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Review: Program Management by Michel Thiry

“Thiry manages to capture the important differences between project and program management, handling them in a clear and logical manner”—Martin Vaughan reviews Michel Thiry’s ‘Program Management’.

August 31, 2012

Evaluating a program management office

Many organisations have contemplated or implemented program management as a means of managing interrelated projects within their organisation, with varying degrees of success. PM Oracles asks, how do you know its value?

August 16, 2012

Planning and tracking a program using MS Project

Martin Vaughan provides practical advice to those wishing to plan, track and report on a program of work using MS Project scheduling software.

July 31, 2012

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The program management actors

In any program there are a number of expectations program managers should have of different stakeholders. This article by Michel Thiry will further detail the roles of the main program actors.

June 6, 2012

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Understanding the program management lifecycle

The objective of programs is to produce business level benefits by linking strategy to projects but little management rhetoric has made its way into program management literature and practice. Michel Thiry explains the program management lifecycle.

May 24, 2012

Strategy and the role of program management

Strategic thinking has been at the top of the leadership agenda for executives, but implementing a strategy to realise value is not as obvious as it seems and optimising the use of resources to achieve this is even less evident. Can program management fill this gap?

May 8, 2012

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Risk and interdependency in programs

An examination of how interdependencies between projects lead to risks that are particular to programs, and a proposal on how to manage these.

April 21, 2011

Program management literature, a comparison

Different people working in many diverse program management areas have different perceptions about the nature and application of program management.

April 7, 2011

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Resource management for programs

Is resource management the greatest challenge in multi-project environments? Effective resource management continues to be a challenge for many programs, with availability being the number one resource selection criteria.

April 7, 2011