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This tutorial covers the Executing Process group of Program Management.
Executing the program process group covers the process of managing execution of the program by
completing the work as per the program management plan. Following processes are part of Executing process group:
Processes in Program Execution process group
Program Execution Process | Major Output | Knowledge Area |
Develop Project Charter | Initiating | Project Charter |
Direct and manage program execution | Program office, PMO, program work completed/results | Integration Management |
Perform Quality Assurance | Quality-related findings and results | Quality Management |
Acquire Program team | Staff assignments | Human Resource Management |
Develop Program Team | Performance assessment | Human Resource Management |
Information distribution | Formal and informal communication of information | Communication Management |
Request seller responses | Requests for information, proposal and quotation | Procurement Management |
Select sellers | List of selected sellers and contracts | Procurement Management |
- Program management plan is a super plan containing all the subsidiary plans included in the program to achieve and deliver the program benefits.
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Program board is an empowered body that makes decisions regarding important program aspects such as scope, budget and schedule.
It is responsible for resolving the program issues that are escalated to it from lower management level. The executive sponsor is a member of the Program Board.
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Program Management Office (PMO) is responsible for managing cross-program governance for an organization running multiple programs.
PMP typically provides program related governance processes and templates.
- Program Office provides administrative support to the program team.
- Program team are individuals that perform the activities in the program. It includes the Program Manager and team members.
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Direct and Manage Program Execution process is used to manage various interfaces in the program to execute the work smoothly with the goal of delivering
the planned benefits of the program. The process includes the following acticities:
- Produce the program deliverables by executing the program management plan.
- Implement the approved change requests and recommendation for corrective and preventive actions.
- Implement the planned processes and standards.
- Ensure that all the transition plans are executed.
- Produce and distribute the status information.
- Resolve interproject issues, risks and constraints.
The inputs, Tools and Techniques and Ouptuts of Direct and Manage Program Execution process is given below.
ITTO for Direct and Manage Program Execution process
Inputs | Tools and Techniques | Outputs |
Program Management Plan | Management Information System | Work results |
Program Schedule | Work authorization system | Change request and Program termination requests |
| Status Review meetings | |
| Products skills and knowledge | |
| Organization Process Assets | |
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The process "Acquiring the program team" involves staffing as per the program budget and schedule. This may involve negotiating with internal and external stakeholders.
The inputs, Tools and Techniques and Ouptuts of Acquiring the program team process is given below.
ITTO for Acquiring the program team process
Inputs | Tools and Techniques | Outputs |
Staffing Management Plan | Pre-assignmentment | Assigned Staff |
Program Schedule | Acquisition or Procurement | Updates to Staffing Management Plan |
Program Budget | Negotiations | |
In some projects resources may be pre-assigned from the already available work force. Acquisition is done from outside the organization if the resources
are not available internally. Negotiations might be required to fulfill the staffing requirements from within the organization. This happens if the required resources might be
involved with other programs in the organization.
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The process "Developing the program team" involves assignment of roles and responsibilities, training plan and maintaining records for the resources in the program.
A program management uses general management skills to ensure that the project team produces the desired results.
ITTO for Developing the program team process
Inputs | Tools and Techniques | Outputs |
Program Management Plan | Program Management Plan | Assessment of performance and improvement based on work results |
Staffing Management Plan | Team building activities | Updates to training records and team competency assessment |
Roles and Responsibilities assignments | Training | |
Personnel Records | Co-location | |
Training Plan, records and resources | Recognition and reward system | |
General Management skills include effective communication, ability to influence, motivating people, Negotiation and Conflict management, problem solving skills and setting ground rules.
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The process "Perform Quality Assurance" involves evaluating overall program performance to ensure that the planned quality standards are implemented.
Quality management planning involves defining the quality metrics and operational definitions. After quality planning is done, quality audits and process analysis is applied.
The results of QA are findings and change requests for improvement.
ITTO for Perform Quality Assurance process
Inputs | Tools and Techniques | Outputs |
Program Management Plan | Program Management Plan | Assessment of performance and improvement based on work results |
Work results | Quality audits | Findings and results |
Quality Management Plan | Process analysis | Quality related change requests and recommendations |
Quality Metrics | Quality Planning | |
Operational definitions | Quality Control | |
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The process "Request Seller response" involves requesting responses from vendors in various forms such as bids, quotations, proposals or offers. The RFI (request for information),
RFP (request for proposal), and RFQ (request for quotation) are some response requesting methods that are used as per the program needs.
ITTO for Request Seller response process
Inputs | Tools and Techniques | Outputs |
Program Preferred Vendor list | Advertising | Request for Information(RFIs), Request for Proposals(RFPs), and Request of Quotation(RFQs) |
Acceptance criteria | Bidder Conferences | Response from vendors |
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Select seller process involves evaluating the proposals received during the request sellers process. The inputs, outputs, tools and techniques are given in the table:
ITTO for Select Seller process
Inputs | Tools and Techniques | Outputs |
Proposals | Seller Rating system | Selected Vendors |
Qualified Sellers List | Weighting system | Required documents: contracts, lease agreements, and basic order agreements |
Evaluation Criteria | Expert judgment | Updates to procurement management program |
| Independent estimates | |
| Proposoal-estimation techniques | |
| Screening System | |
| Contract Negotiations | |
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Information Distribution process involves communicating the program status as per the communication management plan.
Three main channels for information distribution are Clients, Project managers of constituent projects and the sponsors.
ITTO for Information Distribution process
Inputs | Tools and Techniques | Outputs |
Communication Management Plan | Communication Skills | Formal communication of information |
Stakeholder Analysis chart | Information storage and retrieval systems | Informal communication on an as-needed basis |
Information requests | Information distribution methods | |
Information to be delivered | | |
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Conflict management is the method to nourish positive working relationships among team members, which result in increased productivity.
Various conflict management and resolution techniques are accommodating/smoothing, avoiding/withdrawal,
collaborating/confronting/negotiating, competing, compromising and forcing using the power of position to resolve the conflict.
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