Wednesday, April 25, 2012

PMI-PMP Preparation || How to differenciate between Portfolios, Programs and projects? (Project Endeavors) - PART2

So far, we have discussed Projects, Operations, Programs and Portfolios individually and here, we are going to discuss about basic differences between these. Here we shall discuss on the basis of different basic parameters -

SCOPE :-

Project : Well Defined Scope.
Program : More attuned towards benefits.
Portfolio : Frequently changes with change in Strategy.

Planning :-

Project : 'Rolling Wave' planning
Program : Plan for a Program, which guides Project planning
Portfolio : Top level plan which of-course is main benchmark for all plans.

Management:-

Project : Project Manager, who mainly concentrate on one Project at any point of time
Program : Takes care of multiple Projects of similar types
Portfolio : Takes care of overall Portfolio of various projects/programs

Change Control:-

Project : Keep changes minimum
Program : Open to changes
Portfolio : Market driven changes are always welcome

Delivery Style :-

Project : Task oriented
Program : Benefit Realization
Portfolio : Value Oriented

Monitoring :-

Project : Project Objective related
Program : benefit related
Portfolio : Value indicator or overall performance
 

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