The British Academy for Training and Development offers the Programme Management Professional (PgMP) Course. The aim of this programme is to offer attendees with the necessary skills to manage and coordinate multiple projects at one time. This course is more advanced to the programmes being implemented by an organisation than to being weighted on the principles of programme management. This course makes clear the importance of finding good alignment between the business strategy and the objectives of a programme, so that attendees will acquire knowledge about programme life cycle management phases.

It covers key areas including stakeholder engagement plans, resources optimisation, as well as risk management methods of anticipating and mitigating scenarios. The course goes on to cover 'benefit realisation management' to ensure that the end results of programmes are aligned with the business. The course would have to show how attendees would learn financial planning and control the advanced way plus strategic communication as supplemental so these would further enhance collaborative efforts across teams. It continues to programmes by going into governance frameworks which ensure programme benefit.

This training programme is suitable to those pursuing programme management in their careers, as it ensures attendees are more than ready to deliver strategic initiatives and meet organisational mandates.

Objective:

The objective of Programme Management Professional (PgMP) Course are:

1. Empower attendees with further knowledge of the principles of programme management.

2. Allow programmes to align effectively with organisational strategies.

3. Understand the role of programme management and its impact on organisational success.

4. Develop and manage a programme roadmap to achieve strategic objectives.

5. Maintain strategic alignment while managing the programme.

6. Manage the programme life cycle initiation, planning, execution, and closure.

7. Teach practical techniques for stakeholder engagement and resource management. 

8. Increase proficiency in risk management, benefit realisation, and financial planning. 

9. Establish competency in the application of governance communication strategies.

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for:

1. Professional certification and advanced skills for programme managers. 

2. Transitioning protective project managers into programme management roles. 

3. Portfolio managers looking to manage and optimise programme success. 

4. Business leaders who want their programmes to match with organisational objectives. 

5. Industry professionals such as those in IT, construction, healthcare and finance, who manage complex,

How will attendees benefit?

Attendees of the Programme Management Professional (PgMP) Course will gain the following benefits:

1. Comprehensive Knowledge: Comprehensive knowledge of programme management frameworks to effectively cope maneuvers among the complicated and large programmes.

2. Strategic Alignment Skills: Make it work or related way to align different projects with the overall strategic objectives and goals of the organisation so that every initiative can actually contribute to the success of the organisation as a whole.

3. Advanced leadership skills: Advanced leadership skills that are required for managing various teams, conflict resolution, and cooperation.

4. Better Decision Making: Understand risk assessment, resource allocation decision, and benefit realisation management to enable good and impactful decisions to be arrived at.

5. Efficient Resource Utilisation: Learn to use resources across several projects optimally for maximum productivity and minimal wastage.

6. Certification benefit: Preparatory programme for PgMP certification to add credibility to global jobs available. 

7. Advanced tools and techniques: Tools and methodologies for programme lifecycle, financial control, and governance as they are found inside the industry. 

8. Boosting Career Opportunities: Career opportunities opened up through recognised expertise in managing unsophisticated complex programmes for leadership higher up. 

After this course, attendees will be trained with skills and confidence to execute and manage programs that bring heightened value to organisations' missions.

Module 1: Fundamentals of Program Management

• Definition and scope of program management.

• Importance of strategic alignment with business goals.

Module 2: Program Life Cycle

• Phases of the program life cycle:

• Initiation

• Planning

• Execution

• Closure

Module 3: Stakeholder Engagement and Resource Management

• Techniques for stakeholder identification and management.

• Best practices for resource allocation and optimisation.

Module 4: Risk and Issue Management

• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks.

• Managing program issues effectively.

Module 5: Financial Planning and Benefit Realisation

• Budgeting and cost control techniques.

• Ensuring measurable program benefits.

Module 6: Governance and Compliance

• Implementing robust governance frameworks.

• Ensuring compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.

Module 7: Communication and Team Collaboration

• Building effective communication plans.

• Enhancing collaboration across project teams.

Module 8: Advanced Program Management Techniques

• Integrating multiple projects within a program.

• Monitoring and reporting program performance.