Criteria Program versus Project?

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I am trying to develop general criteria for determining if a group of projects should stay projects or if there is enough interdependency to make them a program or one large project. Anyone having theory or guidance on what type of criteria or questions to use to help to make this determination? (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Same Processes, Stakeholders, Governance Codrin Nicolau
	Very interesting issue. Having in mind that in a program benefit management, stakeholders management and governance should count first (see PMI Program management standard), I think that research should focus on similar/same processes found in particular projects in the group, in order to "standardize" them and transform the group in a program. Find also if projects are conflictual or synergetical in respect to resources or results. Through this optimization benefit can start to be managed (this is particular to programs). Second, see if it is about same/similar stakeholders and the same "project marketing". Third, see if the same governance schema can be applied. Of course this is more to say, but this is a start.

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