Portfolio, Programme and Project Office Courses

P3O Overview

P3O is an acronym of Portfolio Programme and Project Offices. The P3O guidance, through principles, processes and techniques, provides a model for support structures for projects, programmes and enterprise project portfolios. Having an effective P3O model will provide an organisation with decision enabling information as well as structures for delivering change. The relatively new guidance for P3O has been constructed by the Office of Government Commerce (UK) which pools together all current information on support offices for projects, programs and portfolios. It also explains how benefits are achieved from efficient P3O offices, how to establish a new temporary or permanent or revitalise an existing office, describes the functions and tools that may be useful in the context of current organisational maturity, and how to operate multiple support offices in the same organisation.

There are many kinds of support offices ranging from those termed 'Project Management Offices' in the PMBoK, 'Project Support' in PRINCE2 and 'Programme Offices' in MSP, through to complex 'Portfolio Offices' and 'Centres of Excellence' managing an organisation’s overall delivery of change initiatives. The aim of P3O is to provide a single point of reference for setting up and running effective delivery support in any kind of organisation in an environment aligned with best practice approaches.

Goal Group is an APMG Accredited Training Organisation – so you can be confident that the courses we deliver conform to the highest standards of P3O training. All of our P3O courses are based on the latest version of the syllabus.

Please refer to the P3O FAQs page for an explanation of P3O and its accreditation framework.

Training Roadmap

Courses

Course Fees

Our P3O course fees are highly competitive. We can negotiate attractive arrangements for bulk bookings and regular clients. Please contact us before booking.

Course Delivery Options

We deliver our Foundation and Practitioner courses on a regular public schedule in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Auckland and Wellington. Check out our schedule of public P3O courses for the next available dates. Then use our Registration Form to book your place on one of our public courses.

In other locations and for non-accredited courses, we run courses only when there is sufficient demand. We keep track of people with particular needs, and contact them when we are able to meet their need. If this is you, please register your interest in such a course and we will add you to the waiting list. Alternatively, you can request a quote for an in-house course.

If you're after something a little different, we may be able to assist. All of our courses can be tailored to meet your specific needs. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

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