Moving beyond projects

Write an analysis of the essential differences between a ‘project', a ‘mega-project', a ‘programme' and a ‘portfolio'. Be sure to compare the distinctive programme activities and organisational configurations for the different programme types (500 words).

Organisational context

Examine programme typologies and analyse the specific organisational challenges faced in managing different types of programmes (500 words).

Programme/portfolio formulation

Write an analysis of the potential impact of the early and front-end part of the PPM process on ‘overall project portfolio success'. For your analysis, assume that this part of the process includes ‘ideation portfolio management' (Heising, 2012) and the ‘pre-screening' stage in Archer and Ghasemzadeh's (1999) framework for project portfolio selection (500 words).

Organisational structure

Write an analysis of how an organisation can maximize and sustain value from having a PMO in place (500 words).

Multi-project scheduling and resource allocation

Write an appraisal of commonly used heuristics in multi-project scheduling (500 words).

Executing programmes and portfolios

Write an analysis of how an organisation about to embark on a number of major programmes for the first time can benefit from developing a generic model of the programme life cycle (500 words).

Benefits realisation

Write an analysis of how an organisation can proactively manage the creation of value from programmes and portfolios (500 words).

Programme and portfolio capability

Write an assessment of the various change agents that an organisation could utilise as part of a major change initiative to develop its programme or portfolio management capability (500 words).