Orchestrating all areas of a business effectively can be the difference between a company turning a profit and a loss - yet doing so is a challenge of the first degree. Does programme management hold the answer? silicon.com investigates the trials, rewards and latest developments of this growing discipline.
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Is there an IT skills shortage in the UK?
Half of survey respondents say yes...
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Analyst View: What makes your business tick?
And how knowing all about it could be a boon...
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How to make sure projects don't go down in flames
The blame for high-profile project failures affecting both public and private sector organisations is often placed at the foot of inefficient project management. But this can be addressed with standardised processes overseen by programme management. Anthony Plewes investigates best practice.
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Devil's Advocate: Programme management
We're used to a lot of theory and practice when it comes to project management but for its big brother, at the programme level, might we once again be getting ahead of ourselves? Devil's Advocate columnist Martin Brampton considers the upsides and downsides of an area that threatens to be the 'next big thing'.
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Leader: Learn to orchestrate all areas of your business
To get programme management right, people at the highest levels must be involved. This makes good sense. How much more efficient could organisations be if the people who decide on the budget also contribute to which endeavours will be undertaken? Think of all the IT bottlenecks that could be avoided.
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PMO: What is it and do you need one?
Setting up a programme management office, or PMO, could make your business more efficient by managing programmes across the business from the top down. But, says Danny Bradbury, your PMO will only be as good as its staff - and developing a mature team for this purpose is no mean feat.
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Outsourcing success means understanding your business
And one way to do that is through good programme management...
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Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Formula for project failure
Why do so many software development projects crash and burn - or at least come in late and over budget? Peter Cochrane offers his explanation.
Atlantic Global signs up Virgin Mobile
Virgin hoping for more efficient programme management...
IT disasters and triumphs - share your lessons
We want to hear your stories...
When it's best to forge ahead with an ailing IT project
CIOs sound off...
CIO Jury: When is the right time to kill an IT project?
It's a tough call for IT chiefs...
Software no 'magic bullet' for programme management
It can't right a sinking ship...
Stories from around the web...
Overdue and over budget, over and over again Economist
Focus on the people FCW.com
IT services project management: improving the current state eBCVG
Why Brits can't lead a project Telegraph.co.uk
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