The Program & Portfolio Management Certification (PPMC)™-
40 PDUs
Move to the highest level of
program and portfolio leadership excellence!!
Whether you are preparing for the PgMP® examination or you want to rapidly mature your leadership skills in managing programs and portfolios, the Program and Portfolio Management advanced certification is for you. Developed 10 years ago by program and portfolio thought leader Bill Stewart, this experiential based training program has has been providing professionals with the tools, techniques, experience and skills to successfully lead large programs and portfolios. Graduates of this program have gone on to become EPMO Directors, CIO's, and COO's.
The PPMC curriculum includes:
- Bill Stewart's proven approach to rapidly moving to a culture of disciplined planning and execution excellence
- How to rapidly establish program/portfolio management governance
- How to successfully translate strategic goals and initiatives into portfolios and programs
- A program that you may take back with you that prioritizes projects and programs based on their strategic value and their complexity.
- How to successfully initiating major programs and establish an infrastructure for success
- Establishing an infrastructure for success for any program
- Leading programs and project managers
- Developing Cost, Risk, Procurement and Quality Assurance program plans
- Creating effective business cases to include cost justification
- Developing the program work breakdown structure (PWBS) and translating it into projects
- Establishing and using cost models
- Performing quantitative and qualitative risk management
- Negotiation and leadership skills for managing your relationship with executives, steering committees, board of directors and executive clients.
- Developing program schedules to include Identifying and managing project, program and portfolio interfaces and inter dependencies using project scheduling systems
- Stakeholder and client relationship management
- Contract and vendor relationship management
- Resource and capacity planning and management across projects
- Developing and managing effective dashboard reporting at the project, program and portfolio levels
- Successfull techniques for implementing enterprise program and portfolio tools
- Techniques for effective negotiation
- Effective conflict management and problem solving
- Cost performance management
- How to inspect projects and take corrective action
- Conducting effective interim and post-implementation reviews
- Closing out projects and programs and retaining lessons learned for future programs and projects
Although this program will prepare you to take and pass the PgMP® certification examination, the majority of the professionals attending this certification training seek to rapidly mature their program and portfolio managment and leadership skills.
Cost: $2500 This pricing includes tuition, the PPMC certification designation and diploma, portfolio prioritization tool, program management templates and processes, detailed student handbook, lifetime membership in PMLG's certification portal (under construction) at www.pmlg.com and free telephone support after the training is completed.
Upcoming Public PPMC® offerings:
Contact us for PMI discounted pricing and for GSA pricing
Tailored onsite training is available for up to twenty students per class
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