DAY ONE & TWO

PgMP Application

• PgMP eligibly and certification process including timeline
• Developing you PgMP application
• Preparing a Sample Program for your PgMP Application
• Developing your Program Management Summaries

Introduction

• Introduction into projects, programs and portfolios
• Project and program success/failure - multi-view perspective
• Relationship among program management, operations management, and organizational strategy
• Business value
• Role of the program manager versus project manager

Program management performance domains

• Definitions, Program Life Cycle Phases, Activities
• Program Management Performance Domain Interactions
• Program and Project Distinctions: Uncertainty, Change
• Program and Portfolio Distinctions
• Organizational Strategy, Portfolio Management, and
• Program Management Linkage
• PgMP Sample Exam 1

Program strategy alignment

• Organizational Strategy and Program Alignment: Business Case, Program Plan
• Program Roadmap
• Environmental Assessments: Factors, Analysis
• PgMP Sample Exam 2

Program Benefits management

• Benefits Identification
• Business Case, Benefits Register
• Benefits Analysis and Planning
• Benefits Realization Plan
• Benefits Management and the Program Roadmap
• Benefits Delivery: Components, Governance
• Benefits Transition
• Benefits Sustainment
• PgMP Sample Exam 3

DAY THREE & FOUR

Program stakeholder engagement

• Program Stakeholder Identification
• Stakeholder Engagement & Planning

Program Governance

• Program Governance Boards
• Program Governance Board Responsibilities
• Relationship Between Program Governance and Program Management
• Common Individual Roles Related to Program Governance
• Programs as Governing Bodies: The Governance of Program Components
• Other Governance Activities that Support Program Management
• The Program Management Office
• Program Management Information Systems, Knowledge Management, Audit Support, Training
• PgMP Sample Exam 4

Program Life Cycle Management

• The Program Life Cycle
• Program Definition Phase
• Program Benefits Delivery Phase
• Program Closure Phase
• Mapping of the Program Life Cycle to Program Supporting Processes
• PgMP Sample Exam 5

Program management supporting processes

• Program Communications Management
• Program Financial Management
• Program Integration Management
• Program Procurement Management
• Program Quality Management
• Program Resource Management
• Program Risk Management
• Program Schedule Management
• Program Scope Management
• PgMP Sample Exam 6

Flash Performance Domains/Knowledge Areas (supporting processes)

This is a new concept where the participants work in teams to determine the key object types including processes, scenarios, triggers, tools and techniques within each area and then presenting the findings to the group.

DAY FIVE