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Program Professional Framework

Program Management: Managing Multiple Projects Successfully

Program Overview

When several related projects share resources, deadlines and a common goal, managing each one well is not enough; someone must manage the dependencies between them and the benefits they produce together. This course covers program management practice drawn from The Standard for Program Management and the Managing Successful Programmes approach: defining the program vision and roadmap, structuring tranches, governing the program, coordinating interdependencies and shared resources, and planning and tracking benefits. Examples include transformation and infrastructure programmes common in GCC national development plans.

Learning Outcomes

✓Distinguish program, project and portfolio management and decide when a set of projects should be managed as a program.
✓Develop a program vision, blueprint and roadmap organised into tranches.
✓Build a program-level dependency map and integrated master schedule across component projects.
✓Resolve shared resource conflicts using prioritisation rules agreed with program governance.
✓Create a benefits map and benefits realisation plan with owners and measures.
✓Design a program governance structure with boards, roles and reporting.

Target Audience

Program managers and senior project managers
Managers responsible for several concurrent projects
PMO and portfolio office staff
Business change managers and benefit owners

Detailed Program Modules

01Program Management Foundations

Programs versus projects and portfolios
The Standard for Program Management and MSP
National development programmes in the GCC

02Program Definition and Roadmap

Vision, blueprint and business case
Tranches and component projects
Program roadmap and milestones

03Program Governance

Program board and sponsor roles
Decision rights and stage reviews
Program-level risks and issues

04Managing Interdependencies

Dependency mapping across projects
Integrated master schedule
Interface and change coordination

05Shared Resources and Multi-Project Scheduling

Resource pools and capacity planning
Prioritisation rules for conflicts
Multi-project scheduling techniques

06Benefits Management and Closure

Benefits mapping and profiles
Benefits tracking and realisation
Transition to operations and program closure

Training Methodology

Interactive expert-led sessions grounded in workplace examples

Case studies and practical exercises drawn from the region

Group workshops with peer review of decisions and deliverables

Formative feedback against clear performance criteria

Applied Project & Assessment

Applied Project

Participants structure a case program: a vision and roadmap with tranches, a dependency map across at least four projects, a resource conflict resolution proposal, a benefits map and a governance chart.

Assessment

Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.

University Certificate & International Accreditation

Professional Certificate accredited by Alzette University in Program Management: Managing Multiple Projects Successfully

International accreditation: Global Leadership Organization (GLO)