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The standards behind program management

Integrated planning and reporting, program and portfolio management, earned value, baseline control, benefits realisation, performance measurement, annual reports, statutory deadlines, audit and traceability.

StandardSourceRequirementWhere it shows up here
Integrated planning and reportingNSW Integrated Planning and Reporting framework (community strategic plan, delivery program, operational plan, annual report); PGPA Act 2013 (Cth) corporate plans and annual performance statements (RMG 132, 134)Plan, programs and report are one line of sight from outcome to indicator.Strategic, delivery and operational plans; outcomes with indicators; programs linked to outcomes; reports drafted from the same record (GL-PG-04).
Program and portfolio managementManaging Successful Programmes (MSP); PRINCE2; PMBOK; ISO 21502 and 21503; P3M3Defined ownership, baselines, benefits, dependencies and stage gates.Owner, baseline, benefits and dependencies on every program; the planning agent keeps the map current; re-baselines are gated.
Earned value and varianceANSI/EIA-748 earned value management; Gateway reviews (AU, UK)Compare budget burn with schedule progress; act at a threshold.The tracking agent computes burn against elapsed schedule and flags variance at 15 points, with its cause (GL-PG-05).
Baseline controlChange control in PRINCE2 and MSP; GatewayBaselines change only by decision; the original is kept.A re-baseline is drafted by the agent and decided by the executive; every baseline is on the record (GL-PG-01, 06).
Benefits realisationMSP benefits management; APS benefits realisation guidanceEvery program names its benefits and the measure that will show them.Benefits on each program map to live KPI series.
Performance measurementPGPA performance statements (RMG 131); Productivity Commission Report on Government Services; OECD performance budgetingIndicators with targets, collected from the source system, reported against outcomes.KPI series with targets and direction, collected live from the services with source and time (GL-PG-03).
Annual reportsPGPA Rule annual report requirements (RMG 135); NSW Local Government Act s 428 and Annual Reports Acts; GRI and integrated reporting as comparatorsReport performance, finances and governance by the statutory date, certified by the accountable authority.The reporting agent drafts every section from the record; the CFO certifies; the accountable officer publishes; the due date is on the report (GL-PG-02, 07, 08).
Statutory deadlinesAnnual report tabling deadlines (Cth 15 October; NSW councils 30 November; states vary)Know the date; start early.Every statutory report carries its due date and the agent drafts well before it (GL-PG-08).
Audit and traceabilityANAO and audit office performance audits; ISO 15489Every figure traceable to its source and time.Every figure in a report names the table it came from and when it was read (GL-PG-07).
Accessibility and plain languageWCAG 2.2 AA; ISO 24495-1Every screen usable with assistive technology; reports the public can read.Interfaces designed against WCAG 2.2 AA with conformance evidenced per deployment; published reports on a public page.