Programme Management

"The ability to deliver business benefits through the successful management of complex and diverse programmes; and the management of change within uncertain and/or part-defined environments."

RDA has provided many candidates with the above capabilities; very few "recruitment consultants" or organisations have the knowledge and ability to resource such specific individuals. Many simply assume that a senior project manager qualifies as a programme manager through managing multiple projects, this is not the case.

To understand the difference between programme management and project management: consider programme management as a game of chess, and the projects as chess pieces. The pieces are of limited use individually, yet as parts of the whole can be most effective.

Project management tends to be more tactical and programme management more strategic. The programme manager should manage at a far broader level, providing direction, oversight and assurance; leaving the more detailed task delivery to the trusted project managers.

Programme managers play the long game; they maintain an overview of the on-going projects and how they interact, overlap and affect each other. The programme manager provides the type of environment which makes the projects possible.  Unlike the role of the project manager, there is rarely a clearly defined end point; the overall picture is continuously playing out.

Should you wish to know more about this capability, please call, we will be more than happy to provide you with more detail.