- Strategic Program Management
- Identifying opportunities and benefits that achieve the organization’s strategic objectives through program implementation
- Benefits Management
- Defining, creating, maximizing, and sustaining the benefits provided by programs
- Stakeholder Management
- Capturing stakeholder needs and expectations, gaining and maintaining stakeholder support, and mitigating/channeling opposition
- Program Life Cycle
- Initiating. Defining the program and constituent projects, and obtaining agreement from stakeholders
- Planning. Defining program scope and developing the program, including all constituent projects, and all activities that occur within the program
- Executing. Performing work necessary to achieve the program’s objectives and deliver the program’s benefits
- Controlling. Monitoring progress, updating program plans as required, managing change and risk
- Closing. Finalizing all program activities, including all constituent projects, executing transition plan, archiving, obtaining approvals, and reporting