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Author  David Hinde

David Hinde has worked with PRINCE2 for over twenty years. He has delivered a range of large-scale projects using the method for clients such as the Department of Education, the BBC, and Islington Borough Council. He has taught leadership and management skills including PRINCE2 for over ten years, working with Learning Tree and delivering training to attendees from a range of organizations such as Deloitte and Touche and NATO. He has worked in a large range of cultural environments across many different industries, organizational types, and countries. He is the author of the PRINCE2 Study Guide published in 2011 by Wiley and the Project Manager and the Pyramid published by Orgtopia in 2017.

March 15, 2022 |

 18 min read

  • Guidance
  • Communication
  • Change management
  • Governance
  • Processes
  • Programme management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Vision
  • MSP

Programme management and change management are trying to achieve similar objectives, so the knowledge areas from one can be useful for the other. This paper draws on a range of recognized change management frameworks and knowledge areas to build up an understanding of the scope of change management. It will also use the MSP framework to describe the range of knowledge areas needed for programme management.

The analysis will show that, whilst there is considerable crossover between the two disciplines, there are also some important points of distinction. These differences mean that both programme management and change management have some blind spots. These are areas that really should be covered to increase the likelihood of success of either a programme or change initiative but are currently not covered by their respective disciplines. In short, this paper aims to help both change managers and programme managers draw from each other’s fields of expertise to create a more robust approach to their areas of management.