Program & Benefits Management

Course Overview

Learn about the major themes of Program & Benefits Management and get familiar with its processes, the interface with Project and Portfolio Management and the vital role of the Program Manager in your company. 

Gain an up-to-date overview on Program Management according to the respective PMI® Standard, enriched by our own knowledge and experience. Being guided by the Threon Generic Program Life Cycle® and by working on a detailed case study, you will leave this course ready to set-up and actually manage your own programs. 

You can measure the success of your projects by a number of indicators like budget, completion on time and products delivered to specification. Programs in addition are measured in terms of return on investment, new capabilities and the contribution of benefits. Become aware of the importance of identifying potential benefits, involving and getting commitments from your project stakeholders, and setting up the structure for benefits delivery.

Many companies already start to recognize these topics as the next steps after esta-blishing consistent company wide project management processes. Therefore let this course enhance your capacity to understand and apply Benefits Management by making use of program management processes.

Your Benefits

• Get to know the necessary program management definitions and terminology 
• Get familiar with program types & relation to projects & portfolios
• Apply up-to-date methods in order to reveal the real benefits of your programs.
• Gain the ability to perform Benefit Mapping managing complete programs
• Evaluate risks in programs and understand the role of the Program Manager
• Lead your programs to success

Who should attend?

• Executives
• Line Managers
• Senior Project Managers
• Program and Portfolio Managers
• Program and Portfolio Management Officers

What you can expect

• Interactive Lecture
• Workshop
• Exercises
• Case Studies

Prerequisites

Basics of project management processes