Editing Program management (section)

== Summary ==
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Program management is used in many business sectors such as [[business transformation]], [[change management]], [[construction]], [[engineering]], [[Event management|event planning]], [[health care]] and [[information technology]]. In the defense sector, it is the preferred approach to managing large scale projects. Given major defense programs entail working with contractors, it is also called '''acquisition management''', indicating that the government buyer acquires goods and services by means of contractors.

The program manager has an oversight of the purpose and status of the projects in a program. In program management, the manager supports all project-level activity by ensuring program goals are met at each milestone of the project. In addition, the  program manager is ultimately responsible for execution of projects to include decision-making capacity that cannot be achieved at project level or by a [[project manager]]. Typically, the project manager uses the program manager as a sounding board for ideas and approaches to solving project issues that have program impacts. The program manager provides insight by actively seeking out such information from the project managers, although in large and/or complex projects, a specific role may be required.