What part does offshore program management play in success of a project ?
This was selected as Best Answer Just to clarify my perceptions on the terms used. A project is a timebound activity with specific objectives and resources assigned to it. A program is a series of projects carried out under one umbrella with a unified control, because there is a common thread behind it – the objective will normally to be leverage common resources across projects deriving a cost benefit as well as knowledge sharing and percolation. In that sense, a stand-alone single project perhaps does not need any offshore program management at all. However, if we talk about large offshore outsourcing deals, these are normally multi-year, mutli-technology, multi-service and multi-million dollar deals. The objective of any large offshore outsourcing endeavour is cost reduction, without diluting the quality of service (or perhaps even improving the quality of service). The offshore program management office (PMO) provides the tight glue which knits the whole team assigned to a large ac
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