Often the projects are subsets of programs. The listing of programs and projects is the implementation plan. Put some achievable dates on it and it becomes a schedule. Realizing goals Structured program and project management, and the reporting systems that support controlling those projects, provide the vehicles that allow you to systematically work every action associated with realizing the planned goals and objectives. They also give you a list of the planned costs for these efforts, and you can factor that into your budget.
Projects are efforts that have a definite beginning and a clear end and produce something.
Each project goes through a life cycle of initiation, planning, execution and closing. Using a structured approach includes starting out by examining the business reason for the project and conducting a cost benefit analysis to make sure it still makes good sense to do the effort. The strategy may have changed and the project is no longer necessary. Once these critical issues are settled, the project can move forward. Bob Amason is a senior consultant at Business Development Specialists in Jacksonville.