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Over the past years, I have noticed that every company has a different
definition of what are projects and what are programs…………. and the
result was……. that none where comparable. Even within the same company,
the use different definitions between businesses a unit, which creates
lots of confusion.





I looked into the definitions in books, in PMI, in Prince 2, in IPMA and
unfortunately, they all have some differences, which don’t take the
ambiguity away.





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Dear all, I wanted to invite you to the following group. The purpose of this group is to become a thinktank around the topic of strategy execution through Project, Program and Portfolio Management. One of the main objectives is to raise the perception of value of project management amongst the 'C-level' and Senior Executives.

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I have seen that for many years, even decades, that CEO's hardly ever came from a project or program management position. The next CEO was mainly coming through three different channels (either from within but also from outside):
a) from Finance (if the company required cost containment and/or cost cutting)
b) or from Sales/Marketing (if the company had to increase their top line and focus on business development)
c) or from R&D/IT (if the company was highly technologically driven)

A few ye… Continue