Organizations aim to implement business strategies that generate benefits for the business and their customers. For many organizations, the stumbling block lies in the difficulty to create synergy between the different business units, between business and projects and between the different projects. Portfolio, PMOs and Program Management aim to foster this synergy, but are still not well understood.

By clearly defining the relationship between, and the objectives of, project, program, portfolio and PMO management, this seminar will enable organizational actors to concentrate on achieving success for the business rather than focus on their self-interested requirements. It covers portfolio management as a management approach that aims to align project efforts with the corporate strategy and optimize the efficient use of resources throughout the organization, program management as a business strategy delivery process, and the PMO as a dynamic structure to leverage the above relationships and support the delivery processes.

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide) areas covered: Integration Management, Scope Management, Human Resource Management, Communications Management, Risk Management, and Procurement Management.

Other areas covered: Benefits and Value Management, Stakeholders Management, Project Governance.

Who should attend?

- Program managers

- Chief project officers

- Project directors and senior managers who need to manage multiple projects to deliver business strategies and are interested in their organizational context

- Reasonably experienced project managers who are interested in understanding the strategic influences exercised on projects.

 What will my seminar experience cover?

- The project-based organization

- From strategies to projects

- Portfolio management: Delivering Corporate Strategies   

- Programme management: Delivering Business Strategies

- The PMO: Supporting Structures

Reference Book: Seminar includes the book “Value Management Practice” by Michel Thiry.

How will I benefit?

Develop and enhance the contributions you make to your organization by being able to:

- Understand the project-based organization’s organizational context

- Appreciate management and structural influences on the delivery of projects

- Actively manage business value and stakeholders’ benefits

- Recognize why, when and how to use project, program, portfolio and PMOs

- Support the development of a project framework and culture in organizations

- Deal with complex business situations, using specific tools and techniques

- Identify competencies required from portfolio, PMO and program managers.

What instructional materials will be used?

Lectures, case studies, discussions, examples and group exercises and facilitated discussions.

Each participant’s folder contains a number of live case studies, full papers and recent book chapters on program management.