P3O® Practitioner Training Course

Will Prepare You For The P3O® Practitioner Examination

Introduction

Our 2-day Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O®) Practitioner training course comprises of practical exercises and Instructor Led Training, culminating in the P3O® Practitioner examination.

P3O® is a valuable qualification in the Project Management Industry.

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Course Overview

Please Note

You can book this course and hold it in credit until you have decided on a specific course date. Alternatively, please view our other course dates.

Course Dates

Exam Included

2 Days

£1065Excl. VAT

Course Outline

Our P3O® Practitioner classroom course will cover the following topics:

Why have a P3O®?
P3O® Model
Implement or re-energize P3O®
Tools and Techniques
Roles and Responsibilities
Business Case
Model Tailoring
P3MS Summary
Functions and Services

Description

Our P3O® Practitioner training course will show you that you are able to establish, develop and maintain a support structure for the delivery of change across your organisation, whether through a single office, or a linked office set.

P3O® is aligned to the current MSP®, PRINCE2®, and M_o_R® guidance and has been developed to enhance the support advice referred to in that guidance.

About the Course

Using our accelerated learning techniques our P3O® Practitioner training course will help to ensure that the theory and techniques you will learn are fully embedded. We will help you to gain the confidence in the practical application of P3O®.

The aim of our P3O® Practitioner course is to revise the structure and detail of the P3O® advice and prepare you for the P3O® Practitioner examination by answering questions from a sample examination paper.

Who Should Attend

Senior managers wishing to gain an understanding of possible structures for supporting business change and the type and level of support that can be provided by Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices
Senior Managers, Programme and Project Managers who require an understanding of how portfolio and programme offices can add value and enhance the delivery of strategic business change, benefits and capability
Managers and/or staff who have been tasked to create delivery support structures and mechanisms within their organisation
Experienced portfolio or programme office managers who need to review, revitalise or tailor current portfolio or programme office provision
Portfolio office or programme office staff who need to understand the importance of their role
Staff responsible for programme/project assurance

Materials Provided

Full Materials Including Comprehensive Course Workbook
Highly Skilled and Knowledgeable Tutors
P3O® Practitioner Examination
Refreshments

Organisational Benefits

Establish, develop and maintain appropriate support structures to facilitate decision making, benefits realisation and successful delivery of projects and programmes.
Assure that a joined-up set of outcomes and benefits is measured, managed, monitored and refined to ensure that optimal investment and strategic goals are achieved.
Deliver strategy, reduce benefits loss and deliver programmes and projects more effectively.
Provide assurance, coaching and mentoring to build a workforce capable of first-class programme and project delivery.
Protect revenue and spend while enhancing value for money.

Individual Benefits

Ensure consistent delivery of projects and programmes and meet business objectives through effect use of resources.
Develop capability, capacity and risk models to suit the organisational maturity culture.
Help identify potential opportunities to be realised, exploited or enhanced as part of risk analysis.
Ensure that the strategies and performance requirements of your organisation are realised via projects, programmes and operational business units.
Improve organisational accountability, decision making, transparency and visibility.

Prerequisites

Please Note: You must already hold the P3O® Foundation Certificate in order to attend our P3O® Practitioner course.

The P3O® Practitioner course on this page is sourced from our strategic training partner, SPOCE Project Management Ltd.

Prereading

You will be given comprehensive pre-course reading that you will need to complete before attending our P3O® Practitioner course.

Exam Overview

The P3O Practitioner examination will be taken on the afternoon of day two of the course. The exam is a multiple choice exam consisting of 80 marks (4 questions with 20 marks per question) that must be answered in 2 ½ hours. To be successful in this exam the delegate must get 40 or more marks. The exam allows the use of the 2013 version of the P3O manual. Delegates will be informed of their result by the examining body, normally within four weeks of course completion.

Exam Type

Classroom Exam

Professional Development Units - PDUs

There are no Professional Qualification Credits associated with this course.

Qualifications

P3O® Practitioner Certificate

Next Steps

P3O® is aligned to the current PRINCE2®, MSP® and M_o_R® guidance and we currently offer the following public-scheduled courses:

PRINCE2®:

PRINCE2® Overview
PRINCE2® Foundation
PRINCE2® Practitioner
PRINCE2® Agile Practitioner
PRINCE2® Combined Foundation & Practitioner
PRINCE2® Combined Foundation & Practitioner Weekend

MSP®:

MSP® Foundation
MSP® Practitioner
MSP® Foundation & Practitioner

M_o_R®:

M_o_R® Foundation
M_o_R® Practitioner
M_o_R® Combined Foundation & Practitioner

Conclusion

Congratulations! Once you have successfully passed the P3O® Practitioner examination, you will be awarded the P3O® Practitioner Certificate which is a formally recognised qualification.

Please Note: You will be required to sit an additional re-registration examination within 3 to 5 years of your original qualification in order to retain your accreditation.