Success in Portfolio Office Management
(Level 5 or 7 Executive Management Module)

Aim of the module

All organisations have limited resources. This scarcity of resources obliges them to make choices when considering how best to deploy them. Success in Portfolio Office Management provides a framework for assessing comparing and selecting the best projects for delivery. The course follows the recognised UK "Best Practice" model for Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices, P3O®, which is the intellectual property of the UK Office of Government Commerce and is widely used on a global basis.

The course is appropriate for anyone requiring an understanding of Portfolio Management, and the supporting environment for successful programmes and projects. ie managers attempting to provide a structure for prioritisation and control of corporate organisational investments, particularly those using PRINCE2 and MSP, although any methodology can be effectively improved using the P3O model.

There are no pre-requisites for studying this course or qualification other than an understanding of the project and programme environment.

Successful completion of this module and the associated written assessments gives 6 units of credit towards the Level 5 or 7 Executive Management qualifications.

Course Content

The course content follows the principles laid down in the official TSO P3O manual and is delivered by a mixture of lectures, demonstrations and tutorial exercises. This course requires a mandatory minimum of 20 hours of pre-course preparation, which is to be completed prior to the commencement of the course. Delegates should also come prepared to undertake approximately 2 hours of work each evening of the course. The preparation pack, including the TSO manual, is supplied by Bristol Management Centre and is despatched only following receipt of the course deposit.