Program Management

Introduction:

Programs are an umbrella structure that allows the organizations to manage a group of related projects in a way to gain greater benefit than what could be achieved from managing the projects separately. The program allows the organizations the best of both worlds. The very large initiative is broken down into many smaller projects that are easier to manage. At the same time, the program managers provide management and guidance to all of the projects to ensure that the common objectives and common deliverables are completed successfully.

The goal of this course is to provide the attendee with the required concepts and knowledge, that enable them to understand what program and program management are, and get the required knowledge, tools and techniques to successfully plan and control the programs. Also, they will know how the program management could be used as a tool to implement the strategy of the organization and to achieve its strategic objectives.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course the attendees will be able to:

1. Differentiate between the project, program and portfolio.
2. Define what is program and program management.
3. List and define the program life cycle and program performance domains
4. Perform the basic tasks and activities of program planning.
5. Perform the basic tasks and activities of program control.

Who should attend:

Project managers, program managers, program management team, IT team, functional managers, business analysis team, individuals welling to get knowledge about program management.

Course Outlines

DAY 1:

1. Pre-course exam
2. Definition of program and program management.
3. The relation between project, program and portfolio.
4. What is organizational project management and why we need it?
5. The role of the program manager.
6. Portfolio, Program and project management as a tool to achieve the strategic objective of the organizations

DAY 2:

1. Overview of the program performance domains
2. Strategy Alignment domain

 DAY 3:

1. Benefit Management domain
2. Stakeholder Management domain

DAY 4:

1. Program Governance domain
2. Program Lifecycle Management domain
3. Program management supporting processes. (Part 1)

DAY 5:

1. Program management supporting processes. (Part 2)
2. Post – course exam