Implementing Program Management

Ginger Levin, Ph.D.,PMP, PgMP, is a senior consultant and educator in project management. Her specialty areas are portfolio management, program management, the project management office, metrics, and maturity assessments. She is certified as a PMP, PgMP, and OPM3 (Organizational Project Management Maturity Model) assessor and consultant. Allen R. Green, MS, PMP, PgMP, of Science Applications International Corporation, is currently president-elect of Project Management Institute’s North Alabama Chapter. As the chapter’s professional development vice president he organized and participated in the training of hundreds of Project Management Professional (PMP) and Program Management Professional (PgMP) candidates. He has broad and extensive leadership experience in the commercial, military, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, civil service, civic, local government, and academic sectors.

Introduction
About Program Management

Getting Started
Why So Many Plans?
First Steps


The Pre-Program Preparations Phase
Program Benefits Statement
Initial Stakeholder Identification
Program Business Case
Program Brief


The Program Initiation Phase
Program Charter
Program Road Map


The Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization Plan
Program Governance Plan
Phase Gate Review Agenda
Program Review Agenda
Issue Escalation Process
Audit Plan
Change Management Plan
Program Scope Management Plan
Program Scope Statement
Program Stakeholder Management Plan
Component Stakeholder Management Guidelines
Stakeholder Register
Stakeholder Inventory
Stakeholder Management Strategy
Program Communications Management Plan
Communications Log
Communications Strategy
Program Resource Plan
Program Requirements Document
Program Architecture Plan—Baseline
Task Responsibility Matrix
Program WBS
Work Breakdown Structure Matrix
Quality Management Plan
Risk Management Planning Meeting Agenda
Lessons Learned Review Agenda
Lessons Learned Database
Program Risk Management Plan
Program Risk Register
Contingency Plan
Change Request Form
Schedule Management Plan
Program Financial Plan
Financial Metrics
Procurement Management Plan
Contracts Management Plan
Interface Management Plan
Staffing Management Plan
Program Transition Plan
Program Management PlanKnowledge Management Plan


The Delivery of Program Benefits Phase: Executing
Team Charter
Audit Report
Decision Log
Component Initiation Request
Component Transition Request
Program Issues Register
Change Request Log
Component Charter


The Delivery of Program Benefits Phase: Monitoring and Controlling
Impact Analysis
Benefits Realization Report
Governance Decision Register
Program Performance Report
Program Closure Recommendation
Risk Audit Report


The Program Closure Phase
Contract Closure Procedure
Program Final Report
Knowledge Transition
Supplier Performance Review
Procurement Performance Report
Component Termination Request


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