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Managing Portfolios Certification APMG International

Portfolio Design: scoping and structuring the portfolio; determining the portfolio strategy; understanding the current status of the portfolio; prioritizing the portfolio by ranking initiatives on the basis of their strategic contribution, subject to considerations of achievability and affordability; optimizing the portfolio, to ensure it is sufficient to deliver the required strategic contribution and is achievable; and preparing the portfolio delivery plan, against which progress will be tracked and reported.
Portfolio Delivery: management oversight, including managing the portfolio development pipeline, oversight of initiative delivery via stage/phase gate reviews, and oversight of portfolio delivery via regular portfolio reviews and progress reporting; the purpose and scope of portfolio: benefits management, financial management, risk and opportunity management, resource management and stakeholder management.
ortfolio Governance: The features of effective governance; and the main portfolio boards and key portfolio management roles, including the Portfolio Management Office.
Implementing and sustaining portfolio management: the common mistakes organizations make, how to implement portfolio management successfully, and how to sustain progress by adhering to six key success characteristics, building a collaborative culture, and managing portfolio performance.

Overview

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As organisations contend with the accelerating pace and increasing complexity of change, effectively managing portfolios and optimising resources becomes challenging.

The Managing Portfolios Professional certification equips professionals with advanced skills to ensure portfolios are aligned with organisational strategies, improve initiative execution, and enhance effective resource management.

Many organisations battle with the frequent failure of initiatives to meet forecasted costs, timelines, and benefits. With this qualification, professionals learn to apply and analyse portfolio management practices that improve project outcomes, reducing the risk of cost overruns, delays, and unrealised benefits.