Management of Portfolios (MoP) is a framework that provides strategic portfolio management guidance. It outlines processes for managing projects, programs and changes as a coordinated collection from a strategic perspective. The MoP qualification demonstrates understanding of portfolio principles and techniques. Training from HarryBaker Professionals covers the MoP processes and definitions to help individuals, senior managers and organizations effectively balance change initiatives with operational needs.

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What is MoP?
Portfolio management is
defined as a coordinated
collection of strategic processes
and decisions that together
enable the most effective
balance of organizational
change and business as usual.
Management of Portfolios
(MoP®) approaches the
management of change
projects and programmes
from a strategic viewpoint. It
provides an overview of all
change activities including
what is in the portfolio, what
it is costing, what risks are
faced, what progress is being
made, and what the impact is
on business as usual and the
organization’s strategic
objectives.
The MoP guidance has
been prepared to
provide senior
executives with an
overview of portfolio
management - the
principles upon which
it is based, some of the
techniques used, and
how you can get
started and sustain
progress.

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What does MoP™ offer?
Portfolio delivery cycle that has seven processes outlining how
the risks, benefits, resources and finances relating to the
portfolio will be managed, and how those involved will be
governed and communicated with to maintain commitment to
successful delivery
Five principles that deliver the basis
for managing projects, programmes
and change initiatives as a unit of
work, including strategic alignment
and senior management commitment
Portfolio definition cycle, which has five
processes including identifying all
existing initiatives, categorising them and
creating the portfolio plan

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Is a qualification Important?
MoP™ is a unique qualification,
providing evidence that you have an
excellent understanding of the
processes and structure needed to
manage projects, programmes and
change initiatives across your
organisation
MoP™ is a strategic level qualification
which gives those who already have
PRINCE2®, MSP® and Change
Management qualifications an
opportunity to highlight to employers
their ability to understand the wider
context of their work
MoP™ is a differentiator for those
looking for development
opportunities in project and
programme management, but feel
that they already hold sufficient
project management qualifications

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Benefits of MoPOrganisation
•Remove redundant,
duplicate and poorly
performing programmes and
projects.
•Improve coordination of
existing functions and
processes.
•Ensure constrained
resources are allocated to
optimize strategic impact,
coordinate delivery and
maintain strategic alignment.
•Invest in programmes and
projects in the context of the
current environmental
conditions and better
coordinate investment in
programmes and projects,
improve the management of
risk and encourage
collaborative working.
•Enhance transparency,
accountability and corporate
governance.
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•Closer alignment of projects
and programmes to the
strategic objectives of the
organisation
•Increase in the emphasis
given to realising benefits
and the subsequent increase
in their achievement
•Reduction in costs from
stopping or not starting
initiatives that do not
contribute sufficient
benefits
•Increase in availability of
resources to undertake
projects and change
initiatives deemed high
priority
•Co-ordinating projects and
programmes as a portfolio
Individual
•Ensure successful delivery in
terms of time, quality, budget
and benefits realization.
•Improve engagement and
communication between senior
management and staff.
•Offer more informed resource
allocation, improved delivery and
greater benefits realization going
forward.
•Prioritize programmes and
projects in terms of their
contribution to your
organization’s strategic objectives
and overall level of risk.
•Provide a means for greater
efficiency in the delivery of
change initiatives via improved
resource planning, dependency
management and streamlined
procedures.

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What will I learn on the course?
Understand the strategic context
of portfolio, programme, project
and change management
Define the steps to defining a
portfolio including how to
categorise and prioritise
initiatives and create a plan that
balances the conflicting needs of
functions and departments
across your organisation
Clarify how existing processes for
risk, benefits, resource and
financial management can be
applied to portfolio management
Assess initiatives for their
interdependencies, resource
usage and impact on business as
usual
Define criteria for accepting or
rejecting initiatives into the
portfolio based on their
contribution to strategic
objectives
Define the information flow
about the portfolio to and from
project and programme
managers, sponsors and senior
managers

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MoP Foundation Certification
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Foundation Level
 50 Questions – Objective testing
 Multiple choice format
 50% to pass
 40 mins
 Closed Book
Foundation Level ILT (Instructor Lead Training)
• 3 day classroom course
• Monday – Wednesday. Exam Wednesday afternoon
• Run regularly in Lagos

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MoP Practitioner Certification
Practitioner level
 4 questions per paper with 20 marks available per question – all question
items will be worth 1 mark, making the total number of marks available per
paper 80
 3 hours allowed
 Open-book examination (only the MoP Manual is allowed)
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Practitioner Level Instructor – Led Training
• 2 day workshop
• Thursday – Friday. Exam Friday afternoon
• Run regularly in Lagos & Abuja

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Why choose HARRYBAKER Professionals?
Professionally trained
trainers, who are part of
our HARRYBAKER
Excellence Train the
Trainer programme
Trainers who are
experienced project
managers and who can
advise you on how to
apply MoP® to your
work situation,.
Excellent MoP®
examination pass rates
consistently in both
MoP® Foundation and
Practitioner
qualifications
Regularly updated
course materials and
sample papers to
ensure our courses are
as enjoyable, relevant
to the real world and up
to date as possible
Accredited Training
Organisation, assessed
by the APM Group
every year to check for
quality processes,
course materials and
trainers.

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When you Train with HARRYBAKER
Before the
Course
During the
Course
After the
Course
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• Receive the MoP® original text
book –“Management of
Portfolios”
• Access to
https://www.harrybakerprofession
als.com which has lots of
information to help you prepare
for your course:
• On-line access to HARRYBAKER
Professionals e-learning portal
• Pre-course work book with
activities, questions and suggested
pages to read and mark up in the
official text book
• On-line access to a trainer for any
questions that you have about
MoP®
• Quizzes and sample examination
papers to test your knowledge
• Course materials including
models, games, puzzles,
slides, activities and sample
examination papers
• Experienced trainers who
know how to manage risk
and how to apply MoP® in
the ‘real world’
• Activities to help you
understand how to use
MoP® and how to pass the
examinations
• Use the HARRYBAKER
Knowledge Centre to stay
up to date

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Background
• Accredited Trainer:
- PRINCE2®, M_o_R,
MSP, MoP, MoV, MoR,
PPS, P3O, PMP &
PMD Pro, ITIL,
Facilitation, Better
Business Case
• BSc and MBA from
Cranfield
• Six Sigma Certified
Experience
• Murray
International
Group, UK
• BSkyB UK
• Vodafone UK
• Charteris UK
• nPower
• Chevron Texaco
• Gateway Bank
• UAC
Personal
• Married
• 3 kids
• Enjoy teaching
Meet Our Lead Trainer
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