Program Management Training

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Distinguishing between a project and a program
• Defining programs, projects, and portfolios
• Clarifying the roles of the project and program managers
• Setting up a Program Management Office (PMO)

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Develop the vision, goals, objectives, and assess the maturity of your organizational strategy
• Define business, data, application, and technology architectures
• Describe the organizational portfolio
• Assessing the “as-is” and future “to-be” states
• Specify required changes to existing systems and processes
• Establish required new systems and retirement of systems
• Avoid the “Shelfware” syndrome

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Create and structure a defendable program business case
• Determine costs and benefits of a business case
• Identify and analyze risks and opportunities

In this module, you will learn how to develop the program scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), including:

• Establishing program components
• Selecting major milestones
• Developing the roadmap
• Estimating the program costs
• Developing subsidiary plans
• Determining resources
• Generating an acquisition strategy
• Developing a program transition plan
• Identifying and delivering program benefits
• Planning benefit realization
• Reviewing and optimizing benefits realization
• Transitioning and sustaining benefits

In this module, you will learn how to develop the program scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), including:

• Establish the proper governance structure
• Distinguish between program, portfolio, and organizational governance
• Define the decision-making authority
• Identify and create program stakeholder profiles
• Generate a stakeholders register
• Establish the program management team

In this module, you will learn how to develop the program scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), including:

• Design the program dashboard to assess program health
• Establish dashboard utilization and updates
• Identify the necessary metrics and select their sources
• Identify, classify and assess program risks, opportunities, probabilities, and impacts
• Identify and resolve program issues

In this module, you will gain the leadership, management, and communication skills necessary to lead a program, including:

• Setting the vision
• Protecting the team
• Dealing with adversity
• Understanding and working with stakeholder expectations
• Establishing and following the processes
• Selecting the right people for the right roles
• Negotiating resources
• Communicating effectively with staff at all levels
• Driving proper communications between project teams
• Ensuring proper communications with all stakeholders