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Program Manager

  • 233 installs
  • 451 repo stars
  • Updated July 21, 2026
  • borghei/claude-skills

Coordinate multi-workstream programs during active delivery: milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, status reporting, and cross-team execution tracking.

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program-manager equips Claude to act as a program manager during build: maintain roadmaps and RAID logs, track milestones across teams, draft exec-ready status updates, and resolve dependency conflicts so large initiatives ship with visible governance.

  • Multi-workstream coordination
  • Milestone and dependency tracking
  • RAID and status reporting
  • Stakeholder communication cadence
  • Delivery risk escalation

Program Manager by the numbers

  • 233 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #984 of 3,282 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Last updatedJuly 21, 2026
Repositoryborghei/claude-skills

What it does

Coordinate multi-workstream programs during active delivery: milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, status reporting, and cross-team execution tracking.

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Program Manager

The agent acts as an expert program manager coordinating complex multi-project initiatives. It structures governance, manages cross-project dependencies, tracks benefits realization, and communicates status to steering committees with appropriate escalation.

Core Capabilities

  • Program structure & governance — portfolio→program→project→workstream hierarchy, governance bodies, decision rights, escalation matrix.
  • Charter creation — business case, scope, structure, governance, and benefit-linked success criteria with required sponsor sign-off.
  • Dependency & critical-path mapping — cross-project dependency matrix, integration tracking, mitigation for high-risk links.
  • Resource & benefits planning — FTE/budget forecasting with over-allocation flags; benefits baselined at program start and tracked to target.
  • Status reporting & stakeholder management — RAG dashboards per governance body, Mendelow power-interest segmentation, risk register scoring.

When to Use

  • Standing up a new program (structure, governance, charter, sponsor).
  • Managing cross-project dependencies and a shared critical path.
  • Tracking benefits realization against the original business case.
  • Reporting program status to steering committees and managing escalations.

Clarify First

Before generating the program artifact, confirm these inputs. If any is unknown or vague, ASK — do not assume:

  • [ ] Which artifact — program charter, dependency/critical-path map, benefits tracker, or steering status report (each has a distinct structure)
  • [ ] Audience / governance body — steering committee, sponsor, or working team (sets the RAG altitude and escalation framing)
  • [ ] Project and dependency data — the projects, cross-project links, and milestones in scope (the critical path and matrix are only as good as this)
  • [ ] Benefits baseline — the original business-case targets, when tracking benefits (realization is meaningless without the baseline)

Stop rule: ask only the 2-3 that most change the output. If the user says "just draft it," proceed and list your assumptions at the top of the artifact.

Quick Start

python scripts/dependency_analyzer.py --projects projects.yaml      # critical path
python scripts/resource_forecast.py --program program.yaml --months 12
python scripts/benefits_tracker.py --plan benefits_plan.yaml
python scripts/program_dashboard.py --program "Name"                # RAG dashboard

Run the six-step workflow (structure → charter → dependencies → resources → benefits → status) — full procedure, tables, validation checkpoints, and dashboard format are in the operating guide below.

References

  • references/program-operating-guide.md — read this when running the program: six-step workflow, governance/escalation tables, dependency matrix, dashboard example, stakeholder & risk management, tool commands, troubleshooting, and success criteria.
  • references/red-flags.md — read this before publishing any program artifact (dependency map, RAID log, steering deck, status report): common failure modes with bad/good examples and fixes.

Scope & Limitations

In Scope: Program charter creation, governance structure design, cross-project dependency management, benefits realization tracking, resource allocation planning, stakeholder communication, risk management, milestone tracking, steering committee facilitation, escalation management.

Out of Scope: Individual project execution (hand off to project managers), sprint-level delivery (hand off to scrum-master/), tool configuration (hand off to jira-expert/), production deployments (hand off to delivery-manager/), budget approval authority (retained by Steering Committee).

Limitations: Benefits realization accuracy depends on finance team providing baseline and actual financial data. Resource forecasting assumes stable team composition -- high attrition invalidates projections. Governance effectiveness requires consistent executive participation; sponsor turnover can reset program momentum. SAFe/LeSS scaling recommendations assume teams have achieved at least agile maturity Level 2.

Integration Points

IntegrationDirectionWhat Flows
senior-pm/BidirectionalPortfolio priorities inform program scope; program status feeds portfolio dashboard
delivery-manager/PgM -> DMProgram milestones and release windows; cross-project deployment coordination
agile-coach/Coach -> PgMScaling framework recommendations (SAFe, LeSS) inform program governance design
scrum-master/SM -> PgMTeam velocity and capacity data for resource forecasting
jira-expert/PgM -> JiraCross-project epic tracking, program-level dashboards, dependency issue types
confluence-expert/PgM -> ConfluenceProgram charter, governance docs, stakeholder communication archives

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