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3 Types of Program in

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PROF. JULIET K BUCOY , Ph.D
According to Michel Thiry (2012) ,
in his book Program Management,
there are three types of program.

A program is a group of projects and business as usual (BAU) work


that together have multiple deliverables and the overall aim of
generating business benefits. Typically, in a program management
role, some of your time will be spent reviewing and realigning the
individual projects and strands of work to ensure that the overall aims
of the program are still on track to deliver the benefits and value
proposition that the stakeholders are expecting.
1. Incremental Program
• Thiry says that incremental programs aren’t common
these days. They tend to be ongoing, such as delivering
training to new starters, which could be called the Staff
Induction Program, for example. This type of program
focuses on incremental benefit and continuous
improvement, so they are generally predictable, and you
can tell what you will be working on for the months to
come. As with all programs, they contain a mix of
operational and project work, which is a defining factor
of a program.
2. Portfolio Program
• Portfolio programs are probably what we are most familiar with.
They comprise of several projects that are broadly related. They
will have a common goal, which could be organizational
efficiency, or launching new strands of the business. Typically,
this type of program is a medium- to long-term thing, but again
it is generally predictable.

• This type of program will benefit from having a common way of


looking at information about the sub-projects. Using a tool like
Seavus Project Viewer can ensure that everyone is on the same
page when it comes to program milestones and tasks.
3. Strategic Program
Strategic programs have a medium- to long-term objective, and that objective is to transform
the business. You could also call these transformational change programs. Thiry says that this
type of program aims “to transform the organization or the way it does business.”
Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you like that kind of thing) this type of program is a lot more
unpredictable.

With transformational change, it is rarely clear exactly how it will turn out at the end. Unlike
implementing an ERP solution (Enterprise Resource Planning ) – where the outcome is an
implemented ERP solution – strategic change has a huge, unpredictable impact on people. You
don’t know how an organizational culture will respond to change, so even with your best
efforts at planning, it is impossible to tell how the program will unfold.

This type of program includes things like mergers and acquisitions, culture change and
implementing new ways of working, such as using new project management processes and
tools.

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