Chapter 3
Identifying a Programme
In This Chapter
Deciding when to use programme management
Working out whether a change initiative is a programme
Getting the right people involved in decisions
Understanding the roles, responsibilities and requirements of the Sponsoring Group
Identifying a Programme is the first step in the MSP transformational flow, to which I introduce you in Chapter 1. The transformational flow (in effect, the programme's life-cycle) is part of the top-level structure of MSP, and although it's a process model, the authors helpfully use the word flow in order to emphasise that the processes aren't discrete, rigid or formal. Figure 3-1 shows where Identifying a Programme falls within the transformational flow.
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Figure 3-1: Identifying a Programme in the transformational flow.
In this chapter I describe the steps that the Sponsoring Group – that is, the most senior decision-makers in an organization ...
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