Chapter 4Project Management Delivery Enabler for Change
4.1 Project Management—Context
In the previous chapters, we discussed the concept of portfolio and how it spawns programs. We also studied how projects get started as program components. Projects are the fundamental enablers to effect change. It is noted that organizations having a higher project management maturity are able to drive change better to realize outcomes and achieve their strategic objectives.
As in programs, projects are also “temporary” endeavors. Typically, projects run for months, whereas programs run for years. However, the fundamental difference is that, whereas programs are undertaken to realize outcomes and benefits, projects are taken up to produce deliverables ...
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