Elements and Performance Criteria
- Direct integration of all functions of project management
- Support project managers in project stakeholder analysis to determine the influence of others on project outcomes
- Analyse, rationalise and integrate the requirements of all projects and the inter-relationships of project management functions to determine agreed, achievable program objectives that align to organisational goals, strategies and objectives as stated in strategic planning documentation
- Review, rationalise and, when approved, integrate project plans into a structured, cohesive program plan for ongoing program management
- Derive integrated program control mechanisms from project plans, to establish program control requirements
- Use project plans to develop consolidated program budgets, schedules and interdependencies, and to identify program risks
- Direct the internal project environment to meet external needs and expectations
- Direct the internal project working environment to ensure project managers' work is conducted effectively throughout multiple, aligned project life cycles
- Establish and maintain links to direct the alignment between projects and organisational objectives within the program
- Evaluate project proposals (scope definitions) against the organisation's strategic objectives
- Coordinate and direct conflicting requirements of individual projects to achieve program objectives
- Modify, where necessary, individual project objectives to achieve overall program objectives
- Coordinate the impact of external environmental influences on individual projects to achieve program objectives
- Direct projects throughout project life cycles
- Direct all project managers to provide project phases, approval points, review points and other milestones, to allow program integration
- Establish project baselines and report progress in relation to these baselines, to measure program performance throughout the business reporting cycle
- Progressively review project baselines to ensure nominated benefits are consistent with organisational expectations
- Direct finalisation plans, procedures and activities to ensure final outcomes are met and that projects meet agreed program objectives
- Review projects finalised in a program management reporting period to evaluate benefits to the business
- Pass on integration management lessons learned to higher project authority and provide feedback for application to other projects