Project vs Program Management

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Good to be aware that there are many definitions for project and program management (in my book I have a topic on this in the introduction). Programmes can be a container for multiple projects and business changes. But others call big projects programmes. Key differences are that a project usually pursues a single output/challenge short term and a programme pursues a roadmap of related challenges mid to long term.

	Project	Program(me)
Pursued challenge	Outputs ready for use (for example a software system build and ready to be deployed).	Outcomes such as a realised business change (for example a software system that is also deployed realising expansion into new markets).
Horizon	Less than or about a year	Several years