How program management coordinates many projects
Process map by Brian. 24 steps, 2 layers. Tags: project management, program.
- Program sponsor: A strategic goal needs several projects at once
- Program manager: Define the program vision and the expected benefits
- Governance board: Is the program approved?
- Program manager: Break it into projects and set a roadmap
- Project managers: The projects run in parallel
- Program manager: Track dependencies and shared risks
- Program manager: Does a project threaten the whole program?
- Program manager: Rebalance resources or change the roadmap
- Governance board: Stage-gate review at each milestone
- Governance board: Does it pass the gate?
- Project managers: Deliver the capabilities
- Benefits owner: Benefits realization: did the goal really improve?
- Benefits owner: Were the benefits achieved?
- Program sponsor: Close the program
- Program manager: Plan follow-up projects
- Program sponsor: Revise the case