Patent ID: 8335706

Claim:
A computer implemented method for program management for indeterminate scope initiatives, comprising: receiving, by a computer, initiative data defined by initial development of an initiative; determining, by the computer, determine whether the initiative is indeterminate in scope based on the initiative data, wherein the initiative is indeterminate in scope when the initiative data does not comprise at least one of an estimate of a duration for the initiative or an estimate of a level of effort for the initiative, wherein the initiative is assigned to a project management team when the initiative is determined to be not indeterminate, and wherein the initiative is assigned to a program management team when the initiative is determined to be indeterminate; assigning, by the computer, the initiative to a program management team in response to a determination that the initiative is indeterminate in scope, wherein the program management team has a capacity to manage a group of related projects in a coordinated manner to obtain benefits and control unavailable from managing the group of related projects individually, and wherein the project management team manages projects individually; enabling, by the computer, the program management team to develop the initiative to determine whether the initiative is to be developed as a single project or multiple projects; receiving, via a user interface stored on a non-transitory, computer readable media and executed by a processor, a determination whether the initiative is to be developed as the single project or the multiple projects; assigning, by the user interface, the initiative to the project management team in response to receiving a determination that the initiative is to be developed as the single project multiple projects; and enabling, by the computer, the program management team to develop the initiative as the multiple projects in response to receiving a determination that the initiative is to be developed as the multiple projects.