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About Managing Portfolios Certification

Managing Portfolios Overview

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Benefits of Managing Portfolios Certification

For Individuals

  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of Managing Portfolios and its principles, practices, techniques and key success characteristics.
  • Learn how to apply and tailor the Managing Portfolios approach and key success characteristics to different scenarios.
  • Analyze and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate application of the various Managing Portfolios techniques.
  • Receive a globally recognized certification and the skills needed to prioritize initiatives, balance resources, manage risks, and drive measurable business outcomes.

For Organizations

  • Improves project workflows which increases the rate of successful delivery across the organization.
  • Increases operational efficiencies which generates greater strategic impact per resource spent.
  • Enhances portfolio strategies to achieve better results by focusing on impact and strategic contributions.
  • Helps teams prioritize the right projects, balance available resources, and manage potential risks to delivering optimal outcomes. 

In short, optimizing strategic contribution by doing the ‘right’ projects, doing them ‘right’, and at the ‘right’ time.

    Study materials

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    Managing Portfolios
    Book (English)
    By
    Stephen Jenner

    Managing Portfolios Certification levels

    Managing Portfolios Professional Badge

    Managing Portfolios Professional

    Gain comprehensive guidance for effective portfolio management and begin shortening the gap between knowledge and strategy execution.

    Testimonials

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    In a growing project economy, the publication of Managing Portfolios has come at exactly the right time, particularly when only one third of organizations achieve even two-thirds of their strategic objectives. For anyone who cares whether their project portfolio succeeds, we finally have a guide that closes the knowing-doing gap to strategy execution that too often resembles a broken trophy cabinet.

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    Milvio DiBartolomeo
    Strategy Implementation Institute Professional & Managing Benefits Practitioner
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    This book will transform how organisations manage their portfolios. Written by the world’s leading expert on both benefits and portfolio management, it is essential reading for anyone serious about extracting the greatest value from their organisations’ investments in projects and programmes.

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    Ross Garland
    Coauthor of Project, Programme and Portfolio Governance
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    Few areas of transformation management are more challenging than portfolio management - with its complex mix of senior stakeholder management and programme balancing. Yet Steve has somehow managed to boil down a lifetime of learning into easy to understand principles and practices for Portfolio Management success. An absolute must-read for portfolio beginners, journeymen, and professionals alike.

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    Adam Skinner
    Lead APM Portfolio Management Specific Interest Group
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    The book is a significant improvement over the old MoP guide, offering a wealth of pragmatic advice and actionable strategies. Its extensive use of case studies makes the theory easy to understand and apply. Notably, it now includes a comprehensive chapter on implementing portfolio management and sustaining progress. Overall, the book provides a complete resource for portfolio directors and managers to design effective strategies for portfolio management implementation and continuous improvement.

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    Henny Portman
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    Videos

    Videos

    Podcast: Mastering portfolio management: insights on benefits optimisation with Stephen Jenner

    Managing Portfolios Discussed with Craig Kilford and Steve Jenner

    | 1 hour 2 minutes 35 seconds

    Fast Facts - Managing Portfolios with Stephen Jenner

    | 10 minutes 52 seconds

    Managing Portfolios #performancedevelopment #leadership #podcast

    | 1 minute 49 seconds

    FAQs

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    However, successful candidates are able to share and display their digital badge publicly.

    Some certifications do not require training in order to take the exam however, for most certifications, training is advised. 

    For some certifications individuals also have the option to self-study in preparation for the exam and, when they are ready, can even take the exam from the comfort of their home or office.

    You can find details of our self-study exams, available to purchase, via our public exams portal.

    Most, if not all, of our certifications come with at least one Sample Exam to help participants prepare for their exam. Access to the Sample Exams can be located on our website.

    If you are sitting the examination through an Accredited Training Organization, the cost of the exam is generally included in the course fee. Please ensure you confirm with your training provider that the exam is included in these costs. 

    If you have selected a self-study option, please note that APMG-International uses a global pricing model for all exams. The examination fees for candidates attending a public exam centre are determined by the location where the exams are administered.

    To find out the costs in your region, please refer to our examination portal or contact the APMG-International Service Desk (servicedesk@apmg-international.com).

    Candidates will be able to claim their digital badge and electronic certificate from the APMG Candidate Portal within two business days of their exam result being issued.

    Once you’ve been notified that you’ve passed your exam, you will have the option to create a digital badge in APMG's Candidate Portal.

    Visit APMG's Candidate Portal, view your exam results and select 'Create Badge'.

    This takes you to the Credly website where the digital badges are hosted. You will be guided through the Credly account creation process.

    Once you have created an account with Credly, log into the account and accept your pending badge.

    • Provisional results: After completing the Foundation examination, candidates may receive provisional results either orally from the invigilator or on-screen at the end of an online exam.
    • Official results: Once processed, official results, including a PDF breakdown of marks by syllabus area, are available in the APMG Candidate Portal. Results are issued as the total number of marks achieved.
    • Processing time: Exam papers are usually marked immediately after the exam. APMG formally processes and confirms results via the Candidate Portal within 2 working days of receiving completed papers.
    • Outstanding payments: In exceptional cases, results may be withheld until full payment has been received.

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