A Framework for Programme Management
Introduction
In business today, most organisations manage multiple projects concurrently with shared or overlapping resources often in different geographical locations. Today's traditional project management methodologies and techniques do not recognise the reality of organisational structures and workplace priorities, nor do they leverage the potential benefits that accrue from multi-skilled and multi-location teams. Programme management is a technique that allows organisations to run multiple, related projects concurrently to obtain significant benefits from them as a group.
Programme management is a way to control project management, which traditionally has focussed on technical delivery. A group of related projects not managed as a programme are likely to run off course and fail to achieve the desire outcome. Programme management concentrates on delivering some or all of the following:
- New capabilities, products and services
- Business plan
- Strategic objectives
- Change
- Other initiatives
It is important to understand exactly what programme management is, what follows are four industry definitions.