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'''Roles and responsibilities of program manager''' are very complex. For that reason, it is difficult to define them. They can vary from managing multiple projects to managing multiple projects with operational responsibilities, additionally to being accountable for profit or cost targets based on business strategy. Moreover, a program manager has to manage several related projects at once which all together contain the program. This accumulation of responsibilities of a diversity of projects and operations means that the program manager should be able to balance business targets and project/operational performance. His decisions are both tactical and strategic in nature.  
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'''Roles and responsibilities of program manager''' are very complex. For that reason, it is difficult to define them. They can vary from managing multiple projects to managing multiple projects with operational responsibilities, additionally to being accountable for profit or cost targets based on business strategy. Moreover, a program manager has to manage several related projects at once which all together contain the program. This accumulation of responsibilities of a diversity of projects and operations means that the program manager should be able to balance business targets and project/operational performance. His decisions are both tactical and strategic in nature. The program manager must establish an environment that allows the project managers to complete their projects successfully. In more detail, the main leadership duty is to transform chaos into clarity for the team. The program manager may have to accept calculated risk when he s unable to obtain clarity from the organization and then define clarity in his or her own terms.<ref>https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-a-manager-2276096</ref>
# the program manager must establish a environment that allows the project managers to complete their projects successfully. In more detail, the main leadership duty is to transform chaos into clarity for the team. The program manager may have to accept calculated risk when he s unable to obtain clarity from the organization and then define clarity in his or her own terms.<ref>https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-a-manager-2276096</ref>
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Video 1: Introduction to the definition of Program Manager

Roles and responsibilities of program manager are very complex. For that reason, it is difficult to define them. They can vary from managing multiple projects to managing multiple projects with operational responsibilities, additionally to being accountable for profit or cost targets based on business strategy. Moreover, a program manager has to manage several related projects at once which all together contain the program. This accumulation of responsibilities of a diversity of projects and operations means that the program manager should be able to balance business targets and project/operational performance. His decisions are both tactical and strategic in nature. The program manager must establish an environment that allows the project managers to complete their projects successfully. In more detail, the main leadership duty is to transform chaos into clarity for the team. The program manager may have to accept calculated risk when he s unable to obtain clarity from the organization and then define clarity in his or her own terms.[1]

Contents

Analysis

Roles and responsibilities

Some of these functions are the coaching and developing the employees either the existing or new ones, decision-making, resolution of performance problems, evaluation of performances,

  1. Planning/scheduling – Project management tools allow you to plan and delegate work all in one place with tasks, sub-tasks, folders, templates, workflows, and calendars.
  2. Collaboration – Email is no longer the only form of communication. Use project management tools to assign tasks, add comments, organize dashboards, and for proofing & approvals.
  3. Documentation – Avoid missing files with file management features: editing, versioning, & storage of all files.
  4. Evaluation – Track and assess productivity and growth through resource management & reporting
  5. Governance: the health and progress of the program
  6. Alignment: vision, goals and objects of the program
  7. Assurance: verify and validate the program
  8. Management: review and report on the project
  9. Integration: optimizing performance across the program
  10. Finances: tracking costs of the program
  11. Infrastructure: allocating resources of the program
  12. Planning: a road-map for the program
  13. Improvement: assessing performance of the program

Skills

  1. Leadership
  2. Communication
  3. Collaboration
  4. Critical Thinking
  5. Finance
  6. Project Management

Tools

Program Manager

  1. Dashboard
  2. Gantt Chart
  3. Task Management
  4. Reporting
  5. Timesheets
  6. Planning

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The main difference between a program manager and a project manager can be described by two: creation and compliance. The former one is responsible for creating the business environment culture and the project manager should comply with.

Example

Big construction companies often undertake complicated projects, such the construction of metro.

Limitations

Reference

  1. https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-a-manager-2276096

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