Details for "November 2008 PMI Greater New Orleans Dinner Meeting"
PMI GNO November Dinner Meeting
Wednesday November 19, 2008
You will receive one PDU for attending
Dinner Meeting Details
Next Level Up from Project Manager
Mary A. Whitfield, PMP
This presentation will cover requirements and step by step procedures to qualify for the Project Management Institute PGMP Certification
Role of Program Manager versus Project Manager
Programs require a more complex governing structure because they involve fundamental business change and expenditures with significant bottom-line impact. In fact, in some instances their outcomes determine whether the enterprise will survive as a viable commercial/governmental entity.
A common myth about the role of the program manager is that he or she "wears a bigger and wider hat" to be able to manage large, multiple projects. In reality, the program manager should also wear different pairs of glasses that provide different perspectives and enable program managers to see things differently than project managers. To be successful in a program environment, program managers have to balance between multiple perspectives.
Program Manager
Project Manager
Architecture
Program managers focus on the vision of the program and how they can design the program architecture
Engineering
Engineering provides the structure and mechanism to enable the vision. The role of engineering deals with detailed planning.
Strategic
The program manager role is more strategic. It focuses on the big picture and is measured by the implementation and fulfillment of a strategy and realization of benefits like growth, productivity or bottom line results.
Tactical
The project manager role is more tactical. It is centered on completing tasks, completing specific deliverables and meeting specifications on time and within budget
Operations and Business
The program manager must think beyond the end date of the individual projects to the transitional and operational elements as well. As program manager, you often must "wear the hat of a businessperson" because you are responsible to see how the projects within the program result in business benefits.
