Program Management Course

Program Management is the forum for delivering longer term benefits to the organization. Program management decides the scope, the budget, and the priority of the project deliverables to be achieved over a 2-5 year or even longer time horizon in order to achieve the required benefits.

Objective

The course objective is to improve the organizations capability to manage and achieve longer term objectives in the light of active business and new opportunities and threats.

Content

We will discuss responsibilities and tasks of the Program organization and tell stories about successful and less successful experiences in order to ensure that the workshop result can be used directly in the every day life of the participants.

The following topics will form the framework for the course :

What makes us choose a program management approach rather than a complex project management approach
Organizational anchoring of programs
Program Quality Management
Programs, projects, and business processes
Cost/benefit analysis on program level
Project Management within programs
Responsibility and authority in the program organization
The roles of the program office and the project office
Program Governance
Stakeholder Governance

Result

The course participants will expand their understanding of roles, responsibilities, and tasks for Program Management, Line Organization, and Project Management.

The taught quality management techniques make it possible for the participants to establish more solid program management organizations and thereby achieve required benefits faster.

Target audience

General Management, Line Management, Program Office Members, Project Office Members, Project Managers, Business Development Managers, and other program stakeholders.