Knowing When to Define a Program
Explore how to determine whether to initiate a program or a project by analyzing multiple goals, timeline constraints, and the number of stakeholders involved. Learn to visualize program and project boundaries across organizations to improve management clarity and efficiency in complex technology environments.
Choosing between program and project
As discussed earlier in this section, scope is the major differentiator between a program and a project. When your company’s projects are around half a year to a year in length, a program may be multiple years long. If projects are a few months long, a program may only last up to a year. In any case, though, they are relative to one another.
When you are faced with a set of requirements or goals and are trying to decide whether to spin up a project or a program, there are a few litmus tests you can do to see whether a program is the right fit:
Do you have multiple goals to achieve?
Is the timeline fixed or based on achieving the goals? ...