Business Project and Programme Management

BUSINESS PROJECT
AND PROGRAMME
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................................1
BUSINESS CASE/PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT ...............................................................1
Hard Issue....................................................................................................................................2
Soft Issue.....................................................................................................................................2
Performance Criteria...................................................................................................................3
PROGRAMME SCOPE AND DELIVERABLES .........................................................................3
Acquisition of WN......................................................................................................................3
In-house manufacturing and outsourcing....................................................................................4
Development of new products....................................................................................................5
ISSUE AND RISK MANAGEMENT.............................................................................................7
ORGANISATION, STAKEHOLDER AND GOVERNANCE......................................................9
Determination of organisational structure that consider about existing challenges....................9
Critical evaluation of Stakeholders view on outsourcing/location of manufacturing.................9
PROGRAMME CONTROL..........................................................................................................10
Benchmarking ..........................................................................................................................10
Key performance indicators......................................................................................................10
CONTRACTING AND SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
The term business project is intend towards achievement of organisational goals for
implementing organised methods that leads to accomplish long term success in business.
Programme management work with the motive of completing all projects with the intention of
improvements that aids to enhance working abilities and performance of organisation. Project
manager of a business perform their work to fulfil demand and need of the existing business
project that helps to accomplish organisational goals in a systematic manner. There are various
prospect are performed as well as managed among the business for attaining different changes
that are positive and favourable for organisation. Business project are highly imperative activity
and it undertake different imperative activity that need to set an effective structure by deciding
target and deliverables that are related with organisation goals and objectives. This report is
written from perspective of SB which is performing their business in technology sector. It is
situated in Washington, US (Bradley, 2016). The existing project of respective organisation is
focused towards planning and managing a strategic business transformation. So to support the
decision report cover business case/programme management related with strategic
transformation programme. Scope and deliverables of project will also covered in this report. In
the last, risk and issue management for planning and executing the project in an organised
manner is also focused in the upcoming report.
OVERVIEW
SB is known as a prominent technology organisation among the US market that fabricate
tested hardware products at low cost. The organisation operates a high manufacturing as well as
outsourcing unit in the Far East. Along with this product development centre within Western
Europe with a supporting centre of Engineering Excellent among same workplace. Organisation
also consider about the development of a new vision that support organisation to enhance and
diversify its business in terms of product portfolio and market. So for implementing key change
project that involved a major presence of acquisition with WN, in-house manufacturing and to
establish New Software development project (Breese and et. al., 2015).
BUSINESS CASE/PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
Organisation is totally focus on managing and adopting a new transformation process and
this is abjuratory for the management to monitor or analyse different issue which exists for a
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complete execution of a programme. So, some key aspects that are necessary for understand with
the light of transforming process in a planned manner. Some issue that are highlighted to achieve
company strategic objectives are mention as below:
Hard Issue
 Geographical issue- One of the major issue that is faced by organisation while
considering the process of acquisition of WN is related with the change of location.
Example- Some high technical equipments is complex to place in a tepid environment. It
is because one of the strategic objectives for organisation is to enhance the number of
manufacturing operations that keep the cost of same for minimising the quality of work.
Along with this the key challenge that is associate with organisation relates with location
facility that is set-up among Europe. It is because the disruption among structure and
function of organisation both are disrupt due to change management process.
 Government issue- Another macro and government issue that is faced by the
organisation is to consider the association which make regulatory clearances and changes
for managing business project in an organised manner (Butler, Szwejczewski and
Sweeney, 2018). The uncertainty level to acquire WN refers to the high level of
uncertainty related with government. There is a major concern that investor are not ready
for put their stake in Europe and it is because Brexit generates various challenges for
organisation to perform their operations with a stable policy and structure.
Soft Issue
 Employment and Job- Due to difference in quality issue, respective business is consider
towards shifting their manufacturing and outsourcing unit from existing place to USA. It
also leads to loss of unemployment among the unit in East. Moreover, cost to shift
towards US is also high. It also leads towards de-motivating of existing workforce among
company it is because lack productivity generate complexity to implement changes for
organisation.
 Brand and goodwill reputation- The strategic transformation of organisation depends
on the reputation and goodwill that is managed by business in proper manner (Dalcher,
2016). The origin country of WN is US and the principle headquarter is planned towards
the closure of SB that is related with manufacturing/production and the New Software
development centre of Excellence. It also impact on the organisation image within US
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