Program

A coordinated collection of related projects, sub-programs, and supporting work managed together so their combined governance delivers benefits and control that would not be achievable if each were run separately.

Key Points

  • Centers on realizing strategic benefits and outcomes across components, not just completing individual project deliverables.
  • Components are managed day to day by their own leads, but align under shared program governance, resources, and dependency management.
  • Program management focuses on benefits realization, integration, cross-component risks, interdependencies, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Programs are adaptive: components can be added, changed, or closed as the benefits case evolves.

Example

A company launches a customer experience improvement program that includes a CRM implementation project, a mobile app redesign project, a data integration sub-program, and organizational training activities. Managing them together coordinates budgets, schedules, and dependencies to achieve end-to-end customer journey improvements that separate management could not deliver.

PMP Example Question

A firm groups a website overhaul, a new CRM rollout, a data migration effort, and change management activities under a single governance structure to achieve unified customer experience benefits. What is this grouping called?

  1. Project
  2. Program
  3. Portfolio
  4. PMO

Correct Answer: B — Program

Explanation: Multiple related projects and activities are managed together to realize shared benefits, which defines a program.

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