-
Two Types of Workflow: Software and Human System
May 24, 2012
-
10 Benefits of a Project Management Software System
May 24, 2012
-
Spotting a Failing Project: 9 Warning Signs
May 23, 2012
-
Values of Effective Project Managers
May 23, 2012
-
Calm in the Eye of the Storm
May 23, 2012
-
Management by Heroics
May 22, 2012
-
Project Planning for Project Sponsors: Why You Need To Be Involved
May 22, 2012
-
Lost in Projects - Integrated Project Management
May 22, 2012
-
10 Warning Signs that Your SharePoint Implementation May Be Heading for Difficulty
May 21, 2012
-
Smaller is Better and More Effective
May 21, 2012
Specific Responsibilities of the Programme Manager
January 18, 2009 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Program Management
Specific responsibilities of the Programme Manager
By The Office of Government Commerce - OGC, UK
The responsibilities of the Program Manager are:
- Planning and designing the programme and proactively monitoring its overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate;
- Defining the programme’s governance arrangements;
- Quality assurance and overall integrity of the programme - focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the programme; and outwardly on its coherence with infrastructure planning, interfaces with other programmes and corporate technical and specialist standards;
- Managing the programme’s budget on behalf of the SRO (Senior Responsible Owner), monitoring the expenditures and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the programme progresses;
- Facilitating the appointment of individuals to the project delivery teams;
- Ensuring that the delivery of new products or services from the projects is to the appropriate levels of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the programme plan and programme governance arrangements;
- Ensuring that there is efficient allocation of common resources and skills within the project portfolio;
- Managing third party contributions to the programme;
- Managing the communications with all stakeholders;
- Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects;
- Managing risks to the programme’s successful outcome;
- Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the programme are identified or issues arise;
- Reporting progress of the programme at regular intervals to the programme director;
- On large and complex projects it may be appropriate to appoint other individuals to support the Programme Manager for some of the particular responsibilities listed above, for example a risk manager, a communication manager or a financial manager.
Successful delivery toolkit, the Office of Government Commerce - © Crown Copyright 2008
Related Articles
No comments yet.
feel free to leave a comment
Comment Guidelines: Basic XHTML is allowed (a href, strong, em, code). All line breaks and paragraphs are automatically generated. Off-topic or inappropriate comments will be edited or deleted. Email addresses will never be published. Keep it PG-13 people!
XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
All fields marked with " * " are required.
- Agile Project Management
- Ask the Hut
- Certification
- Change Management
- Communications Management
- Computer Based Information Systems
- Concepts
- Corporate Transformation
- Cost Management
- Critical Chain Project Management
- Delegation
- History
- HR Management
- Implementing Project Management
- Integration Management
- Lessons Learned
- Management
- Miscellaneous
- People Issues
- PMBOK
- PRINCE2
- Procurement Management
- Program Management
- Project Lifecycle Phases
- Project Management Advantages
- Project Management Advantages
- Project Management as a Career
- Project Management Best Practices
- Project Management Charts
- Project Management Definitions
- Project Management Ethics
- Project Management for Beginners
- Project Management Guides
- Project Management Musings
- Project Management Office
- Project Management Proposals
- Project Management Templates
- Project Portfolio Management
- Project Workforce Management
- Quality Management
- Requirements Management
- Risk Management
- Scheduling
- Scope Management
- SCRUM
- Soft Management
- Time Management
- Training
- Uncategorized