Projects and programmes - Programme management office

Programme management helps to organise manage, accommodate and control the changes that are necessary to achieve the objective set by the business strategy. To achieve this the PMO creates the programme 'infrastructure' to provide the tools and procedures whereby the programme is managed.

The PMO will create tools in each of the following streams:

programme plan - presenting the current coordinated - high level - view of the state of progress and interdependencies between the projects. Produce all programme level MIS.
risk register, risk management process - to ensure all programme level risks are owned and mitigation activity undertaken. This includes aggregated project risks that need exposure at programme level.
issues handling, change control mechanism - to ensure the impact of external events are assessed and assimilated into the effected projects.
quality standards and quality assurance procedures - to ensure deliverables are "fit for purpose".
benefits register, benefits management - maintaining a visible record of all benefits to be realised by the programme and the responsibilities of the underlying projects to enable that realisation.
financial control mechanisms - enabling budgets to be secured through the preparation of the programme Business Case and monitoring of monthly / yearly programme spend.
communications strategy - creating a "branding" for the ensuring that all relevant stakeholder groups are kept aware of progress and are consulted before any major changes are undertaken.
secretariat (PSO) - to arrange and manage all regular and ad-hoc programme meetings and satisfy all reporting requirements.