Abstract
Even under the constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hitachi Academy has continued to provide talent development programs by adopting a training style with minimal limitations on location and time, ensuring that “learning never stops.” Furthermore, to facilitate deeper learning for participants, the academy has promoted and implemented a hybrid training style that effectively combines pre-learning through individual study with online participation from remote environments on the day of training. This approach has also been adopted in the certification education for project managers within the Hitachi Group, yielding positive results. Project managers are required to possess not only the explicit skills and abilities outlined in the PMBOK Guide but also competencies such as latent and inherent capabilities, personality traits, and behavioral characteristics. To ensure reliable, early, and continuous development of project managers, Off-the-Job Training (Off-JT), including structured training programs, is essential alongside On-the-Job Training (OJT). The effectiveness of competency learning provided by project manager development programs was evaluated by aligning it with the Individual Competence Baseline (ICB) Ver.4.0 issued by the International Project Management Association (IPMA). This paper examines these practices in relation to the fundamental concepts of P2M Program Management, focusing on program integration and program strategy management perspectives.
