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TABLE 18.7 Table of Contents of the Guidelines for Project and Program Management
Table of Contents: Guidelines for Project and Program Management
1 Introduction
1.1. Objectives, content of the guidelines for project and program management
1.2. Updating of the guidelines
2 Definitions
2.1 Definition: Program, project, small project
2.4 Definition: Types of programs and projects
2.5 Definition: Project discontinuity
3 Project management
3.1. Project management process
3.2. Project management, subprocesses: Project start, project control, project coordination,
resolution of a project discontinuity, project close-down
3.3. Use of methods for project management
3.4. Organization of projects
3.5. Tools for project management
4 Program management
4.1 Program management process
4.2. Program management, subprocesses: Program start, program control, program
coordination, program monitoring, resolution of a program discontinuity, program
close-down
4.3. Use of methods for program management
4.4. Organization of programs
4.5. Tools for program management
5 Appendix
5.1. Templates for project management
5.2. Templates for program management
5.3. Glossary
5.4. Links to standard project plans and sample project documentations

Guidelines for Project Portfolio Management
The objective of the guidelines for project portfolio management is to further develop

the organizational maturity of the project-oriented company. The business processes of
project portfolio management and the roles and methods used for project portfolio
management are described in the guidelines for project portfolio management.
Business processes of project portfolio management are the assignment of a project
or of a program, project portfolio coordination, and the networking of projects. Roles
of project portfolio management are investment proposal teams, the project portfolio
group, the project management office, and expert pools. Essential methods used for
project portfolio management are the investment portfolio score card, the business
case analysis, the project definition, the project portfolio database, and the project
portfolio reports. An example of the table of contents of guidelines for project portfo-
lio management is given in Table 18.8.

Standard Project Plans
Standard project plans can be developed for performing repetitive projects, such as offer-
development projects, contracting projects, product-development projects, event organiza-
tion projects, etc. Standard work-breakdown structures, standard milestone plans, standard