The focus of the program management role is to meet the goal of delivering the solution
within project constraints. This can be viewed as ensuring that the project sponsor is
satisfied with the outcome of the project. To meet this goal, program management owns
and drives the schedule, the feature set, and the budget for the project. Program
management ensures that the right solution is delivered at the right time and that the
project sponsor's expectations are understood and managed throughout the project.
Descriptions of selected functional areas are shown below.
Project Management :
Track and manage budget.
Manage master project schedule.
Drive risk management process.
Facilitate communication and negotiation within the team.
Track progress and managing project status reporting.
Manage resource allocation
Solution Architecture :
Drive overall solution design.
Manage the functional specification.
Manage the solution scope and critical trade-off decisions.
Process Assurance
Drive process quality assurance.
Define and recommend improvements.
Administrative Services implement the project management processes and support the
team leads in using them.
Provide a range of administrative services to support efficient team working.
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