Our P3O Foundation course covers the basics of the Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) model. The purpose of this model is to provide universally applicable guidance, including principles, process, and techniques, which will enable individuals and organisations to successfully establish, develop and maintain appropriate support structures, usually called simply the "Project Management Office (PMO)". At the end of the course students (can) sit the official APM Group & OGC P3O Foundation certification exam. It can be followed by the P3O Practitioner course, which focuses on practical application of the knowledge gained, and on preparing students for the P3O Practitioner certification exam. Our P3O training is carried out in cooperation with the P3O Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) Pearce Mayfield. The main functions of a P3O/ PMO in an organisation are to facilitate: The training is aimed at giving delegates an understanding of the philosophy behind the P3O model and preparing them for the P3O Foundation certification exam, which they sit at the end of the course. Participants & Benefits This course is suitable for Portfolio managers, senior managers, programme directors, consultants, portfolio-, programme- or project- office managers. You are involved in or responsible for optimising, developing or re-energising the organisational decision process to translate business strategy effectively into concrete actions, programmes or projects, given the available resources and other constraints (business change). It is your responsibility to take decisions or you are responsible for facilitating decision makers by providing them the required information. The P3O Foundation course will give you an answer to the following questions: The P3O Practitioner course will: Course Description Our P3O Foundation is a 2 day course with the official APM Group P3O Foundation certification exam given at the end of the second day. It can be followed by the 2 day P3O Practitioner course. It is expected from the participants that, additionally to the classroom training, they spend some time studying by themselves according to the trainer's instructions as pre-course preparation. The course is led by our accredited P3O trainer - Mr. Martin Caron from OpEyE Consulting and will be delivered in English. The training materials and exam are in English. A key element of the course is the P3O process model, providing a decision enabling/delivery support structure for all change within an organisation. This may be provided through a single permanent office which may exist under several different names, e.g. Portfolio Office, Centre of Excellence, Enterprise or Corporate Programme Office, or Project Management Office. It may otherwise be provided through a linked set of offices (portfolio office, programme offices, project offices), both permanent (enabling/ supporting business objectives and consistency of delivery) and temporary (enabling/ supporting specific programmes and projects), providing a mix of central and localised services. Attendees get the opportunity to practise with the P3O Foundation (& Practitioner) exam(s), using a testing exam which is part of the training material to be delivered at the beginning of the training. The training covers the following subjects: At the end of the P3O Foundation course delegates (can) take the P3O Foundation certification exam, and at the end of the P3O Practitioner course the P3O Practitioner exam (if delegates want to take the P3O Practitioner exam they have to pass the P3O Foundation exam first).
The schedule of our public training courses is avaliable under Public Training Courses Calendar & Prices.
How to book a course?
Please send us an e-mail to: P3O@potifob.com
or call one of our offices:
Continental Europe office: tel. +421-2-4524 1000
UK office: tel. +44-20-719 33 840
