PRINCE2 Portfolio Management Foundation

• Portfolio managers and senior leaders responsible for the strategic management of investments in projects and programmes within the organisation.
• Programme and project managers who want to understand the broader context of portfolio management and the principles of prioritisation and strategic alignment.
• Business change managers, benefits managers, and members of governing bodies involved in the selection and approval of investment initiatives.
• Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) and Directors of Change who need a structured approach to managing a portfolio of change initiatives.
• Anyone who wants to become familiar with the internationally recognised framework for strategic portfolio management before progressing to the Practitioner level.

• Portfolio Management Fundamentals: Understand the key concepts, principles, and structure of the PRINCE2 Portfolio Management framework and its role in ensuring the strategic alignment of the organisation's investments.
• Strategic Alignment and Prioritisation: Learn how to align a portfolio of projects and programmes with the organisation's strategic objectives and how to effectively prioritise initiatives based on value, available resources, and risk.
• Benefits Management: Understand how to define, measure, and track the benefits derived from projects and programmes within the portfolio to ensure value is delivered to the organisation.
• Portfolio Governance: Learn the core principles of portfolio governance, including the structure of decision-making bodies, transparency, and ensuring compliance with organisational standards.
• Portfolio Risk Management: Understand how to identify, assess, and manage risks at portfolio level and how to establish effective mitigation strategies.
• Resource and Financial Management: Learn the fundamental principles of allocating and optimising resources - human, financial, and technological - across the entire portfolio.

• Introduction to Portfolio Management: What a portfolio is, how it differs from a project and a programme, and why a structured approach is critical for the strategic management of change within an organisation.
• MoP Principles: The core principles of the framework - senior management commitment, governance alignment, strategy alignment, portfolio office, and energised change culture.
• Portfolio Definition Cycle: Understanding, categorising, prioritising, balancing, and planning the portfolio in alignment with strategic objectives.
• Portfolio Delivery Cycle: Management control, benefits management, financial management, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and resource management.
• Portfolio Office: The role and function of the portfolio office as a support hub for reporting, coordination, and quality assurance across the portfolio.
• Implementing Portfolio Management: Key success factors for adopting MoP within an organisation and how to overcome typical barriers to implementation.

• Course duration: 2 days.
• Prerequisites: No formal prerequisites are required for the Foundation level.
• Exam: Closed-book, online via PeopleCert, 40 minutes, 50 multiple-choice questions, passing score 50%.
• Language of instruction: English. Official study materials are in English.
• Certificate: PeopleCert PRINCE2 Portfolio Management Foundation (MoP Foundation), internationally recognised, renewal every 3 years (60 CPD points).
• Accreditation: Course covered by an Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) Agilist s.r.o. certified by PeopleCert.

• The natural next step is PRINCE2 Portfolio Management Practitioner, which deepens knowledge and focuses on the practical application of the MoP framework in a real organisational context.
• Successfully passing both the Foundation and Practitioner exams leads to the PRINCE2 Portfolio Manager designation.
• The PRINCE2 Portfolio Manager designation is part of the broader PRINCE2 qualification scheme, which culminates in the PRINCE2 Master designation.

Previous courses

PRINCE2 Programme Management Foundation [PRINCE2PGMF]

PRINCE2 Programme Management Practitioner [PRINCE2PGMP]

PRINCE2 Project Management Foundation (Version 7) [PRINCE2F7]

PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner (Version 7) [PRINCE2P7]

Next courses

PRINCE2 Portfolio Management Practitioner [PRINCE2PFLP]

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