The Leader's role in projects, programs and portfolios

Abstract

This article analyses the role of the leader in projects, programs and portfolios. It takes a closer look at how the role changes through the three diffeerent categories and how to be a good leader in the respective categories. Since a leaders work most with people it could be assumed that most leadership is on the project level. However, leaders are also needed at program and portfolio level. Here it is more a case of "leading leaders" than just leading the ordinary workers. This requires different skills and focuses even though the basic remains the same.