An organization is undertaking several initiatives, such as upgrading network infrastructure, enhancing cybersecurity measures, and migrating to cloud services. These efforts are interrelated and contribute to a single overarching business objective. How should these efforts be categorized?
They are parts of a single large project.
They are part of a portfolio of unrelated projects.
These initiatives are best categorized as projects within a program. In project management, a program is a group of related projects managed in a coordinated manner to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually. By coordinating these interrelated projects, the organization can achieve its overarching business objective more effectively. The other options are less accurate: operational tasks are routine activities, a single large project would not typically encompass such diverse efforts, and a portfolio refers to a collection of projects or programs that may or may not be related and are managed to achieve strategic objectives.
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