Project, Program & Portfolio Management

IIM Bangalore - Executive Education

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About Programme

Project management is now generally considered a critical business skill. By some estimates over 60% of business is conducted in the form of projects. And yet, a lot of projects in both the public and private sectors are persistently late and over budget. Project management skills can no longer be relegated to a few so-called project managers in the organisation. They need to be disseminated more widely as many organisations move towards a project-oriented structure to emphasize greater accountability and efficiency in execution. Furthermore, we cannot confine ourselves to single projects; the ability to manage a program of several projects concurrently under tight budgetary and resource constraints is an essential skill. In recent years projects have acquired a much greater strategic dimension. It is not only necessary to execute projects successfully, but it is even more important to choose to do the right projects in the first place. After all, the right portfolio of projects constitutes the firm’s business strategy. This four day course discusses all of the above aspects of project management.

Programme Content

Project fundamentals: The topics covered include Risk Management, Commercials, Team Performance, and Stakeholder Communications.

Tools: These comprise the “science” of project management – WBS and estimation, Realistic scheduling and resources, Budget and cash flow, Monitoring progress and the Earned Value Method.

People Issues: Team dynamics, stakeholder analysis, conflict types and resolution, and project communication.

Product Development and Process Improvement Projects: Characteristics of each type, and the levers of organisational change management.

Enterprise Project Management (EVM): Multiproject (program) management and resource implications, evaluation and selection of a portfolio of projects and relation to business strategy.

Programme Objective

Understand the essential ingredients of project success – roles, responsibilities, organization, team work, and processes.

Gain an in-depth understanding of the two main types of projects: product development and process improvement.

Understand the fundamental importance of organizational change management to project management success.

Gain proficiency in the tools and techniques of project management – planning, controlling, and implementation.

Appreciate the additional constraints imposed by program management.

Understand the strategic nature of enterprise project management – project evaluation, selection, and portfolio criteria.

Pedagogy

The course is mainly delivered through case discussion and lectures. However, readings, presentations and laptop computer exercises also form an important part. Attendees who are considering taking (or have already taken) the PMP qualification of Project Management Institute will find the course very useful.

Programme Audience

Who Should Attend The course emphasizes the strategic, organizational and management aspects of projects. As such the technical (including computational) detail is minimal, and included for completeness purposes. We therefore recommend the course for middle and senior managers (including project managers) in all industries (public and private) that deal with projects. So widespread is the use of projects that we believe project management skills are likely to acquire greater prominence in virtually all industries.

Programme Benefits

As a participant of this Short Duration Programme, you will be able to enjoy some exclusive benefits other than the outcomes such as skills and knowledge enhancement and building specific competencies that can help shape your career growth.

Some of the exclusive benefits of attending this programme are listed below –

Receive Executive Education eNewsletters

Invitation to share articles to the EEP blog (subject to a shortlisting process)

Participate in EEP webinars on various topics

Invitation to curated events and programs by the EEP office

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