Cranfield School of Management

Making the complex manageable......  a different approach to the realities of 21st century programmes

The International Centre for Programme Management at Cranfield, in partnership with the Enterprise Services Group of Hewlett Packard (the world's largest technology solutions and service provider), is executing a portfolio of R&D activities in pursuit of innovation in the way that organisations, their clients and suppliers deliver complex programmes and projects. 

With ever-increasing levels of complexity, existing processes and management practices are often insufficient to deliver all the business benefits expected from the implementation of large projects and programmes. 

Our mission is to advance the boundaries of Programme and Project Management(PPM) to where it becomes an integral part of organisational strategy.

Unique in our approach  

We believe that successful programme management is fundamental to delivery of both core business and major change in organisations.  Key to successful delivery are "intelligent relationships", where clients and providers can selectively draw from best practice, to design and execute programmes fit for their context and purpose.

Unique in the way we work
We see our research as the first step in a development process that results in realised benefits,

We work with our industry partners to identify gaps in knowledge and develop solutions to their programme management problems. In doing so, we are advancing both the practice and theory of PPM for their benefit, their clients and the wider community of individuaks and organisations, who rely  on PPM for achieving their business objectives.

Unique in our capability

We utilise the expertise of world-class researchers and lead practitioners to effect change and progress.  

This website will tell you more about who we are and what we are doing.  Please get in touch if you would like to discuss what we can do for you.

HarveyMaylor
Director ICPM

News

ICPM started a Programme Management Best Practice Forum with the launch meeting taking place at Cranfield on 7 June 2011. Click here for more info about the Forum.

CONGRATULATIONS .......

 To Dr. Neil Turner, ICPM Senior Research Fellow, who has been awarded his PhD at Bath University. 

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Kutsch E, Maylor H, Weyer B, Lupson J (2011)  Performers, trackers, lemmings and the lost: Sustained false optimism in forecasting project outcomes - Evidence from a quasi-experiment. International Journal of Project Management, 29 (8) 1070-1081.

Full list of publications