Is a process of managing the development of multiple and dependent IT projects. A collection of all IT projects that is geared towards a common objective, which is managed through formal program management Techniques.
Professionally managed programme’s are shaped to align with the company’s top-most financial goals and organizations performance.
Achieving overall strategic goals of an organization:
Program management allows organization to initiate, define, redefine, accelerate or terminate projects in a Programme in accordance with achieving the overall strategic goals and visions of an organization and certainly the rules and methods of communications with the program management office add value and maintain the consistency of projects within.
Improve management projects interdependencies and impact on business as usual:
Program management enables organization’s to oversee the interconnection between different projects in the program. That enables organizations to manage these projects efficiently in a manner that will avoid radical impact / disturbance from one project to another and subsequently to the flow of the business as usual (BAU).
Effectively managing resources among projects within a Programme:
Programme management enables organization’s to effectively manage individual resources when there is conflict in demand. Within a programme it is easier to prioritize the works and move resources among the projects accordingly. Manage risks, issues and changes across the Programme efficiently: Risks.
Focus on definition and management of strategic benefits:
Programme combine projects having the same vision, objectives, and goals to be managed together under one umbrella. That enables organisation to tell which projects are contributing to the vision to be allowed in and which ones are not to be out. For example, vision of a programme may be “Being largest infrastructure company in the world”.