Program management is the process of managing a portfolio of multiple ongoing inter-dependent projects. An example would be that of designing, manufacturing and providing support infrastructure for an automobile make. This requires hundreds, or even thousands, of separate projects. In an organization or Enterprise, Program Management also reflects the emphasis on coordinating and prioritizing resources across projects, departments, and entities to insure that resource contention is managed from a global focus.

The UK government has invested heavily in program management. In Europe the term normally refers to multiple change projects: projects that are designed to deliver benefits to the host organisation.

Program management provides a layer above project management focusing on selecting the best group of programs, defining them in terms of their constituent projects and providing an infrastructure where projects can be run successfully but leaving project management to the project management community.

Two organisations that specialise in this area are

the progamme management special interest group www.e-programme.com

the program management group www.pm-group.com

See also

• Project management

External links

• Program Management Methods
• Project Management Tutorial
• The program management special interest group
• The Practical PM: Program management resource for program managers.

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Project management | Programme (gestion de projet)