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The Standard for Program Management
from Project Management Institute
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 
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A Very Basic Foundation
Although very sparse, this does suffice to set the foundation for the basic knowledge areas required for prgram management. Whether it is worth the price is subject to debate because it does nothing to prepare the reader for the PgMP Exam. Since most PgMP study guides also include this basic info, I would advise that purchasing this in hopes of using it for exam prep is probably a waste of money.
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Excellent standard - unless you're just prepping for the exam 
As a program managers' guide this is an excellent book. Given a few hours of thought you can follow it along to a decent program office roll-out.
As a study guide for the PGMP exam, which is supposed to be based on the standard, you're going to be pretty confused. The PGMP exam is nothing like the PMP exam, with its rigid focus on what processes are sub-sets of other processes. For the exam, the main take-aways from this standard are its constant references to: the business-benefit link, to the need... more info
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All right for first version...
I do not expect examples in a Standard. But it's too short and incomplete. For example, there are no tools and techniques for the processes. Also there are some silly errors which could have been corrected by a careful copy editing. I hope PMI does a better job in the second version of this standard.
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Very High Level
Complex and very high level. Doesn't give practical examples to program managemment. The concepts are easily understood but the implementation detail is very limited. I'll be looking for a book that complements this standard with practical examples and advise in applying the concepts of the standard.
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