Students may pick any program or PMO to analyze. However, it is strongly recommended that you choose an organization or company you are familiar with or one that has sufficient research and analyze how a Program/PMO would be structured in that organization. It could be a private corporation or governmental organization. By choosing a familiar organization you can ask for and obtain realistic data.
One way to think about this is to imagine that you have been asked to develop a Program as a consultant to a sponsoring organization. You are to brief the CEO on the overall status of the Program (which may or may not have been initiated. First, you analyze the Program itself. Then, you present your findings and recommendations.
The goals of the final paper are for students to:
- Select a program or program management office (PMO) and acquire the appropriate and relevant data about the program including the relevant literature, program statistics and qualitative research, and lessons from practice.
- Apply the information provided in the course to the Program you choose to analyze including the major domains of program management - strategic alignment, benefits management, governance, stakeholder engagement and program life cycles.
Learn enough from an analysis to be able to make useful recommendations about the Program in the context of the larger organization of which it is a part