Project Governance - frameworks for the governance of project management

Project governance (of which programme and project management are the key subsidiary disciplines) is critical to business competitiveness today.   

Through this site you can access a world class project governance bookshop which also has tools and distance learning related to project governance and project management.

• PRINCE2™
• MSP™- Managing Successful Programmes
• PRINCE2 Software
• PRINCE2 Learning distance learning options for gaining PRINCE2 qualifications
• PMBOK - the critical body of project management knowledge,  from the US Project Management Institute.

Project governance is important because, in the global information economy (characterized by information and knowledge intensity, networking and connectivity) IT-supported business project management and execution becomes fundamental to the organization's survival.  While successful ICT project delivery should improve competitive positioning, a failed project can place an organization at a strategic disadvantage to its competitors.  

This makes IT project governance one of the board’s most important responsibilities and, if you provide your details below (only submit once), we will email you a link so that you can download our most recent free board briefing on project governance. 

Effective IT project governance is about ensuring that complex IT projects deliver the value expected of them, rather than an expensive and embarrassing failure.  An appropriate governance framework helps save money by ensuring that all expenditure is appropriate for the risks being tackled.  It also enables business analysts to better understand and compare the way in which public companies manage their technology investments.  

Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)

MSF is a structured, adaptable approach to managing technology projects, based on a defined set of principles,  models, disciplines, concepts and guidelines from Microsoft. MSF integrates with the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF). The MSF Pocket Guide provides an exclusive, handy reference to this solution delivery framework for the Microsoft environment.

Project Management Institute

The PMI is well established in North America and through the rest of the world. It's Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide (PMBOK^® Guide) has been available for 10 years, and is supported by a membership scheme as well as as the CAPM and PMP qualifications.

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