Program Management
Description: In this method of project delivery, the client hires a program management firm to manage all aspects of the program or series of projects and to serve as a single point of accountability for its success.
Pros:
- Client may rely on a single point of accountability for project success
- Alleviates necessity of adding full-time employees to manage a major expansion program
- Provides for continuity and consistency of approach between multiple projects or programs
- Creative alternate plans to accomplish project goals
- Assistance with highly specialized skills, such as team member selection and contract negotiation, site selection, existing facility evaluation, etc.
- Smoother coordination between the design and construction disciplines
Cons:
- Additional layers of project management
- Potential loss of client-direct control over project
- The "checks and balances" of separate design and construction teams can be compromised, if not properly managed
