P3O Foundation
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This course provides you with P3O Foundation certification and includes the P3O Foundation exam.
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Any P3O course can be delivered and tailored for in-house on-site delivery anywhere in the world.
Benefits
The benefits of gaining P3O Foundation certification are:
- You can learn the concepts and terminology underpinning portfolio, programme and project offices and the P3O framework
- You will be better able to communicate and participate in a portfolio, programme, or project office, or P3O environment
- You can increase your confidence of making a positive contribution in a PMO or P3O environment
- You can boost your recognition within your organisation as someone who understands PMO and P3O concepts.
Includes
The P3O Foundation course includes:
- Training course materials accredited by PeopleCert (on behalf of AXELOS)
- P3O Foundation exam
- P3O book ‘P3O® Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices’, 2nd edition
- P3O Foundation certificate after passing the exam
- P3O Foundation exam preparation
- Sample P3O Foundation exams.
Details
Who should study for P3O Foundation?
A P30 Foundation course is suitable for any of the following:
- Senior managers seeking to understand a structure for achieving strategic objectives
- Portfolio managers and programme managers - who will benefit from the consistency P3O brings by standardizing strategies across projects, programmes and portfolios
- Project managers - who can integrate project management frameworks such as PRINCE2 into a P3O model and deliver consistent outputs across projects
- Individuals working in, or wanting to work in, a PMO or P3O environment
P3O Foundation course
- 3 days: 09:00am - 17:00pm
- Homework: 2-3 hours per night with 3 hours of reading prior to the course
- Exam time: P3O Foundation certification exam can be taken online at any time within 12 months of the course.
Course
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this P30 Foundation course, candidates will have a good understanding of the following:
- High-level P3O models and their component roles
- Differences between portfolio, programme, and project management
- Key functions and services of a P3O
- Reasons for establishing a P3O model
- Differences between types of P3O model and how to select the most appropriate model
- Tools and techniques used by P3O practitioners
- Purpose and major responsibilities of defined P3O roles.
Curriculum
Exam
P3O Foundation exam
The P3O Foundation exam is taken within one year of taking a course.
- Style: Multiple-choice
- Questions: 70
- Pass mark: 50% (35/70)
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Materials allowed: Closed-book
- Pre-requisites: None
- Results: Same day.