Program Management

CHAPTER 3Driving Integration

Program managers are integrators of people, processes, systems, technology, and most of all execution priorities. As highlighted in previous chapters, this integration role of the program manager is fundamental to a program’s success. The program manager connects the dots, conducts the business of the program, and aligns the troops toward the purpose and the ultimate achievement of program benefits. Driving integration requires the program manager to continually learn and practice creative ways to deliver this aspired effective integration value.

Key Learnings

1. Understand, using a case example, the ways to become a successful holistic leader
2. Get immersed into the importance of the program benefits focus and the use of enterprise risk management in supporting the benefits achievement
3. Learn from thought leaders’ views on how to use empathy in making courageous decisions and strengthen your execution discipline
4. Learn the art of using program roadmaps to achieve team connectedness and simplify the focus on programs’ value achievement
5. Develop your storytelling appetite with examples across radio guidance, agile ceremonies, and program canvas

3.1 THE HOLISTIC LEADER

For the program managers to become such effective integrators, there are multiple ways to tackle this integration, and becoming and practicing being a holistic leader is one of them. This allows you as program managers to understand the importance of integration, at the program ...