Quality Management Quality management in a programme ensures that stakeholders are satisfied that their planned benefits have the best chance of being realised and will meet their expectations. If a programme does not apply quality effectively to its activities, its assets and outputs are less likely to be fit for purpose, with the consequential detrimental …
Tag Archive: governance themes
Jan
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Jan
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GOV: Business Case
Business Case The programme’s Business Case provides the vital test of the viability of the programme. It should be used to answer the question “Is the investment in the programme still worth it?” Since this viability question is ongoing, the Business Case is actively maintained throughout the programme and continually updated with new information. The …
Jan
13
GOV: Risk Management and Issue Resolution
Risk Management and Issue Resolution A risk is an uncertain event or set of events which, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of objectives. These effects need not all be detrimental as a risk can be either a threat or an opportunity. The task of risk management is to ensure that …
Jan
12
GOV: Planning and Control
Planning and Control Planning and control are key to the success of any transformation programme, but should be seen as distinctly separate concepts and activities. The preparation of a Programme Plan involves processing large amounts of information and extensive consultation to build the plan. Programme control provides supporting activities and processes that run throughout the …
Jan
10
GOV: Vision statement
The governance theme Vision A vision is a picture of a better future. It is the basis for the outcomes and delivered benefits of the programme, and as such it is a vital focus and enabler for the buy-in, motivation and activity-alignment of the large community of people involved in the programme. The Vision Statement …
Jan
10
Gov: Organisation
The governance theme Organisation Establishing a clear and effective organisation is critical to programme success. Ensuring that the Programme Organisation meets the needs of the programme is both an initial and ongoing task. Effective Programme Organisation requires a combination of defines roles, clear responsibilities and management structures together with reporting arrangements that are needed to …
Jan
10
The governance themes
The Governance Themes Governance is the control framework through which programmes deliver their change objectives and remain within corporate visibility and control. The programme’s control framework needs to be integrated with the corporate governance framework of the organisation, using the organisation’s existing governance and control frameworks wherever they exist. MSP describes nine Governance Themes, each …
Nov
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Managing Successful Programmes: brief overview
MSP is another best practise from the office of Government Commerce (OGC). They provide to the public their best practise on procurement, programme management and project management. For project management OGC’s knowledge and experience is put together in the Prince2 project management standard. One of the basics of Prince2 is its Product Based approach. MSP …
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