What is the definition of programme management?

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Options

• AIt is the totality of its investment in the changes (or segment thereof) required to achieve the
• BA coordinated collection of strategic processes and decisions.
• CAn activity that harvests value from assets owned by a business
• DAn approach to manage several related projects, to improve the performance of the entire

• B
  7% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  90% (26)

Explanation

Programme management is best defined as an approach to managing several related projects together to improve the performance of the whole - option D captures this coordinating, holistic function that distinguishes it from managing a single project in isolation.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A describes a portfolio - the totality of an organization's investment across changes or segments, which operates at a higher strategic level than programme management.
• B ("coordinated collection of strategic processes and decisions") sounds plausible but describes strategic management or governance frameworks, not the hands-on coordination of related projects that programme management entails.
• C describes benefits realization management or asset management - harvesting value from existing assets is a post-delivery activity, not the act of running a programme.

Memory tip: Think of the prefix "pro-" in programme as meaning "multiple projects moving forward together." A programme groups related projects so their combined outcome exceeds what each project could deliver alone - that synergy angle is the key differentiator from a single project or a broad portfolio.

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