Program Management

Program Management

Unique and adaptable approach to program management, offering key insights needed for professionals and business leaders to drive strategic change

Program Management links business purpose, strategy, program stakeholders, benefits realisation, and transformative change-making to provide a uniquely integrated view and use of program management. It offers practising initiative leaders the skills and mindset shifts needed to effectively communicate and champion programmes to stakeholders.

The text includes key insights into strategy execution excellence and designing risk-based governance strategies that empower a learning culture within the PMO and across the business. The guidance is customisable to the nature of strategic initiatives and change efforts at both the individual and organisational level, driven by the emphasis on the potential use of programs and projects as learning labs for different levels of complexity, organisational maturity, and diverse business contexts.

Written by a highly qualified author with more than 30 years of experience in the field, Program Management covers critical topics such as:

• Origin of programs, program management definitions and concepts, the role of programme manager versus project manager, and the importance of value focus across the programme life cycle.
• How leaders need to be agile, navigate political waters, manage incredible complexity, and align diverse stakeholders.
• Envisioning a Program Roadmap that fits context and inspires commitment to continuously achieving value.
• The culture for change making and the attributes for a healthy “change culture” including future Power Skills. Also addressing the value proposition of programme professionals in the future.
• Impact of digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the future of programmes.
• Creating the value-driven way of working and developing the value mindset coupled with the role of benefits management in programs and projects.
• The PMO as the learning engine for the enterprise and the changing role of the programme offices.
• Becoming a Change Scientist, the maturing of value and strategic metrics in programmes, and how to achieve the right metrics design and mix.

For programme and project managers, practitioners, PMO leaders, students in project and programme management courses, and those studying for project and programme management certifications, Program Management is an essential mindset, skillset, and toolset for executing a strategic plan. It provides synergy, consistency in managing change, and a greater focus on achieving what matters to customers and stakeholders.