Program DPro is best suited for managers of development programs – a series of related projects oriented towards a larger objective, with shared resources, dependencies, and constraints. Program Managers often oversee multiple projects and project managers, requiring them to utilize a unique set of tools, knowledge, and management skills to ensure all projects in their portfolio are adequately supported with resources, teams, and coordination.
Program DPro is an essential body of knowledge, skill set and credential that helps program managers stand out and accredit their excellence in managing complex stakeholder systems, supply chains and teams works across multiple projects to deliver broad and far-reaching strategic objectives in their organizations. Program DPro also helps development professional gain advanced skills in developing and utilizing the Theory of Change in development projects as well as how these best practices feed down into the monitoring, evaluation, indicators, and logical framework of individual projects.
Program DPro Course Objectives:
- Gain knowledge and real-life application for experienced project and program managers in effectively managing teams, groups of projects and shared resources
- Develop competencies in delivering projects on time, under budget, and within scope across a number of projects with similar objectives
- Learn about the stakeholder power relationships that increase in complexity internally and externally when overseeing shared resources, objectives and overlapping project goals
Who should attend the course?
- Project Managers looking to move into more advanced management and Program Managers seeking to align experience with best practices
- Professionals in the development sector field who plan to be professionally certified in program management.
Why take the course at Amideast?
- Amideast is a registered training and testing organization for the Program Management for Development (Program DPro) curriculum
- Amideast provides a custom designed training manual
- Amideast provides the Program DPro Body of Knowledge (2nd Edition) in English or Arabic for all participants as well as the Guide to Theory of Change in English for all participants.
PgMD Course Schedule
| Training Dates | Training Days | Timing | Location |
| Sep 13 – Sep 29, 2022 | Sun, Tues, Thurs | 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Face-to-Face |
For more information on the Program Management for Development (Program DPro) course, please contact Amideast Jordan jordan@amideast.org.
