Managing Public Superprojects: The Team Approach

The program management approach of managing public sector superprojects is defined, analyzed and evaluated. The writers draw on their own experience to explain the benefits and drawbacks of implementing program management techniques. Program efficiency, contractor accountability and public agency consultant relations are given special emphasis. Public agency and consultant responsibilities are outlined, and specific communications channels are suggested for strengthening the agency consultant bond. Program and project analyses, and their importance in cooperative agency consultant planning, are discussed. Configuration management is explained, and its role as a planning control tool is emphasized. Commom problems associated with program management are analyzed; suggestions are given on how to avoid them.