Please also visit our corporate site at: www.apmgroupltd.com

Page BannerCertifications
googleplus

P3O® Certification - Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices

P3O logoAround the world, there are many organizations in both the public and private sectors, who recognise that their portfolio, programme and project management is best supported through a delivery support office. The Cabinet Office's PRINCE2®, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®), and Management of Risk (M_o_R®) all touch on the need to provide adequate support structures for these best practices, but until now there has been no single source of information that either organizations or individuals can use for guidance or advice on setting up or running an effective delivery support office.

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O®) is a Best Management Practice certification and is aligned to PRINCE2, MSP, and M_o_R. P3O brings together in one place a set of principles, processes and techniques to facilitate effective portfolio, programme and project management through enablement, challenge and support structures.


Training Courses - To book your P3O course and exam, contact any of APMG-International's Accredited Training Organizations.

Benefits for Individuals

  • 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 organizational maturity culture.
  • Help identify potential opportunities to be realized, exploited or enhanced as part of risk analysis.
  • Ensure that the strategies and performance requirements of your organization are realized via projects, programmes and operational business units.
  • Improve organizational accountability, decision making, transparency and visibility.

Benefits for Organizations

  • 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 organizational maturity culture.
  • Help identify potential opportunities to be realized, exploited or enhanced as part of risk analysis.
  • Ensure that the strategies and performance requirements of your organization are realized via projects, programmes and operational business units.
  • Improve organizational accountability, decision making, transparency and visibility.

Foundation Level

The purpose of the foundation level is to confirm that you have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the P3O guidance to interact effectively with, or act as an informed member of, an office within a P3O model. The foundation qualification is a pre-requisite for the practitioner qualification.

Exam Format

  • Multiple choice
  • 50 questions per paper with 1 mark available per question
  • 30 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) - 60%
  • 40 minutes duration
  • Closed book.

Practitioner Level

The purpose of the practitioner level is to confirm that you have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the P3O guidance to design, implement, manage or work in any component office within a P3O model.

Exam Format

  • Objective testing
  • 7 questions per paper, 70 marks available in total
  • 35 marks required to pass (out of 70 available) - 50%
  • Two-and-a-quarter hours duration
  • Open-book (only the P3O Guide is allowed).

Recommended Reading

P3O Implementation Pack  

Purchase the P3O® Implementation Pack at APMG-Business Books. The pack contains the definitive reference titles for helping you to implement the P3O® guidance in your organization.

Buy Now


View our APMG-International P3O Certification Interactive Brochure for further information on the certification scheme.

In this section

P3O - Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices
 Accredited Training Providers
 Successful Candidate Register
 Frequently Asked Questions


News

Read our P3O blog posts for the latest news and commentary.

© Copyright 2013 APM Group. All rights reserved | APMG-International, Sword House, Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, HP13 6DG