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Breaking News in the Project Management World
Monday, April 28, 2008
Program Management Academy to sponsor first public course in Oregon
The Program Management Academy (www.programmanagement-academy.com) has announced a public course entitled Achieving Improved Business Results with Program Management", to be held during June 4-5, 2008 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Subtitled “what you need to know about program management”, the course is being co-hosted by Innovation Frameworks, a Portland area consultancy.
According to the course flyer, Program Management is a comprehensive solution to emerging business and operational complexity, and bridges a critical gap between Strategy and Projects by providing business-level coordination between related projects. It is a powerful discipline that picks up from where project management leaves off and as such, is distinct from classical project management with different tools and scope.
This course will teach the principles, setup, operations and competencies required to successfully add Program Management capability to an organization. Results can lead to significantly improved competitive capability to succeed in today's complex project and business environment.
The seminar is aimed at business managers, project managers, program managers, executive leaders, and IT managers, all of whom might benefit from this course. Objectives for the course are to enable participants to:
The instructors will be Russ Martinelli (left photo) and Jim Waddell (right photo) authors of the 2007 book “Program Management for Improved Business Results.” Both are international practitioners of Program Management and trained educators.
The seminar will be held from 8:30 – 5:00 p.m. during June 4-5, 2008 at the Open Technology Business Center, 15455 N.W. Greenbrier Parkway, Suite 210, Beaverton, Oregon, 97006, USA. For information or to register, visit http://www.innovationframeworks.com.
According to the course flyer, Program Management is a comprehensive solution to emerging business and operational complexity, and bridges a critical gap between Strategy and Projects by providing business-level coordination between related projects. It is a powerful discipline that picks up from where project management leaves off and as such, is distinct from classical project management with different tools and scope.
This course will teach the principles, setup, operations and competencies required to successfully add Program Management capability to an organization. Results can lead to significantly improved competitive capability to succeed in today's complex project and business environment.
The seminar is aimed at business managers, project managers, program managers, executive leaders, and IT managers, all of whom might benefit from this course. Objectives for the course are to enable participants to:
- Understand how Program Management can be used to solve business problems;
- Understand the key differences between projects and programs;
- Learn how to structure inter-related projects into a program;
- Learn the unique skill areas required of program managers not found in project management training; and
- Acquire the ability to use tools to support Program Management activities
The seminar will be held from 8:30 – 5:00 p.m. during June 4-5, 2008 at the Open Technology Business Center, 15455 N.W. Greenbrier Parkway, Suite 210, Beaverton, Oregon, 97006, USA. For information or to register, visit http://www.innovationframeworks.com.
