Effective Program Management

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Program Management is one of the most interesting and challenging roles in business today. When clients want to achieve one or more strategic business objectives, they execute programs that can cost millions of dollars and last for many months. Managing these programs requires a tremendous “big picture” orientation, strong leadership, effective stakeholder engagement skills and a relentless focus on outcomes and benefits realization. Program Managers should learn to see their programs from the clients’ vantage and constantly scan them for threats and opportunities. The competencies needed to play this role are generally considered rare today and many companies are actively seeking to address this gap.

This two-day workshop aims to address this gap by focusing on critical Program Management competencies.  Participants will learn about what it takes to run a large program and will be provided tools and tips to manage programs effectively.

Who should attend this workshop?

  • Practising Program Managers
  • Managers new to the role of Program Management
  • Senior Project Managers
  • Executives directing a Program
  • PMO Practice Leaders and Support Staff

Workshop Outcomes:

The Program Management workshop will enable participants to:

  • Understand the role and importance of Programs in an organization.
  • Appreciate the personal and technical competencies needed to manage programs .
  • Assess themselves on these competencies to identify areas of growth.
  • Learn to maintain focus on realizing benefits as they happen in a program.
  • Identify and manage dependencies and risks in a program effectively and proactively.
  • Identify, analyze and engage with relevant stakeholders so their expectations are met .
  • Define an appropriate process to manage change in a program.
  • Put in place measures for effective governance and to track progress in a program
  • Create an appropriate Program Health Dashboard

Main Topics:

  • Introduction to Program Management
  • Governance in Program Management
  • Organizational Change Management (OCM)
  • Benefits Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Dependency Management
  • Risk Management
  • Controlling the Program

Please contact us for more details.