🚧Project Management: Program (Definitions)

"(1) A project. (2) A collection of related projects and the infrastructure that supports them, including objectives, methods, activities, plans, and success measures." (Sandy Shrum et al, "CMMI®: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement", 2003)

"A set of projects pointed toward the same objective." (Steve Williams & Nancy Williams, "The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence", 2007)

"A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. Programs may include elements of related work outside of the scope of the discrete projects in the program." (Cynthia Stackpole, "PMP® Certification All-in-One For Dummies®", 2011)

"A collection of projects with a common success criteria under integrated management. These projects consist of people, technology, and processes aimed at implementing significant business and technology change. A program is a major enterprise initiative, an element in the overall business strategy and direction." (Paul C Dinsmore et al, "Enterprise Project Governance", 2012)

"A portfolio of projects and initiatives managed together - sharing something critical like joint objectives or a common resource pool." (Mike Clayton, "Brilliant Project Leader", 2012)

"A group of related projects, subprograms, and program activities that are managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually." (PMI, "Implementing Organizational Project Management: A Practice Guide", 2014)

"An endeavor that seeks to deliver benefits via activities that by their nature have uncertain outcomes. The uncertainty associated with programs dictates that they need to be managed adaptively, so that their strategies and plans can be modified in response to emergent outcomes. As a result, programs may be highly complex. The outcomes required by programs are pursued via projects, subprograms, and other program-related activities." (Richard J Heaslip, "Managing Complex Projects and Programs", 2014)

"Coordinated set of change projects that provide business benefits to the organization." (Gilbert Raymond & Philippe Desfray, "Modeling Enterprise Architecture with TOGAF", 2014)

"Related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activities that are managed in a coordinated manner to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually." (Project Management Institute, "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)" 6th Ed., 2017)

"A group of related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activities managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually. May include work outside the scope of projects but will always have two or more projects within its scope." (H James Harrington & William S Ruggles, "Project Management for Performance Improvement Teams", 2018)

"Projects/activities planned and managed together to achieve an overall set of related objectives and outcomes" (ITIL)