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Industry Needs Shift In Approach For Program Management: Analysis

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

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Aerospace and defense industry program managers need to move beyond the traditional fundamentals of delivering a product to become more effective at meeting a changing environment with tougher demands, according to an analysis released yesterday by a business consulting firm. Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) said its study based on interviews with more than two dozen executives from 23 of the world’s leading companies in the sector showed program management is shifting past the norm of creating schedules, tracking progress and pressuring…

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