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Representative POMs are described for Project Relationships and Programme Schedule at each level of maturity.

1Initial

• Practice

  Rely on the best endeavours of staff.

  Outcome

  An immediate basic capability is turned on.

  Metric

  Number of experienced staff.

• Practice

  Leverage professional associations and networking to identify working approaches known to be effective.

  Outcome

  The implementation of working approaches that are known to be effective is very fast.

  Metric

  Number of approaches, methods, tools, or processes adapted from outside to get up and running.

2Basic

• Practice

  Identify interdependencies and chronological constraints between programme projects.

  Outcome

  Implementable programme schedules are developed.

  Metric

  Number of interdependencies identified post scheduling.

• Practice

  Use forward and reverse pass analysis techniques to ensure interdependencies are identified.

  Outcome

  Using both forward and backward passes increases the accuracy of dependency maps and of schedule reliability.

  Metric

  Number of interdependencies identified post scheduling.

3Intermediate

• Practices

  • Identify usability issues — for example a research project may solve a problem and provide a solution.
  • The solution may need to be delivered as a service or fabricated by third parties, but this cannot be determined until the research solution is identified.

  Outcome

  Usability issues are identified up-front and any conversions, service provisioning, or productization or packaging and deployment actions can be identified.

  Metric

  Number of programme schedule changes and disruptions because of omissions.

• Practice

  Provide tools to manage programme schedules that will ideally roll-up project schedules and provide transparency on the progress of all programme projects.

  Outcome

  Programme management transparency is supported and schedules from programme components (i.e. projects) can be aggregated quickly.

  Metric

  Number of programme management tools in use.

4Advanced

• Practice

  Use advanced tools and techniques that support ‘what if’ analysis and optimizations to get the best possible programme schedule within the programme constraints.

  Outcome

  A best balanced schedule is identified.

  Metric

  Programme schedule variance.

• Practice

  Provide training and education to advanced levels, including master's level for programme schedule management.

  Outcome

  Trained staff are able and competent in the use of the tool suite provided.

  Metric

  Number of staff provided advanced training.

5Optimized

• Practice

  Monitor and review efficiencies and inefficiencies in programme scheduling and related approvals cycles for continuous improvement.

  Outcome

  Wait times are significantly reduced.

  Metric

  Duration of wait times for projects and tasks dependent on other projects.

• Practice

  Develop a programme of continuous improvement around project relationships identification and programme scheduling that leverages best-known industry practice, research findings, and the advice of programme management tools vendors.

  Outcome

  Excellent programme scheduling approaches provide competitive programme schedules.

  Metric

  Number of programme scheduling innovations in the last year.