Business Project and Programme Management

Business Project and
Programme Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
OVERVIEW....................................................................................................................................1
BUSINESS CASE / PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT.................................................................1
Soft Issues...................................................................................................................................2
Hard Issues..................................................................................................................................2
Performance Criteria...................................................................................................................3
PROGRAMME SCOPE AND DELIVERABLES..........................................................................3
WN’s Acquisition........................................................................................................................3
Outsourcing and In-House Manufacturing..................................................................................4
Development of New Product.....................................................................................................5
ESTIMATING AND SCHEDULING.............................................................................................6
RISK AND ISSUES MANAGEMENT..........................................................................................7
ORGANISATION, GOVERNANCE AND STAKEHOLDERS....................................................8
Purpose of Organisational Structure allowing for alive challenges............................................8
Critical Evaluation of Stakeholder Views on Outsourcing or location of manufacturing .........9
PROGRAMME CONTROL............................................................................................................9
Benchmarking.............................................................................................................................9
Key Performance Indicators......................................................................................................10
CONTRACTING AND SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT................................................................10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
The business project and programme management is based on the better implications of
different set of actions and activities through which more of the profit is attain within the
stipulated period of instance. It is based on the long terms achievements and reflection that is
achieved as per the prior implementation of strategies by which productivity of project is getting
enhanced in appropriate manner. Business project shows the working prospect of business in
order to accomplish its certain set of targets and objectives on timely basis. In addition
programme management is a procedure that is used to manage the working performance and its
production so as to achieve all its potential and demands as per the suitability (Babos, 2018). The
project manager of the business works by maintaining focus on the sustained development and
along with this tries to complete the project with more effectiveness. It is essential to manage the
the initiation and ending of project in effective manner and in this business project manager tries
to attain all the favourable changes that assist better development. The report is based on the case
study of SB which is global technology company and develop hardware and software’s
components to its client with having headquartered in Washington, USA. SB wants to develop a
plan in form of transformational strategy that furthermore consist of scope, deliverable,
estimations, scheduling, governance and stakeholders that has affected supply management
process.
OVERVIEW
SB is a company that developed and provided wider variety of hardware components and
also works with the strategy so as to provide low cost, valuable products to the worldwide clients
so as to develop loyal and strong customer base. SB works on the development strategy to
sought in mobile and software systems as from the partnership and acquisition. SB is established
is Far East in Western Europe and build new vision so as to build an organisation that delivers
the totally integrated quality technology systems for its customers and clients (Bell, 2018). In
addition to this to support the traditional operations at global level it is required to outsourced
the hardware manufacturing and looking for the development of software product.
BUSINESS CASE / PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
The SB is worked to plan the transformational process that induces both positive and
negative impacts on the working style and performance of business. It induces some profit but
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along with this various challenges also get faced by the business and in order to get manage that
SB induce different set of strategies so as to emphasis the effectiveness of business in adequate
format. The business is used to induce the transformational changes and along with this there are
some key concepts that is used to induce while making efficiency flow of services in
standardised format (Butler, 2018). In this SB tries to develop the effective understanding of
different changes and modifications by which it is easy and flexible for the business to over away
from the different set of challenges on repetitive basis and it is as described below as:
Soft Issues
Brand position: It is issue that is related to the market position of the business as
compared to its competitors. Thus in this SB uses the transformational procedure so as to manage
the designing of strategies on direct basis by which company's market image is developed in
effective manner. The company used to manage the different set of operations and functions as in
Europe by which the ability to grab attention of more of customers is enhances. It is quite
difficult as well for SB to satisfies the requirement of all the customers in equilibrated manner.
Employment Jobs: SB has acquiesced with WN by which the job position within the
business is reduces by which the rate of employment is also decreases. Thus as much the
employee get unemployed that much its market effectiveness is reduces. It also slows down the
morale and motivation of employee as they left their job and looking forward for another
employment by which the probability of loss of talented workforce also decreases.
Hard Issues
Political Factors: In this factor government rules, policies and regulations are considered
that has direct impact on the work processing of business (Political uncertainty considered top
concern among European investors, says EY survey, 2020). As these rules must get followed by
the business but while making acquisition with WN and after Brexit it is required to manage the
working functions and operations but it is quite harder for SB to expand the business in other
nations. It is a vital issue that is faced by SB and along with this have tries to satisfy the basic
need and requirement of clients too.
Location Issues: It is an issue that is based on the location that is needed to select by the
business as by expanding its branches in other countries (Cicmil, 2018). It is also be relatable to
the manufacturing of the different kind of products and services that is perfectly matches as per
accordance to the demand and need of customer's. In this location is most prior aspect by which
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