Project Governance: Integrating Corporate, Program and Project Governance

Corporate governance has come under intense scrutiny in recent years, following numerous high profile corporate collapses. Shareholders and other stakeholders are demanding increased accountability, transparency and ability to implement strategy. As projects and programs are the vehicles for delivery of corporate strategies, project governance, within the corporate governance framework, has become a hot topic in organizations. In the last year or so, project and program governance have become widely used terms in organizations and have been used in titles for several conferences, but there has till now, been no publication that has clearly presented project and program governance concepts and their application in practice. This book meets the needs of researchers, teachers of project management and practitioners whilst also responding to the needs of senior managers, project and program managers in organizations tasked with establishing project governance frameworks. It presents a clear view ofwhat constitutes project governance, how it relates to corporate governance and how it can be deployed in organizations to enhance corporate performance.

Part 1: Introduction: The Corporate Context 1. Relationships between Corporate and Project Governance 2. Defining Corporate, Program and Project Governance 3. Differences between Corporate and Project Governance 4. Project Sponsorship: The Vital Link Between Corporate and Project Governance Part 2: The Building Blocks of Program and Project Governance 5. Strategic Alignment 6. Control and Decision-Making 7. Governance Structures 8. Roles and Accountabilities 9. Performance and Effectiveness 10. Stakeholder Management 11. Ethics, Disclosure and Transparency Part 3: Governance of Programs 12. Management of Dependencies Part 4: Governance of Projects 13. Basic Principles 14. Governance of Different Types of Projects 15. Variations in Project Governance Throughout the Project Life-Cycle Part 5: Governance in Specific Project Contexts 16. IT Project Governance 17. Project and Program Governance in the Public Sector Part 6: Governance of Project Management in Organizations 18. APM Governance Guidelines Part 7: Enhancing Corporate Performance through Project Governance 20. Summary, Discussion and Case Studies