APMG International Managing Portfolios™ Professional

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Course overview

The Managing Portfolios Professional course provides advanced guidance to those responsible for aligning an organisation’s projects and programmes with its strategic goals. The course covers key areas such as portfolio strategy, benefits realisation, financial and risk management, resource planning, and stakeholder engagement.

Align change with strategy to drive organisational success

The Managing Portfolios Professional course offers in-depth insight into how to design and oversee a balanced, strategically aligned portfolio of change initiatives. Develop an awareness of how portfolio management supports organisational strategy, deepen your understanding of effective practices, and gain practical tools for implementation.

Learning objectives

Understand portfolio management principles and strategic alignment
Design and structure effective portfolios
Prioritise and plan change initiatives
Manage benefits, risks and resources
Apply governance to support decision-making
Sustain portfolio management practices
Tailor techniques to real-world scenarios
lnfluence strategic outcomes with confidence

What you'll learn

On this course, you’ll learn how to align change initiatives with strategic goals, manage competing priorities, and deliver measurable value. The course equips you with practical tools and techniques to design, deliver, and govern a portfolio effectively, ensuring your organisation invests in the right initiatives at the right time.

Understanding portfolios and portfolio management

Explore the core concepts and key characteristics that define portfolios and portfolio management. You’ll learn how portfolios support strategic delivery by aligning projects and programmes with organisational goals, and gain clarity on the principles that guide effective portfolio management.

Designing the portfolio

Learn how to shape a strategically balanced portfolio by scoping, structuring and prioritising change initiatives. This portion of the course focuses on creating a clear portfolio strategy, understanding current activity, and preparing a delivery plan that reflects business priorities and resource availability.

Delivering the portfolio

Build the skills to oversee portfolio execution through effective management of benefits, finances, risks, resources, and stakeholders. You’ll learn how to ensure that planned initiatives are delivered efficiently and remain aligned with strategic intent.

Portfolio governance

Understand the roles, responsibilities, and decision-making structures that underpin successful portfolio governance. You’ll explore how to apply governance practices that support transparency, accountability and informed oversight throughout the portfolio lifecycle.

What's included

Accredited APMG International Managing Portfolios Professional training
Managing Portfolios hard copy manual
APMG International Managing Portfolios Professional exam
Pass Protect is available as an optional extra

Key facts

Certification

APMG International Managing Portfolios Professional

Who it's for

Designed for Portfolio Directors, Portfolio Managers, and other portfolio management office staff, Senior Managers and other executives, Strategic Planners, Project Managers and Programme Managers

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for this exam.

Exam information

120 minutes, multiple choice, closed book, 60% pass mark, online exam via remote proctor.

Optional extras

Pass Protect

Pre-course

There is no pre-course work for this training course.

FAQs

Gain the practical tools and techniques required to manage benefits, risks, resources, and stakeholder engagement, helping you to drive strategic value and make confident, evidence-based decisions for your portfolios.

What is portfolio management?

Portfolio management is the coordinated process of selecting, prioritising, and controlling an organisation’s projects and programmes to align with its strategic objectives. It ensures that resources are allocated effectively, risks are managed, and initiatives deliver maximum value, helping organisations to achieve their goals and respond to change.

Do I need any prior experience to take the Managing Portfolios Professional course?

There are no formal prerequisites for the Managing Portfolios course. However, we would recommend you have some familiarity working in a project or programme environment, or in roles related to strategic planning, governance, or change delivery. This background will help you get the most from the course content and its practical applications.

How is the Managing Portfolios Professional exam structured?

To achieve your Managing Portfolios Professional certification, you will first need to complete an exam. You’ll have 120 minutes to answer six questions, each of which are made up of 2–6 parts. Questions are multiple choice, and the exam is closed book. To pass the exam you must achieve a score of 45 out of 75 (60%).

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