Daily activities of a program manager

Daily activities of a program manager

Planning

Program managers plan and develop the inter related project idea. They also plan for change and risks across all projects part of the program

Budgeting

Program managers set budgets, scopes schedule and get approval from stakeholders, develop and control deadlines, budgets, and activities.

Communication

Program managers facilitate communication among a program's cross-functional team. They also manage stakeholder communications and reporting.

Strategic guidance

Program managers provide strategic guidance to the company's project managers and team have the visibility on the program vision and goal . They also collaborate with portfolio managers to make sure that their program plan aligns with their organization's program.

Risk management

Program managers apply Risk management process of identifying, assessing and controlling financial, legal, strategic, security and other risks of the program.

He work with project managers on mitigating the risk.

Quality control

Program managers are responsible for quality control like Velocity, Scope creep, Review efficiency, Defect Leakage, Resource Utilization (Load Factor), Planned vs Actual Deliverables, Revenue.

Stakeholder communications

Program managers manage stakeholder communications and reporting like Daily meeting with Project Managers, Weekly connect with Team and client, Program status report to Portfolio Manager.

Project delegation

Program managers give detailed attention to program strategy, project delegation, and program implementation.

He/ She delegate project deliverables to Project managers and monitor from bird eye view.

Other daily activities of a program manager include:

Team building
Assigning and monitoring work
Making schedules
Strategizing workflows
Defining KPIs for evaluating progress and success
Managing communication with all stockholders

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