Methods & Artifacts (MA-IPMO®)

Foundational Certification

Course Description

The Methods and Artifacts (MA-IPMO) international certification is based on the upcoming book from AIPMO on ‘Project, Program, Portfolio, and PMO Methods and Artifacts,’ which focuses on PPM professionals, PMO professionals, and other technique-driven professions to understand, for the first time, the important details behind ‘what exactly is a method and what is an artifact.’ To aid in understanding the complexities of PPM methods and artifacts, AIPMO has developed a framework within their PMO Lifecycle Framework. This framework guides professionals in determining the following:

What are basic artifacts, chains, and CATs
How they should be selected and adapted for one or more PMOs
Considerations for conducting a pilot using one or more complex chains and CATs
Steps for implementing, applying, and utilizing the techniques, including tools to support them

Certified MA-IPMO professionals will have demonstrated, through a combination of formal training and competency assessment, an in-depth understanding of the definitions, types, and structures of PPM and PMO methods & artifacts. They understand the practices, including how to identify needs, select, adapt, pilot, implement, use, and improve methods & artifacts, while taking a holistic view of techniques and methods topology across project types, the organization, and its partners.

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Modules

Module 0: Introduction and Welcome

Course outline
AIPMO
Introductions
Certification path, different levels of exam, & sample foundation questions

Module 1: Building the Context around the World of PPM and PMOs

PMOs and success - the link
What research reveals (the average number of M&A known is only 10 for project managers and less for team members from a total of approximately 200)
The shortfall in knowledge

Module 2: AIPMO's Journey to Crack the Problem of M&A Ignorance

The review, analysis, and confusion
The path to understanding – frameworks, filters
The understanding and testing
Your role in the AIPMO M&A journey

Module 3: Generic Tools, Commercial Tools, Basic Techniques, Chain, and Category of Techniques - Explained

Definitions and a "Definition-Gap"
Tools - Generic and commercial
Techniques – Basic, Chains and CATs
Some Statistics on the types of methods and artifacts
Implications and importance of the findings

Module 4: Overview of the AIPMO's M&A Framework

Introduction to the M&A framework
Organizational strategy, EEF, PMO vision, mission, strategy, goals, governance, management, continuous improvement, adaptive alignment
Definition of capability/service and how they are applied within the PMO context

Module 5: M&A Categorization and Implementation Framework

M&A categorization & implementation framework
Identify the need for M&As
Selection and rational
Adaption - chains, CATs, and generic tool structures
Pilot, implement, apply & use, monitor & control

Module 6: What M&As to Use in Which Phase of the Project

Background to the research findings on the determination of the top 30 M&As across project phases
Discuss and review

Module 7: M&As for Decision Making, Risk Management and Conflict Management, Communication Management

Decision making M&As
Risk management M&As
Conflict management M&As

Module 8: PMOs Role in M&As

Determining root cause(s) of project failures linking to M&As
Overview of PMO services
Managing and approving M&As
Risks of outsourcing with respect to M&As
Building a M&A set of services
M&A register
M&A maturity assessments

Module 9: Exam and Certification

Revision and exam

Teaching Approach

The training approach includes

Lecture

Team exercises

Group discussions