The Standard for Program Management - Fifth Edition

by Project Management Institute PMI

Programs are critical to organizations looking to optimize benefits and achieve strategic objectives. From initiation to benefits realization, program managers and teams unite the efforts of related projects to create more benefits than the sum of their component parts, adding value through the principles of program management.The Standard for Program Management— Fifth Edition is the definitive standard for individuals and organizations seeking to enhance their program management practices. This edition identifies the eight principles that guide behavior within program management practices and trends, establishing the publication as a principle-led standard.A new program management performance domain— Collaboration— is introduced andincorporated with reorganized content for a streamlined approach to reading, understanding, and using the standard. The Project Management Institute (PMI) offers this updated standard as a powerful tool for a broad range of organizations, regardless of their project delivery approach.This edition of The Standard for Program Management is closely aligned to and builds upon the knowledge captured in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)— Seventh Edition. It can equip anyone involved in program management with clear, complete, and relevant information to improve their practices. This standard is an invaluable resource for portfolio, program, and project managers, as well as senior managers and stakeholders.This standard, which is aligned with other PMI standards, underwent a rigorous review process and is approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

259 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2024

Reviews

[Scott Pearson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Books from the Project Management Institute (PMI) provide standards for the entire industry of project management and program management. ANSI, an American body supervising industry-wide standards, has approved this text as true wherever program management is practiced. Therefore, studying this book can provide a lot of value for your current position as well as any jobs you might attain throughout your career.

This book's tone is not incredibly engaging like a popular book's tone is. It reads like what it purports to be: A book of standards. Nonetheless, it provides a lot to meditate upon. Reading other literature about program management is important, but reading this book can make sure you haven't missed any holes.

In particular, it doesn't focus on one topic but instead on the entire life-cycle of a program. A program contains a series of projects and even other programs that synergize each other to attain a larger organizational goal. Identifying and building those synergies are central job requirements of a program manager. Seeing the big picture, such as this book conveys, will allow a program manager to successfully do the little things of their job well.

Again, don't expect to be entertained by this book, but do expect to identify a few smaller items that you need to work on, whether it be closing out a program or dealing with governance. Reading standards like these can bring one's work from the merely good level to the excellent level. This book doesn't shortcut around the need for other personal study about program management, but its rigor does provide necessary polish for details that popular books might miss.

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m so happy my manager doesn’t follow me on goodreads lol

Was too lazy to read PMBoK so moved to here in search for answers and a quick thoery refresh. Nothing new, nothing fun, same old program management.