The Standard for Program Management—Fourth Edition differs from prior editions by focusing on the principles of good program management. Program activities have been realigned to program lifecycle phases rather than topics, and the first section was expanded to address the key roles of program manager, program sponsor and program management office. It has also been updated to better align with PMI's Governance of Portfolios, Programs, and A Practice Guide.
The Standard for Program Management is a useful tool for project managers who want to learn about grouping related projects into programs in a coordinated manner and comprehend relationships between projects, programs, and portfolios. You can find comprehensive information on Program Activities and Program Management Performance Domains as well as their interaction. The book lacks examples and information on how actually to create a Program Management Plan, and for that, additional material would be great.
Useful information, but it is written in an almost incomprehensible style. I needed to re-read several sentences multiple time understand what was being conveyed. The Head First group at O'Reilly need to tackle this book next.
It is a standard book. Read it twice for my exam preparation. It is extremely dry just because it speaks about standard. I think more visuals can be added to explain in more detail. Small 140 pages read.
It's a good introductory book when you are a project specialist. You should complement your education with another book that covers program topic in more detail.
PMI Standard related to Program Management. Like the PMBOK Guide, it is a reference when you are grouping projects into programs. It is not a book to teach you program management. it is reference.
Padrão do PMI para Gerenciamento de Programas. Como o PMBOK Guide, ele é uma referencia quando você estiver agrupando projetos em programas. Não é um livro para ensiná-lo a gerenciar programas. Ele é uma referência de consulta.
The second edition is much better than the first edition we have to admit! But still falls short on lots of important aspects of program management. Just like the PMBoK although this is meant as a standard, but it really just a framework!
Not useful for software development projects. Extremely high-level framework and very little of practical takeaway value here. May have some use at companies where old-school PMOs exist like Boeing. You probably only need this book if you are studying for a PMI test.