The Standard for Program Management - Fifth Edition

Programs are critical to organisations looking to optimise benefits and achieve strategic objectives. From initiation to benefits realisation, programme managers and teams unite the efforts of related projects to create more benefits than the sum of their component parts, adding value through the principles of programme management.

The Standard for Program Management - Fifth Edition is the definitive standard for individuals and organisations seeking to enhance their programme management practices. This edition identifies the eight principles that guide behaviour within programme management practices and trends, establishing the publication as a principle-led standard. A new programme management performance domain—Collaboration—is introduced and incorporated with reorganised content for a streamlined approach to reading, understanding, and using the standard.

The Project Management Institute (PMI) offers this updated standard as a powerful tool for a broad range of organisations, regardless of their project delivery approach. This edition of The Standard for Program Management is closely aligned to and builds upon the knowledge captured in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) - Seventh Edition. It can equip anyone involved in programme management with clear, complete, and relevant information to improve their practices.

This standard is an invaluable resource for portfolio, programme, and project managers, as well as senior managers and stakeholders. It is aligned with other PMI standards, underwent a rigorous review process, and is approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).