This is the page to define what program management is and list the relevant resources.
| Organisation | Standard | Definition | Certification |
| Project Management Institute Project Management Institute | PMI | The Standard for Program Management – Fourth Edition (2017). | Program: Related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activities managed in a coordinated manner to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually. Program Management: The application of knowledge, skills, and principals to a program to achieve the program objectives and to obtain benefits and control not available by managing program components individually. | Program Management Professional (PgMP) Program Management Certification | PMI |
| AXELOS Global Best Practice Solutions | AXELOS | Managing Successful Programmes 5th Edition 2020 | Programme: A temporary structure designed to lead multiple interrelated projects and other work in order to progressively achieve outcomes of benefit for one or more organizations. Programme management: The management of the temporary structure designed to lead multiple interrelated projects and other work in order to progressively achieve outcomes of benefit for one or more organizations. | MSP Foundation MSP Practitioner MSP Certification | Programme Management Training | AXELOS |