Learning Program Management

Course details

What is the difference between a project and a program? What do program managers do? These questions and others are answered in this course which covers the essentials of program management. Learn about the skills needed to be a program manager. Discover the milestones and phases involved in the life cycle of a program—from planning to delivery and beyond. Find out how to manage programs, align programs to business strategies, deliver beneficial results, communicate with stakeholders, govern program activities, map program schedules, and support integral program processes.

Learning objectives
Explain what a program is.
Describe what a program manager does.
Name the purpose a vision statement serves.
Summarize how to know when a program ends.
Cite the role of program financial management in creating a budget.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Program management course overview
02 - Who is this course for

1. Getting to Know Program Management

03 - What is program management
04 - Who is a program manager
05 - The relationship between portfolios, programs, and projects
06 - Business value of a program

2. Program Management Performance Domains

07 - Program lifecycle phases and activities
08 - Program vs. project uncertainty and change
09 - Program vs. portfolio and their relationship to strategy

3. Program Strategy Alignment

10 - Organizational strategy and program alignment

4. Program Benefits Management

11 - Benefits identification for program management
12 - Benefits analysis and planning for program management
13 - Benefits delivery for program management
14 - Benefits transition and sustainment for program management

5. Program Stakeholder Engagement

15 - Program stakeholder identification, planning, and engagement

6. Program Governance

16 - Program governance board responsibilities
17 - Individual roles in program governance and their functions
18 - Other supporting governance activities

7. Program Lifecycle Management

19 - Program lifecycle management

8. Program Management Supporting Processes

20 - Program management and communications
21 - Program financial management
22 - Program integration management
23 - Program procurement management
24 - Program quality management
25 - Program resource management
26 - Program risk management
27 - Program schedule management
28 - Program scope management

Conclusion

29 - Next steps