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PgMP®Program Management Professional – Exam Preparation Course
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Course Overview
Program management skills are essential for senior-level practitioners on the forefront of advancing an organization’s strategic goals. Program Managers manage multiple, related projects in a coordinated way, achieving benefits that could not occur if the projects were handled separately. With program management maturity, an organization’s projects are considerably more successful than without it:
Key Takeaways
1
Gain an understanding of the key definitions, activities and concepts of program management as outlined in The Standard for Program Management, 4th Edition (SPM V4).
2
Understand the Program Management Domains as outlined in SPM V4.
3
Recall key terms and concepts from each process group in program management
4
Recognize processes, inputs, and outputs in each body of knowledge for program management.
5
Learn and develop the key skills needed for program management.
Project Management Institute
PMI is one of the world’s largest notfor-profit membership associations for the project management profession. Our professional resources and research empower more than 700,000 members, credential holders and volunteers in nearly every country in the world to enhance their careers, improve their organizations’ success and further mature the profession. PMI™ and PMP® are registered marks of Project Management Institute, Inc.
Course Outline
DAY ONE & TWO
Introductions and Expectations
→ Introductions
→ Course content and agenda
→ Participant’s expectations
→ Course content and agenda
→ Participant’s expectations
Defining the Program
→ Learning objectives
→ Domain description and key definitions
→ What is program management?
→ How do you know if you should manage multiple projects as a program?
→ Projects, programs, portfolios
→ Areas of emphasis
→ Themes of program management
→ Program stakeholder management
→ Program governance
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
Exercise
→ Domain description and key definitions
→ What is program management?
→ How do you know if you should manage multiple projects as a program?
→ Projects, programs, portfolios
→ Areas of emphasis
→ Themes of program management
→ Program stakeholder management
→ Program governance
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
Exercise
DAY THREE & FOUR
Initiating the Program
→ Learning objectives
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ Pre-program set up phase: Initiating
→ Phase 1: Program set up: Initiating
• Initiating process group
• Real life Examples on the practical application and uses of Program Management
Exercise
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ Pre-program set up phase: Initiating
→ Phase 1: Program set up: Initiating
• Initiating process group
• Real life Examples on the practical application and uses of Program Management
Exercise
Planning the Program
→ Learning objectives
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ The planning processes
→ Phase 2: Program set up: Planning
• Planning group processes
• Common process inputs and outputs
• Key planning considerations
• Develop program management plan
• Interface planning, Transition planning, Resource planning
• Scope definition
• Create program work breakdown structure
• Schedule development
• Cost estimating and budgeting
• Quality planning
• Human resource planning
• Communications planning
• Risk management planning and analysis
• Plan purchases and acquisitions and plan program contracting
Program Planning Examples/Case Study
Exercise
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ The planning processes
→ Phase 2: Program set up: Planning
• Planning group processes
• Common process inputs and outputs
• Key planning considerations
• Develop program management plan
• Interface planning, Transition planning, Resource planning
• Scope definition
• Create program work breakdown structure
• Schedule development
• Cost estimating and budgeting
• Quality planning
• Human resource planning
• Communications planning
• Risk management planning and analysis
• Plan purchases and acquisitions and plan program contracting
Program Planning Examples/Case Study
Exercise
Executing the Program
→ Learning objectives
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ Phase 3: Establish program management and technical infrastructure: Executing
• Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
• Program life cycle
→ Phase 4: Deliver the incremental benefits: Executing
• Direct and manage program execution
• Perform quality assurance
• Acquire program team
• Develop program team
• Information distribution
• Request seller responses
• Select sellers
Executing Examples/Case Study
Exercise
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ Phase 3: Establish program management and technical infrastructure: Executing
• Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
• Program life cycle
→ Phase 4: Deliver the incremental benefits: Executing
• Direct and manage program execution
• Perform quality assurance
• Acquire program team
• Develop program team
• Information distribution
• Request seller responses
• Select sellers
Executing Examples/Case Study
Exercise
Controlling the Program
→ Learning objectives
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ Phase 5: Deliver the incremental benefits: Controlling
• Integrated change control
• Resource control
• Monitor and control program work
• Issue management and control
• Scope control, schedule control and cost control
• Perform quality control
• Communications control
• Performance reporting
• Risk monitoring and control
• Perform contract administration
Controlling Examples/Case Study
Exercise
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ Phase 5: Deliver the incremental benefits: Controlling
• Integrated change control
• Resource control
• Monitor and control program work
• Issue management and control
• Scope control, schedule control and cost control
• Perform quality control
• Communications control
• Performance reporting
• Risk monitoring and control
• Perform contract administration
Controlling Examples/Case Study
Exercise
DAY FIVE
Closing the Program
→ Learning objectives
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ Phase 6: Close the program
→ Program closure objectives
→ Close program
→ Component closure
→ Contract closure
→ Benefits assurance and sustainment
Closing Examples/Case Study
Exercise
Review of key concepts covered in the course
Wrap-up and Closing
→ (How will you apply the knowledgelearned to deliver additional value?)
→ Domain description
→ Cost and benefit profile and the program life cycle
→ Program life cycle
→ Benefits management and program management life cycles
→ Phase 6: Close the program
→ Program closure objectives
→ Close program
→ Component closure
→ Contract closure
→ Benefits assurance and sustainment
Closing Examples/Case Study
Exercise
Review of key concepts covered in the course
Wrap-up and Closing
→ (How will you apply the knowledgelearned to deliver additional value?)
Who Should Attend?
This highly practical and interactive course has been specifically designed for
This program is designed for Project Managers, Team Leaders, Program Managers, Software Managers, and Technical leaders who want to develop or improve their Program Management knowledge and skills based on global standards and best practices.
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