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Program Management
…managing multiple interrelated projects with ease
Program managers are, above all else, change agents. Their roles
have evolved in most organizations from that of managing
multiple projects to implementing business strategy through an
integrated portfolio of projects involving the management of
multiple teams and executive-level stakeholders. As such, the
program manager today requires a refined set of business and
leadership skills that are vastly different from that of a
project manager. Yet, being an effective program manager
generally requires a firm foothold in project management.
Prerequisite
Three to five years Project Management experience
Course Level
Advanced
Duration
2 Days
Who should attend?
You should attend if you plan, control or manage
the execution of complex projects, or programs made up of multiple
projects often with operational actives.
Performance Focus
- Increase the effectiveness of an organization’s approach
to program management
- Initiate and organize a large-scale program to implement
business strategy
- Manage stakeholder relationships effectively
- Manage, execute and control a successful program
consisting of multiple, related projects
- Establish and implement program governance to ensure
consistent alignment with organizational strategy
- Ensure the realization of program benefits
What You Will Learn
- What a program is, how it fits within a project/program
portfolio and how it differs from portfolio and projects
- How to structure a program, effective governance,
identify and sequence the projects, estimates, schedule,
optimize resources, set up communication, collaboration and
reporting structures and coordinate ongoing operations with
projects that may affect and be affected by them
- How to align program objectives with those of the
organization, as well as the environment within which it
will operate and produce results
- To identify program management activities across the
program management process groups, initiating, planning,
executing, monitoring and controlling and closing and the
applied best practices to perform them in a varying
situations
- Use the importance of benefit realization plan to build,
manage, communicate, monitor and control it most importantly
to realize expected benefits
- Identify the essential of the effective program manager
and manage a team of project manager, operational leads,
marketing teams, executives, regulators, partners and
suppliers and assess your own and your groups level of
proficiency and plan for growth
Content
Basic Outline of the Course:
Project Management Context & Concepts
Programs, project and portfolio, what they are and how they relate
to one another
Program management and program managers: Managing complex efforts to
realize benefits
Benefit management
Stakeholder management
Governance: Program Management office and program boards
The standard of program management overview
Program Management Life Cycle
The difference between program life cycle and program management
process
Characteristics of program life cycle
Benefit management and program life cycle
Program governance and program life cycle
Five phases of program life cycle
Program Management Process Groups
Program Initiation
Initiating a program
Authorizing constituent projects
Initiating a team
Program Planning
The program management plan
Interface and transition planning
Planning program scope, schedule, cost, resources and quality
Planning program communication, risk and procurement
Planning measurement and performance evaluation |
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Program Execution
Directing and managing program execution
Acquiring and developing the program team
Performing quality assurance and information distribution
Managing procurement activities
Program Monitoring Control
Program integrated change control
Monitoring and controlling program work
Controlling program resources, scope, quality, schedule, and cost
Controlling program risk issues, communication and contracts
Measuring benefits realization
Program Closure
Closing the program
Closing components
Closing Contract
Interim and post program reviews
Essential Program Manager Skills
Communication, conflict resolution and relationship with
stakeholders
Managing and varying levels of authority and accountability
Program managers as bottom-line business managers
Tools: MS Project and EPM
Recap & Closing |
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