Strategic Program Management

Name: Strategic Program Management
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Arrange your projects into programs. Implement correct targets for all levels. Be strategic and predict!

Created byJouni Ruotanen

Last updated 6/2025

English

What you'll learn

Difference between project and program
Strategic program management
Program and enterprise strategy
Useful tools to manage large programs
Understand strategy process

Course content

10 sections • 83 lectures • 3h 37m total length

What you'll learn in Strategic Program Management course2:40
Learn strategic program management
Motivation1:30
Is there differences between programs and projects
Welcome0:26
Welcome to Strategic Program Management course
Introduction2:18
Learning Strategic Program Management in this course and structure

What you'll learn about programs vs. projects1:47
You will improve understanding about programs and projects
Introduction to program and project differences0:42
A short list for this section of project and program differences
Programs vs. Projects3:40
A short key points for differences
Goals and target perspective2:08
How target differs in programs and projects
Planning perspective2:34
How planning differs in programs and projects
Team perspective2:34
How work differs in programs and projects
Time perspective3:10
How time differs in programs and projects
Expected outcomes3:10
How outcome differs in programs and projects
Program orientation3:00
How orientation differs in programs and projects
Innovation program2:49
What you need to know about innovation programs
Technology program2:52
What you need to know about technology programs

What you'll learn about Project and Program Success1:15
Learn project and program success
Project Planning and Goal4:43
How to success in project planning and goal
Continuous Project Management Improvement4:57
How to make continuous project management improvements
Project Budget7:00
How to success with project budget
Successful Projects5:25
What kind of projects success
Success in Projects and Programs Quiz

What you'll learn about Project Differences0:45
Learn project differences
About projects and programs0:46
How to define sub-project, project and program and how they are related to each others
Sub-project Definition0:46
Learn definition for sub-project
Project Definition0:46
Learn definition for project
Program Definition0:45
Learn definition for program
Collecting Sub-projects into Projects0:47
Learn how to put sub-projects into projects
Collecting Projects into Programs0:51
Learn how to put projects into programs
Projects and Programs Quiz

What you'll learn about Strategic Program Management 21:17
Learn strategic program management
Strategic Thinking4:31
It all starts with strategic thinking
Strategic Management7:16
What is strategic management and what kind of terminology you should use
Program and Project Portfolio Management6:35
Make portfolio management your daily business and link to enterprise strategy
Enterprise Project and Program Management Office5:35
Strategic program management needs enterprise level program and project management office
Strategic Program Management Quiz

What you'll learn about Strategic Program Management Tools1:54
Learn strategic program management tools
About Strategic Program Management Tools0:48
Learn strategic program management tools, select methodology and implement success with strategic tools
Selecting Methodologies0:59
Different methodologies are needed, but don't forget to align into organization culture
Agile Methodology3:14
Introduction to agile methodology
Agile Methodology Elements2:27
Agile methodology elements
Agile Methodology Principles3:39
Agile methodology principles
Agile Methodology Pitfalls4:34
Common agile methodology pitfalls
Waterfall Methodology0:55
Introduction to waterfall methodology
Waterfall Methodology Pitfalls1:43
Common waterfall methodology pitfalls
Hybrid Methodology1:00
Introduction to hybrid methodology
Hybrid Methodology Pitfalls1:28
Common hybrid methodology pitfalls
Methodologies Quiz
Tools: PEST Analysis4:03
Learn analyzing political, economical, socio-cultural and technological aspects
Practice: PEST analysis0:44
You will learn how to analyze political, economical, social and technological aspects of strategic decision
Case: New Market Entry3:19
How to use PEST Analysis
Strategic communication: Linkages0:58
Tools: Linear Responsibility Chart1:41
Learn to know people and groups, roles and tasks, connections and communication efficiency
Practice: Linear responsibility chart0:35
You will practice how to make links between people and groups
Case: Linking people and their decision making power1:28
How to use LRC
Tools: SWOT Analysis3:24
Learn analyzing by strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Practice: SWOT analysis0:42
This is your task for making your first SWOT analysis, next lecture will give you an answer how to solve it
Case: New product or product line3:29
How to use SWOT analysis
Tools: Value Stream Mapping6:15
Learn recognizing unnecessary tasks and steps
Practice: Value stream mapping0:42
This is your task for making your first practice in value stream mapping, next lecture will give you an answer how to solve it
Case: Model for feature development2:19
Value stream mapping takes for example time as a critical resource
Tools: Balanced Scorecard4:51
Learn balanced scorecard
Practice: Balanced scorecard0:42
You will learn in this case how you can build reporting based on balanced scorecard
Case: Balanced Scorecard in Action2:07
How to use BSC
Tools: Earned Value Management6:51
Learn earned value management
Tools: Total Quality Management4:52
Learn total quality management
Practice: Total Quality Management0:37
This is your task for making your first practice in Total Quality Management, next lecture will give you an answer how to solve it
Case: Benefits for Using Total Quality Management1:19
Why to use TQM

What you'll learn about Strategic Program Management Model1:00
Learn strategic program management model
About Strategic Program Management Model0:45
How to build up strategic program management model
Decision Making and Responsibility Matrix3:10
Create a good way to make decisions and understand responsibilities
Reporting Structure and Connections0:32
Make reporting structure efficient and see connections
Strategic Program Management Model3:09
Define your strategic program management model
Strategic Program Management Model Quiz
Practice: Growth-share matrix0:46
You will in this practice a technique for classifying decisions
Case: Decision Matrix7:20
Adapt growth-share matrix to classify decisions

Requirements

Project management experience
Office tools to open templates

Description

Anyone starting as a program manager must understand what kind of programs can exist, how they are divided into projects and what kind of outcomes are expected from technology, innovation or business improvement programs. This course has theories, practices and examples. Once you're interested in taking your next step as a program manager career, go through this course and gain skills and talent for future challenges!

Strategic program management means centralized way to coordinate program’s strategic goals and objectives in better way. Program management has close contact to enterprise portfolio and strategic management.

In order to continuously improve and make strategic objectives achievable it’s important to setup enterprise program management office which coordinates different project management offices.

You will learn in this course

Strategic Management
Setting up enterprise level goals and objectives
Portfolio Management
Analyzing options and making strategic choices
Program Management
Implementing strategy and measuring success
Project Management
Allocating tasks to smaller units.

Define all levels of project management and make them easy to manage! You will need to know the connections and links between all levels to report and structure better. You can create decision making clear and responsibilities open. This is strategic program management!

During course you will learn project management methodologies. The selected methodology need to suit for the organization as well. You can gather information and make the decision. You will learn how to build your own strategic program management model. This will combine everything into all levels to be clear and successful.

You will get to know tools which are needed in successful strategies and programs. Setting up reporting structures and recognizing right ways to organize work. Make analysis according to strategic level decisions.

Enroll today to start your next program successfully and change your career direction!

Who this course is for:

Future program managers
Project managers
Project team member

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Course content

Introduction4 lectures • 7min

Let's think about program management4 lectures • 10min

Programs vs. Projects11 lectures • 28min

How to success in projects and programs5 lectures • 23min

Thinking About Projects or Programs7 lectures • 5min