Portfolio Project Management Professional - A PMI® Approved Course

The objective of this KC Academy Portfolio Management Professional training seminar is to prepare students for both the MoP Foundation and Practitioner level examinations. To confirm understanding of the MoP principles, cycles, practices, techniques, roles and documentation. This will enable them to work as an informed member of a Portfolio Office or in a range of Portfolio Management.

At the end of this KC Academy course, you will be able to:

• Scope and objectives of portfolio management and how it differs from programme and project management
• Benefits from applying portfolio management
• The context within which it operates
• Principles upon which successful portfolio management is based
• Approaches to implementation, the factors to consider in maintaining progress, and how to assess the success of portfolio management
• Purposes of the portfolio management definition and delivery cycles and their component practices, and relevant techniques applicable to each practice
• Purpose and critical content of the significant portfolio documents
• Scope of key portfolio management roles

Participants will receive thorough training on the subjects covered with the tutor utilising various proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques. Seminar methodology is designed around a PMI^® syllabus and includes an insight into appropriate methods and industry tools and processes used as practice examples. 

This KC Academy Portfolio Project Management Professional course includes teamwork around an applicable case study, with group discussion and critical analysis of portfolio stakeholders, processes and portfolio context.

This KC Academy Portfolio Project Management Professional course provides advice and examples of applying principles, practices, and techniques that together enable the most effective balance of organisational change and business as usual. Thus ensuring that the organisation benefits from a team of professionals with relevant awareness to make good decisions that will impact the organisation's future.

For the individual, the KC Academy course provides the opportunity to gain some of the crucial tools to be a Portfolio Management Professional, including:

• Having an understanding of the scope and objectives of portfolio management
• Knowledge of benefits when applying portfolio management
• Understanding the context within which portfolio management operates well
• Learning the approaches to implementation, maintaining progress, and assessing successes
• Purpose and critical content of the significant portfolio documents
• The scope of crucial portfolio management roles
• Improved decision-making

This KC Academy Portfolio Project Management Professional training course 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, including:

• Members of Management Boards and Directors of Change
• Senior Responsible Owners (SROs)
• Portfolio, Programme, Project, Business Change, and Benefits Managers
• Business Case Writers and Project Appraisers
• Manage or Perform a PMO Function
• Individuals who sponsor, manage or participate in projects
• Project Management Professionals