A Portfolio, Programme and Project
Offices model provides a decision enabling/delivery support
structure for all change within an organisation. This may be
provided through a single permanent office which may exist under
several different names e.g. Portfolio Office, Centre of
Excellence, Enterprise or Corporate Programme Office. It may
otherwise be provided through a linked set of offices (portfolio
office, programme offices, project offices), both permanent
(enabling/supporting business objectives and consistency of
delivery) and temporary (enabling/supporting specific programmes
and projects), providing a mix of central and localised
services.
OGC's PRINCE2, Managing Successful
Programmes and Management of Risk all touch on the need to provide
adequate support structures for these best practices.
However, currently there is no single source of this information
that either organisations or individuals can go to find guidance or
advice on setting up or running an effective delivery support
office in alignment with OGC's Best Practice guidance. This new
guidance - alligned to OGC's PRINCE2, MSP and MoR - will bring
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. These
structures also bridge the gap between the strategy/policy makers
and the delivery arm of the organisation.
The purpose of the Portfolio,
Programme and Project Offices (P3O) guidance is to provide
universally applicable guidance that will enable individuals and
organisations to successfully establish, develop and maintain
appropriate business support structures that will allow:
- Informed senior management
decision making on strategic alignment, prioritisation, risk
management, optimisation of resources etc to successfully deliver
their business objectives (portfolio management).
- Identification and realisation of
business outcomes and benefits via programmes.
- Successful delivery of project
outputs that enables benefits within time, cost and quality
restraints.
The course
covers
The Principles, Processes, Tools
and Techniques, as well as the implementation/operational advice
described in the P3O guide.
Practical work to bring the model
to life
P3O Foundation
examination
