Ever taken a step back and suddenly realised that you don’t just have several individual projects but actually integrated and inter-dependent projects requiring a programme?
Or is it just a ‘big’ project that you divide into sub-projects? Can you just apply your standard project management method and templates to this ‘big’ project or do you need something more? What really is the difference between a project and programme and when do you need programme management? Let’s face it, programme management in itself requires significant resourcing: time, money and the right skills. Like everything, we need to balance such costs against the benefits (and risks) of applying (or not) a programme management framework.
When is Programme Management really ‘Value-Add’?
Think transformational change. If your ‘big’ project with ‘sub-projects’ is facing an environment fraught with complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, low levels of predictability, risk and uncontrollable external factors you may need to look further than project management.
10 Questions to Ask in the ‘Big’ Project or ‘Programme’ Debate
When considering if you have a ‘big’ project or a programme, here are some questions to reflect upon:
PM-Partners group run Managing Successful Programmes Certification Workshops, for more information please click here or call us on +65 6818 5771
MSP® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited, used under permission of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved