PMO Course Deep-Dive - MoP® Foundation

PMO practitioners have chosen MoP® because they’re working at a portfolio level – within a Portfolio Management Office or an Enterprise PMO (ePMO). In this type of role, it is important to understand how portfolio management determines which projects and programmes an organisation decides to do and when.

There’s long been a saying that portfolio management is about doing the right projects and project management is about doing the projects right.

For PMO practitioners with minimal experience in portfolio management, the Foundation level is the place to start.

We recently released this series of blogs taking a deep dive into our courses, bringing you one slide/topic to discuss, to give you a better understanding of the content we cover. This week we are focusing on MoP®. Check out our other deep dive blogs on P3O® Foundation and Essentials for PMO Managers.

On Day 1 of the MoP® Foundation course, we look at ways to implement, sustain and measure portfolio management. This includes:

3 broad approaches to implementing portfolio management
First 7 steps to implementing portfolio management
How to sustain progress in implementing portfolio management
Assessing portfolio management maturity
Metrics to assess the impact of portfolio management
Benefits of assessing the impact of portfolio management

The slide below looks at some of the ways to sustain progress in implementing portfolio management.

Factors to consider to sustain progress:

A senior level sponsor to maintain focus at the highest level and to continually promote a portfolio-level view.
An incremental or staged approach, starting with areas of greatest need to demonstrate the value of portfolio management with some ‘quick wins’.
Building on existing organisational processes and not reinventing wheels or changing things that do not need changing.
Being clear about the success criteria.
Regular assessment of progress – not just in terms of meeting milestones, but more significantly in relation to the benefits realized and progress against the agreed success criteria.
Effective and on-going stakeholder engagement

If you would like to further your knowledge in portfolio management then join us on our next virtual MoP® Foundation course! If you are still unsure or would like more information about the course, then take a look at our recent recording of our taster session.

The next MoP® Foundation course is coming up on the 22^nd-24^th of May. Click here to read more and book your place!

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