Program Management Essentials
Step up from projects to programmes.
About this course
Step up from projects to programmes. In three days you will distinguish projects, programmes and portfolios, align a programme with vision and mission using SWOT analysis and SMART goals, and follow the full life cycle from definition and benefits identification, through component delivery and integration, to closure and the transition and sustainment of benefits.
What you'll learn
- Define program management
- Relate program delivery to business/strategic objectives
- Identify the benefits your program will offer and plan how to deliver, transition, and sustain them
- Oversee the management, planning, execution, and controlling of simple and complex programs
- Effectively engage and maintain stakeholders throughout the life cycle of a program
- Use industry-standard tools and techniques to document and track program components
- Identify and implement effective Program Management governance structures to best meet the needs of an organization
- Report and control programs in a professional manner, employing the most appropriate reporting tools
Curriculum
- Define Projects, Programs, & Portfolios
- Review Program Types
- Roles & Responsibilities of a Program Manager
- Five Performance Domains
- Align Strategy to Vision and Mission Statements
- Complete Program SWOT Analysis
- Use SMART Goals to Define Objectives
- Incorporate Balanced Scorecard(s)
- Phases of Program Life Cycle Management
- Program Management Activities
- Program Formulation
- - Understanding Benefits
- - Identifying & Analyzing Stakeholders
- Program Planning
- - Program Management Plan
- - Governance
- Component Authorization & Planning
- Component Oversight & Integration
- Component Transfer & Closure
- Transitioning Benefits from the Program
- Defining how to Sustain Program Benefits
- Program Closure Activities
- Course Summary
- Question & Answer Session
- Wrap-up
Who it's for
Project managers moving into programme roles and managers who oversee several related projects.
Before you start
No formal prerequisites. Bring curiosity and a willingness to practise.
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