Program Management

Program Management is the art of managing multiple cross-related projects ensuring a cohesive delivery. Information Network Corporation has experienced Program Managers and Project Managers that understand the Solution Design approach of using Present Method of Operation (PMO) and Desired Method of Operation (DMO). Whether across programs or projects our consultants are the Leadership Team to deliver practical approaches to a Solution Design.

Program Management provides a layer above Project Management focusing on selecting the best group of programs, defining them in terms of their constituent projects and providing an infrastructure where projects can be run successfully but leaving project management to the project management community.

Program Manager

At Information Network Corporation we know that there is not a single approach that works for all companies. A companies culture, capabilities, and objectives must be taken into consideration. Our Program Management consultants balance our clients culture, capabilities, and objectives to deliver a successful program. The following list contains the major aspects of Program Management:

• Program Governance: Program governance is the discipline that creates both the structure and practices to guide the Program and provide senior-level leadership, oversight, and control.
• Standards: Definition of the Program Roadmap based on Corporate Standards.
• Alignment: Support higher level vision, goals and objectives by the Program.
• Management: Accountable to executive sponsors for schedule, budget, and quality of all program elements.
• Integration: Optimize performance across the program value chain, functionally and technically.
• Financial Management: Tracking of finances is an important part of Program Management and basic costs together with wider costs of administering the program.
• Infrastructure: Infrastructure describes collections of roles, tools, and practices that organizations assemble and integrate in order to provide services and support.
• Planning: Activities that take place at multiple levels, with different goals. The program plan is not a traditional project plan.
• Communication: Acts as the communications conduit to executive sponsors and program steering committee and conducts periodic briefings/status updates.
• Improvement: Continuously assess performance; research and develop new capabilities; and systemically apply learning and knowledge.

Project Management

Project Management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Information Network Corporation's Project Managers are experienced in delivering detailed step-by-step plans to ensure a successful delivery.

The primary challenge of project management is to achieve all of the project goals and objectives while adhering to classic project constraints—usually scope, quality, time and budget. The secondary—and more ambitious—challenge is to optimize the allocation and integration of inputs necessary to meet pre-defined objectives. A project is a carefully defined set of activities that use resources (money, people, materials, energy, space, provisions, communication, motivation, etc.) to achieve the project goals and objectives.

Project Manager

The Project Manager develops the project plan with the team and manages the team’s performance of project tasks. It is also the responsibility of the Project Manager to secure acceptance and approval of deliverables from the Sponsor and Stakeholders. The Project Manager is responsible for communication, including status reporting, risk management, escalation of issues that cannot be resolved by the team, and, in general, making sure the project is delivered in budget, on schedule, and within scope.

• Project Governance: Project governance works within the program structure and guides the project.
• Standards: Follows standards as defined by the Program Roadmap.
• Alignment: The project is aligned with the Program Management Office (PMO) to support the higher level vision, goals and objectives.
• Management: Accountable to Program Manager for schedule, budget, and quality of all program elements.
• Financial Management: Tracking finances of Project Management and basic costs.
• Infrastructure: Allocation of resources influencing the success of the project. Infrastructure may include office relocation, version control, Information Technology, etc.
• Project Planning: The project plan is a traditional communication mechanism identifying all tasks and milestones required to complete the project.
• Communication: Acts as the communications conduit to the Program Management Office (PMO).