P3O courses (Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices) in London

P3O course

There are 3 ways you can choose to study P3O course. For all 3 P3O course training options below, you can choose either to study P3O Foundation, or P3O Practitioner or Foundation and Practitioner combined.

Classroom P3O

P3O certification is a great qualification if you work in, or want to work in, portfolio, programme, or project management offices. It is also suitable for project managers, programme managers, and portfolio managers.

Classroom P3O courses have temporarily been replaced with virtual classroom courses. They are available at weekdays and at weekends.

Online P3O

The P3O certification scheme from AXELOS offers two levels of certification, Foundation and Practitioner.

Our P30 training is designed by subject experts and professional P30 trainers. It gives you the best chance of passing your P30 certification exams and successfully earning your PMO qualifications.

Online P3O training is available on all platforms - desktop, tablet and mobile.

Virtual P3O

P3O is the best practice framework for portfolio, programme, and project offices. It helps organisations support the successful delivery of their portfolio of change programmes and projects.

This options requires an internet connection, headphones, microphone and computer.

P3O courses

All of the 3 training options above are available as Foundation, or Practitioner, or as combined Foundation & Practitioner courses.

P3O Foundation

You can choose to get your P3O Foundation certification by choosing any of the 3 training options below.

Weekday P3O Foundation course

Weekend P3O Foundation course

Online P3O Foundation course

P3O Practitioner

You can choose to get your P3O Practitioner certification by choosing any of the 3 training options below.

Weekday P3O Practitioner course

Weekend P3O Practitioner course

Online P3O Practitioner course

Foundation & Practitioner

You can choose to get your P3O Practitioner certification by choosing a combined training option.

Weekday Foundation & Practitioner course

Weekend Foundation & Practitioner course

Online Foundation & Practitioner course

P3O Certificates

There are 2 P3O certificates: Foundation Certificate and Practitioner Certificate. See below for more information about the 2 certifications.

P3O Foundation

This course is suitable if you work in, or want to work in, portfolio, programme, or project management offices. It is also suitable if you are a project, programme, or portfolio manager wanting to bring consistency to projects, programmes, or portfolios.


This course provides you with P3O Foundation certification and includes the P3O Foundation exam.

Who should take it?

A P30 Foundation course is suitable for any of the following:

  • Senior managers seeking to understand a structure for achieving strategic objectives

  • Portfolio managers and programme managers - who will benefit from the consistency P3O brings by standardizing strategies across projects, programmes and portfolios

  • Project managers - who can integrate project management frameworks such as PRINCE2 into a P3O model and deliver consistent outputs across projects

  • Individuals working in, or wanting to work in, a PMO or P3O environment.

What's the Foundation exam features?

  • 60 minutes;

  • 70 multiple-choice questions;

  • 50% pass mark;

  • Closed-book exam.

P3O Practitioner

P3O Practitioner is for students wanting to learn to deploy a PMO or P3O model using the knowledge you gained at Foundation level.


If you do not already have P3O Foundation, the combined P3O Foundation and Practitioner course is for you. It includes both P3O Foundation and Practitioner tuition and exams.

Who should take it?

A P30 Practitioner course is suitable for any of the following:

  • Anyone already holding the P3O Foundation qualification and wanting to learn to deploy a PMO using P3O.

A P3O Foundation and Practitioner course is suitable for any of the following:

  • Senior managers seeking to understand a structure for achieving strategic objectives

  • Portfolio managers and programme managers - who will benefit from the consistency P3O brings by standardizing strategies across projects, programmes and portfolios

  • Project managers - who can integrate project management frameworks such as PRINCE2 into a P3O model and deliver consistent outputs across projects

  • Individuals working in, or wanting to work in, a PMO or P3O environment

  • Anyone wanting to learn to deploy a PMO using P3O.

What's the Practitioner exam features?

  • 2.5-hour exam;

  • 80 Objective-style (based on case-study) ;

  • 50% pass mark;

  • Open-book exam.

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