Project Portfolio Management Certification

Can you tell me about the key topics discussed in Program and Portfolio Management Certification (PPMC) program offered by Project Management Leadership Group?

[Kiran Chandar]

The Program and Portfolio Management Certification (PPMC) offered by Project Management Leadership Group is an experiential-based training and certification program that provides the skills, tools, experiences and techniques to successfully implement and run strategic portfolio and to successfully lead large and complex programs.

Key topics presented during the PPMC 5 day training and certification program include:

• Establishing a program to rapidly transform your organization to program and portfolio management excellence
• Identifying and linking projects and programs to strategic initiatives
• Developing, measuring and balancing strategic portfolios
• Implementing and using project and program prioritization
• Implementing and using effective resource capacity planning
• Implementing and using stage gating
• Implementing a Program Management Office
• Creating business cases and using cost models
• Initiating and planning programs
• Developing the program work breakdown structure and conducting bottom up estimating
• Developing and leading project managers
• Conducting quantitative and qualitative risk management
• Executive relationship management
• Managing vendors and contractors
• Identifying and managing program interfaces and interdependencies
• Developing integrated program schedules
• Implementing a benefits realization program
• Developing and using effective dashboard reporting
• Identifying projects in trouble and techniques for recovery
• Program and Project scope change management
• Capturing and reusing project and program history