PMI Carolina Virtual Meeting - Program Management isn’t Project Management on steroids
Topic:
Program Management isn’t Project Management on steroids. It’s easy to look at a complicated body of work and call it a “program”. It’s also easy to keep a bunch of related work lumped together as a single project. When should you declare that a program exists and how do you change your management tools and techniques to ensure success? We will look at what makes a program a program and how and why you must approach managing it differently from a project.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how programs differ from projects strategically
- Understand how programs differ from projects tactically
- Explore ways projects integrate into program management methods and tools
Speaker: Barbara Wilson
Speaker Bio:
Barb Wilson is a seasoned Project and Program Manager with over 30 years of experience in ushering in change through project delivery, ranging from IT initiatives in a higher education environment to business transformational changes in the chemical industry. She has shared her insights into project management at conferences across the country:
- PMI SNEC
- PeopleSoft Connect & Alliance
- Project Summit/BA World Conference
- EDUCAUSE NERCOMP
Barb earned her Project Management Professional certification in 2011 and her Program Management Professional certification in 2025.
In addition to being passionate about making project leaders successful, she is a dedicated servant leader in her community as an active member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and former Boy Scouts of America Adult Leader.
