to understand the framework at Foundation level and to apply it. We also run an in-house briefing for 1 day for larger groups. This is not examined.

Pre-course work is provided to familiarise delegates with the manual and materials before the course starts. Whilst not essential, delegates that complete the course work are consistently more successful than those that don't.

Audience

Head of projects/programmes seeking to leverage learning and resources across their portfolio
Managers wishing to understand how to co-ordinate change
Organisational development managers seeking to better manage change in the organisation
Portfolio/PMO/P3O staff who need to manage learning, benefits realisation and resources across projects and programmes
Programme managers seeking to better understand how to leverage the work done in their programmes.

Content

The course challenges framework will be introduced and delegates taught how to implement a P3O appropriately for their own organisational needs based on scenarios and group working. This makes the P3O course ideal for in-house presentation.

Introducing P3O concepts

Course introduction
Organisational context of Portfolios, Programmes, Projects and Business as Usual
Why have a P3O
P3O models
Selecting the right model for the situation

Implementing a P3O

Programme lifecycle for implementing a permanent P3O
Project lifecycle for implementing a temporary P3O

Operating a P3O

Tools and techniques for operating a P3O
Barriers to successful operation
Building a Business Case for a P3O
What problems need to be solved
Stakeholder engagement
Change management
Risk management
Benefits management

Certification

Successful completion of the programme & examinations will result in an APMG certification in P3O® at foundation level. Examinations are taken on day 3.

Why Us?

We have been at the forefront of the development of the PRINCE2® and MSP™ methodologies and were one of the original PRINCE2 training companies. Our trainers are all experts in their fields and our training materials are recognised for their quality and are being in used in 4 countries.

Future Courses

17 March 2010 - Redditch
Re-Register Now for PRINCE2 2005 with the PSO

22 March 2010 - Redditch
PRINCE2 2009

12 April 2010 - Redditch
MSP

19 April 2010 - Cheltenham
PRINCE2 2009

19 April 2010 - Redditch
MoC - Management of Change

19 April 2010 - Univesity of Gloucestershire
PRINCE2 2009

17 May 2010 - Redditch
PRINCE2 2009

24 May 2010 - Redditch
MSP

24 May 2010 - Univesity of Gloucestershire
MSP

21 June 2010 - Redditch
MSP

5 July 2010 - Redditch
PRINCE2 2009

5 July 2010 - Univesity of Gloucestershire
PRINCE2 2009

12 July 2010 - Reading
Risk Management

6 September 2010 - Univesity of Gloucestershire
MSP

4 October 2010 - Univesity of Gloucestershire
PRINCE 2

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