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Follow on Google News | How does my Project fit into the Programme?This article looks at the best practice in project and programme management and in particular the Vision Statement and the Blueprint and the interaction between these two environments.
Many years ago, as a Project Manager, I would often find myself managing projects that were 'part of a programme'. I could manage a project effectively, so long as I was clear on what was required (the output/product) So what is wrong with this situation, you may ask? As long as we delivered the product as required, within the constraints, everyone was happy, or so it seemed, with another ‘successful’ At the programme-level (i.e. above me) decisions were being made about what was required from each project and a schedule for their delivery, but you can only make the right decisions if you have the right information, and the two pieces of programme-level information that were missing in this case is what Best Practice guidance calls a Vision Statement and a Blueprint. The Best Practice Guide - Managing Successful Programmes (MSP®) describes the Vision Statement as a 'picture of a better future', which includes # The future state of the business area to be changed. # A description of the outcomes required. # And an outline of the business benefits that will be realised. This is critical for motivation and buy-in, but also enables the development of the Blueprint. An MSP® Blueprint models the relevant business area(s) as they are now and as they need to be in the future. This enables # Identification of a set of projects that will deliver the future state as described in the Blueprint. # Ensuring that all the projects - and more importantly, their outputs – will fit together and deliver what the programme needs, no more and no less. If these fundamental MSP® documents and disciplines were in place all those years ago, we would have # Been more likely to run the right projects. # Delivered the right outputs. # Enabled the desired business changes to achieve the vision. # Wasted less time and money. # Involved and motivated stakeholders. Maybe, as a Project Manager in the past, I could not have made this happen, but as a Programme Manager now, I have no excuses! SPOCE (www.spoce.com) About SPOCE: SPOCE Project Management Limited is a professional company, operating in the OGC Best Practice Markets (PRINCE2, MSP, ITIL, APMP, MoP, MoV, P3O & M_o_R). The company’s strategy is to maintain an efficient, professional, administrative core, backed up by three key specialist units that provide technical excellence on: the OGC Best Practice methods; instructor-led training and e-learning solutions; and individual learning styles and e-leaning solutions. This ensures that the highest quality is achieved when the outputs are delivered by our proficient group of independent trainers and APMG-accredited distance-learning products. Accredited Training Organisation for Project and Programme Management Best Practices such as PRINCE2, MSP, M_o_R, APM, ITIL, P3O, MoV, MoP, DSDM, etc Delivery Methods: Instructor-led classroom, accredited eLearning, Blended learning, Bespoke on-site End
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