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Project Management & Agile · Intermediate

Program Management

Application of knowledge, skills, and principles to a program to achieve its objectives and benefits.

Definition

PMI's Standard for Program Management describes performance domains including strategy alignment, benefits management, stakeholder engagement, governance, and collaboration across the program life cycle. Program managers focus on outcomes and benefits rather than individual deliverables.

Example

A program manager reallocates engineers from one project to another to protect the program's overall benefit date.

Exam tip

PgMP questions favor benefits and component interdependency answers over single-project optimization.

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