New Legislation To Bolster Program and Project Management Policy

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/blog/new-legislation-to-bolster-program-and-project-management-policy/

Recently, a bill was introduced to the U.S. Senate called, “Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015”. This bill was brought to the Senate to have guidelines about how both federal and private section can have their project management streamlined. These guidelines were derived from research created by the Project Management Institute. Through their research, senators from both parties created a bill that was based off of 4 key principles:

1. “Creation of a formal job series and career path for program managers in the federal government.”
2. “Development of a standards-based model for program management consistent throughout the federal government.” 
3. “Recognition of the essential role of executive sponsorship and engagement by designating a senior executive in each agency to be responsible for program management policy and strategy.” 
4. “Alignment of cross-government dialog on program management practices through an interagency council on program management.”

Through these principles, this bill is designed to make sure that the US is a leader in Project Management. The writers of the bill recognized that project management is a an area that effects almost every area of business. It makes more industries more streamlined and better to meet the challenges of today's world.

This article sums up the main ideas of our 441 class. It gives a very general description of how project management is a key aspect of all businesses. It is a skill/career that saves companies money, keeps projects on track, and streamlines operations. In an ever changing world, this is important for companies to keep in mind.

Project management is an important aspect for MIS professionals. These guidelines are the exact guidelines that we should be keeping in mind for our future career. In the IT professional world, we lead the rest of the industries in project management. Since we are going to be in the technology field, much of the technology we will interact with and create will be geared towards project management. Technology is the greatest asset to making systems fast and efficient. Keeping the principles devised by the Project Management Institute, all of us will be able to use these in our future jobs whatever industry we might be in.