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MoP® Foundation

This accredited eLearning course introduces you to the MoP® framework, providing essential principles and practical tools for effective portfolio management. Learn how to select the right projects, optimize resources, and align investments with strategic goals. Ideal for anyone involved in project delivery or decision-making, this course fully prepares you for the MoP Foundation certification. 

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92 days licence and approx. 12h to complete

Accredited eLearning

Official Certificate from PeopleCert

Provided by ILX

Costs per course (incl. exam voucher)

 526,00

The exam package costs 427€ and includes the exam fee, an original e-book, and digital training materials. According to the accrediation body PeopleCert, the package is mandatory, cannot be cancelled, and will be sent via email after purchase. The eLearning costs 99€. All prices are exclusive of VAT.

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Why this course matters

  • Solving Fragmented Change and Misaligned Investments 
    Without a clear portfolio management approach, organizations often face scattered projects, wasted resources, and missed strategic opportunities. MoP® Foundation eLearning introduces a proven framework that helps you select, prioritize, and control therightprojects and programmes. You’ll learn how to align all change initiatives with your organization’s goals, ensuring every investment delivers real value. 

  • Ensuring Strategic Alignment and Value Delivery 
    Many organizations struggle to connect project investments to strategy. This course shows you how to evaluate and optimize your entire portfolio, so resources are allocated where they matter most. MoP® empowers you to drive measurable benefits, eliminate redundancies, and focus on initiatives that support business growth. 

  • Overcoming Portfolio Management Challenges
    Portfolios can become cluttered with overlapping or low-impact projects. MoP® provides practical tools for improving transparency, managing risks, and enhancing governance. You’ll develop the skills to make informed decisions, improve resource utilization, and maintain a balanced, high-performing portfolio.

  • Boosting Organizational Efficiency and Agility 
    Uncoordinated portfolios slow down innovation and drain resources. MoP® emphasizes efficiency, agility, and continuous improvement. This course equips you to streamline portfolio processes, adapt quickly to change, and maximize organizational impact.

Advance your career with MoP® Foundation eLearning. Gain the skills to manage portfolios strategically, optimize investments, and achieve globally recognized certification. Start your journey to becoming a certified MoP professional today! 

The learning journey

With access to our eLearning platform (LMS), you benefit from fully flexible and self-organized learning, supported by scientifically based concepts that efficiently build your knowledge. Our scenario-based MoP® Foundation training offers:

  • Flexible Learning
    Tailor your education to your individual preferences with diverse formats and media types, ensuring a personalized learning experience. Learn at your own pace, from any device, and access content whenever it fits your schedule.

  • Gamification
    Enjoy a playful approach with gamification techniques, making learning both effective and enjoyable.

  • Comprehensive Content
    This eLearning provides a clear and structured path to mastering the MoP® framework through engaging video modules, interactive exercises, and scenario-based learning. The course covers MoP’s principles, cycles, and practices, breaking down complex portfolio management concepts into practical, actionable steps. Special emphasis is placed on aligning portfolios with organizational strategy and optimizing value delivery, ensuring you can apply the framework effectively in real-world portfolio environments. 

  • Exam Preparation
    Prepare thoroughly for your MoP Foundation certification with an integrated exam simulator and additional resources such as digital workbooks and quick-reference guides. These tools help reinforce your knowledge and boost your confidence for the official exam.

This training not only conveys the core principles and techniques of MoP® Foundation but also immerses participants in an engaging, interactive learning environment, ensuring you are fully equipped to apply portfolio management best practices in real organizational scenarios. 

Course content

  • Principles of Portfolio Management
    Master the five core principles that underpin effective portfolio management: Senior Management Commitment, Governance Alignment, Strategy Alignment, Portfolio Office, and an Energised Change Culture. These principles ensure that all portfolio activities are strategically aligned, well-governed, and supported by a culture of change.

  • Portfolio Cycles: Definition & Delivery 
    Understand and apply the two key portfolio management cycles. The Portfolio Definition Cycle teaches you how to analyze, structure, categorize, prioritize, balance, and plan your organization’s project and programme portfolio. The Portfolio Delivery Cycle focuses on executing and controlling the portfolio through practices such as management control, benefits management, financial management, risk management, resource management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational governance. 

  • Portfolio Practices & Techniques
    Gain hands-on experience with proven practices and techniques for portfolio analysis and optimization. Learn categorization and prioritization methods, decision-making tools (like MCA), estimation techniques (such as three-point estimation), risk and resource management approaches, value-based evaluation models (e.g., Balanced Scorecard, Value Profiling), and monitoring and progress control methods.

  • Roles, Responsibilities & Organizational Context 
    Explore the essential roles and responsibilities within portfolio management, including the function and structure of a Portfolio Office. Understand how to create the organizational context that enables successful portfolio management and supports strategic decision-making.

Who this training is for

The MoP® Foundation eLearning course is ideal for professionals seeking a flexible, self-paced introduction to portfolio management. It suits anyone involved in managing, supporting, or making decisions about projects, programmes, or strategic investments—whether new to the field or looking to formalize and deepen their skills. Focusing on MoP’s principles, cycles, and practices, this course prepares participants to drive organizational value and is especially valuable for those aiming for MoP Foundation certification or advancing their careers in portfolio, programme, or project management.

Ideal for Professionals as:

  1. Portfolio Managers and PMO staff  
  2. Senior Managers, Executives, and Investment Decision-Makers 
  3. Programme and Project Managers  
  4. Business Change Managers and Benefits Managers 
  5. Members of Portfolio Offices or Strategy Teams 
  6. Consultants, Stakeholders, and Business Analysts 

What to expect in the exam?

The MOP Foundation Online Examination is conducted through an Online Proctor exam by PeopleCert, scheduled based on an individual appointment. Your MOP Foundation Certificate will be accessible as an E-certificate within 48 hours following the successful examination. It will be in your personal account on the Peoplecert Candidate Portal. The Exam Voucher remains valid for 12 months.

  • Duration: 40 minutes
  • Number of questions: 50
  • Format: Multiple choice and true/false questions
  • Minimum pass rate: 50% which means 25 correct answers
  • Language: English
  • Prerequsities: None

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