ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses role of a Corporate Programme Office. The Corporate Programme Office, or corporate change office, ensured that each project or programme was properly represented in terms of sponsorship, funding, resources and corporate priority. Programme management as a structured discipline provides a valuable vehicle for managing strategic change, whether that change is across an entire company or confined to a particular business or departmental function. Strategic change is being mapped and planned at the top of the organisation, and Corporate Programme Offices are being constructed to filter corporate aims and ideas into the correct change channels. The true cost of a programme comprises the cost of resources, materials, premises and equipment plus its risk exposure and is only apparent once a certain stage of a programme has been reached. Implementing programme management within the context of corporate change management brings significant efficiency and cost savings.
