An enterprise runs several related IT projects together as a single programme. What is the MAIN benefit of governing these projects at the programme level rather than entirely on their own?
- AIt removes the need for each individual project to maintain its own separate risk register entirely.
- BIt guarantees that every project within the programme will be delivered on time and within its budget.
- CIt allows shared risks and dependencies across the projects to be coordinated and managed together. Correct
- DIt transfers accountability for project risks from the project managers up to the programme sponsor.
Why A is wrong: Programmes coordinate risk but do not abolish project-level registers; each project still tracks its own risks that then roll up to the programme.
Why B is wrong: Governance improves oversight, but no structure can guarantee on-time, on-budget delivery, so this overstates what programme management can deliver.
Why C is correct: Programme governance gives one view of cross-project risks and dependencies, so conflicts and shared exposures are coordinated rather than missed between separate teams.
Why D is wrong: Sponsors gain oversight, yet project managers retain accountability for their own risks; programme governance coordinates rather than reassigns that ownership.