In this program management training course, you will learn the best practices, including how to:
- Develop a business case
- Align program requirements with organisational objectives
- Execute a program roadmap
- Establish a governance framework
- Manage stakeholders
Programme Management Training Delivery Methods
Programme Management Training Benefits
Developed by expert programme managers and based on the approaches of organisations such as the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Learn how to set up and manage a project roadmap
Align projects and their goals with the wider organisational strategy
Test your knowledge in the included end-of-course exam
Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching
Program Management Course Outline
- Program roadmap
- Program management plan
- Managing the Benefits
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Distinguishing between a project and a programme
- Defining programmes, projects, and portfolios
- Clarifying the roles of the project and programme managers
- Setting up a Programme Management Office (PMO)
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Create and structure a defendable programme business case
- Determine costs and benefits of a business case
- Identify and analyse risks and opportunities
In this module, you will learn how to develop the programme scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), including:
- Establishing programme components
- Selecting major milestones
- Developing the roadmap
- Estimating the programme costs
- Developing subsidiary plans
- Determining resources
- Generating an acquisition strategy
- Developing a programme transition plan
- Identifying and delivering programme benefits
- Planning benefit realisation
- Reviewing and optimising benefits realisation
- Transitioning and sustaining benefits
In this module, you will learn how to develop the programme scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), including:
- Establish the proper governance structure
- Distinguish between programme, portfolio, and organisational governance
- Define the decision-making authority
- Identify and create programme stakeholder profiles
- Generate a stakeholders register
- Establish the programme management team
In this module, you will learn how to develop the programme scope and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), including:
- Design the programme dashboard to assess programme health
- Establish dashboard utilisation and updates
- Identify the necessary metrics and select their sources
- Identify, classify and assess programme risks, opportunities, probabilities, and impacts
- Identify and resolve programme issues
In this module, you will gain the leadership, management, and communication skills necessary to lead a programme, 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
