Duration: 4 Days
This course is designed for anyone involved in the development and execution
of organizational strategy. It is for program managers as well as people whose
role interacts with programs, including portfolio managers, project managers,
operational managers, and executives. You will learn to employ program
management as a tool for ensuring the delivery of organizational benefits. You
will also learn to use proven approaches and techniques specific to program
management in complex, multi-project environments.
Students pursuing a university-recognized and/or accredited certificate in
Canada or continuing education units in the US must attend at least 90% of class
time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at
least 70% on an end-of-class, multiple-choice assessment.
What You Will Learn
- Apply program management techniques as outlined in The Standard for
Portfolio Management, Third Edition
- Distinguish among the roles and responsibilities of program managers,
portfolio managers, and project managers
- Relate program management efforts and outcomes to organizational
priorities and strategic objectives
- Efficiently create, plan, and control programs
- Apply principles and techniques necessary to ensure that programs
deliver maximum benefit
- Analyze and engage program stakeholders
- Define and outline the program management supporting processes
- Develop a program work breakdown structure and network diagram
- Create a program communications plan
Audience
- Senior executives responsible for implementing organizational strategy
- Managers responsible for implementing organizational strategy
- Portfolio managers, project managers, and program managers
- Members of portfolio, program, or project offices
- Operational managers who are impacted or impact programs
- Project team members, customers, and other stakeholders of program
management processes
Prerequistes
Course Outline
1. Program Management Foundations
- Programs in the Context of Organizational Project Management
- The Standard for Program Management
- Uncertainty and Change Management
2. Program Strategy
Alignment
- Program Business
Case
- Program Plan
- Program Roadmap
- Program
Management Plan
3. Program Benefits Management
- Benefits Identification
- Benefits Analysis and Planning
- Benefits Delivery
- Benefits
Transition
- Benefits
Sustainment
4. Program Stakeholder Engagement
- Program Stakeholder Identification
- Program Stakeholder Analysis
- Metrics of Stakeholder Engagement
5. Program
Governance
- Component
Governance
- Program
Governance Board
- Program
Governance Plan
6. Program Life Cycle Management
- Program Definition
- Program Benefits Delivery
- Program Closure
7. Program Management Supporting
Processes
- Communications
Management
- Financial
Management
- Integration
Management
- Procurement
Management
- Quality
Management
- Resource
Management
- Risk Management
- Schedule Management
- Scope Management
Hands-On Activities:
- Define Terminology
- Establish Programs
- Build a
Program Business Case
- Develop a Program Plan
- Develop a Program Roadmap
- Develop a Program Benefits Register
- Develop a Program Benefits Realization Plan
- Analyze Stakeholders
- Plan
Program Communications
- Plan
Program Schedule and Scope
Course Labs
