{"id":3991,"date":"2018-10-26T13:52:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T13:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2018-10-26T13:52:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T13:52:34","slug":"program-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/26\/program-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Program activities are tasks and work conducted to support a program and which contribute throughout the program life cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The program activities that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">support<\/span> program management and governance include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Program Change Management,<\/li>\n<li>Program Communications Management,<\/li>\n<li>Program Financial Management,<\/li>\n<li>Program Information Management,<\/li>\n<li>Program Procurement Management,<\/li>\n<li>Program Quality Management,<\/li>\n<li>Program Resource Management,<\/li>\n<li>Program Risk Management,<\/li>\n<li>Program Schedule Management, and<\/li>\n<li>Program Scope Management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The program activities enable a strategic approach to planning, monitoring and controlling, and delivering program outputs and benefits. Program management supporting activities require coordination with functional groups in the organization\u2014 but in a broader context than similar activities supporting a single project.<\/p>\n<h1>Program governance<\/h1>\n<p>The program governance is explained briefly in the chapter 8 of Strategic Program Management fourth edition. I have created this diagram as summary of the different isolated diagrams published in the book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/26\/program-activities\/pgmp-program-activities-governance-activities\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3992\" src=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-governance-activities.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1265\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-governance-activities.jpg 1265w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-governance-activities-300x122.jpg 300w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-governance-activities-768x313.jpg 768w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-governance-activities-1024x418.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-governance-activities-500x204.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1265px) 100vw, 1265px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Program activities<\/h1>\n<p>I have created a map very similar to the one that is shown in the chapter 7 that summarizes the core and supporting activities.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, there is not any section that talks about program integration (the only core activity).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/26\/program-activities\/pgmp-program-activities-core-supporting-activities\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3993\" src=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-core-supporting-activities.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1281\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-core-supporting-activities.jpg 1281w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-core-supporting-activities-300x151.jpg 300w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-core-supporting-activities-768x387.jpg 768w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-core-supporting-activities-1024x516.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PgMP-Program-Activities-core-supporting-activities-500x252.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program activities are tasks and work conducted to support a program and which contribute throughout the program life cycle. 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