Dr. NICHOLAS WATSON

Managing Successful Programmes

 

What is MSP?

 

Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) is a methodology that comprises a set of principles and processes for use when managing a programme. A programme is made up of a specific set of projects identified by an organisation that together will deliver some defined objective, or set of objectives, for the organisation. The objectives, or goals, of the programme are typically at a strategic level so that the organisation can achieve benefits and improvements in its business operation.

 

Programme Management and Project Management

 

A programme is made up of a specific set of related projects identified by an organisation that together will deliver some defined objective, or set of objectives, for the organisation.

 

The objectives, or goals, of the programme are typically at a strategic level so that the organisation can achieve benefits and improvements in its business operation.

 

There is a close link between Programme Management and project management because the programme is made up of projects and is only successful if the projects within it succeed. The concept of a programme is that it should deliver more than the 'sum of its parts'.

In other words, without Programme Management, the projects would probably still be able to deliver their particular outcomes but these would not be co-ordinated or integrated into the achievement of a strategic business goal.

 

The Principles in MSP advise how to:

 

• Organise people to ensure responsibilities and lines of communication are clear

• Plan the work in a way which achieves results

• Ensure that the organisation benefits from undertaking the programme

• Ensure that all interested parties (the stakeholders) are involved

• Resolve issues which arise

• Identify and manage risks

• Ensure quality

• Keep up to date information which tracks the continually changing environment

• Audit a programme to ensure standards are being followed

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The Processes in MSP describe how to:

 

• Identify the aim of the programme and envisaged benefits to the organisation

• Define the programme, and specify how the organisation will be different afterwards

• Establish the programme

• Monitor and co-ordinate the projects within a programme to a successful conclusion

• Manage the transition between the 'old' and 'new' ways of working, ensuring benefit

• Close the programme and ensure the 'end goal' has been achieved

 

Programme Management Explained

Programme management is the co-ordinated management of a portfolio of projects which change organisations to achieve benefits that are of strategic importance.

Many organisations have adopted projects and project management as the vehicle for delivering new or changed business capability. Harnessing these projects into a coherent improvement process is a constant challenge.

The objective for a programme is to co-ordinate the delivery from a specific set of projects such that the programme can achieve more than just the outcomes from its projects, it can deliver measurable benefits that can be realised within the timescales of the programme as well as afterwards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why use Programme Management?

 

Managing Successful Programmes provides organisations with an approach to programme management that will;

• Enable more effective delivery of change

• Keep the focus on the business change objectives

• Provide a framework for senior management to direct the change process

• Encourage more efficient use of resources through project prioritisation and integration

• Provide better management of risk because the wider context is understood

• Achieve business benefits during and after the programme through a formal process

• Improve control of costs, standards and quality

• Enable more effective management of the Business Case

• Provide more efficient control of a complex range of activities

• Provide clear definition of roles and responsibilities

• Deliver a smooth transition from current to future business operation

 

Managing Successful Programmes comprises a set of principles and processes for use when managing a programme. It is founded on best practice although it is not prescriptive. It is very flexible and designed to be adapted to meet the needs of local circumstances.

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ASSIGNMENT - SUBMIT RESULT PAGE NO LATER THAN JUNE 2, 2019

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