Charter and governance
Objectives, scope, sponsor, decision rights and the cadence of reviews, agreed up front and kept current.
Program Management platform · In development
Program Forgemaster
Many projects. One direction.
The same guided approach as Product Architect, for programs: several projects, one set of outcomes. Program Forgemaster keeps the benefits, roadmap, dependencies, risks and status of every project in one place, with Flint, its AI coach, drafting the reporting and spotting trouble early, so you can see whether the program is delivering what it promised. Built for commercial technology and transformation teams.
How it will work
From charter to realized benefits
- 1
Define
Charter the program: vision, objectives, scope and sponsor. Record the benefits it must deliver, each with an owner, a measure and a target date, and agree governance and decision rights up front.
- 2
Connect
Bring in the component projects, or link products from Product Architect. Lay them on one roadmap with milestones and phase gates, and map who is waiting on whom.
- 3
Deliver
Run the program day to day: risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies in one register, change requests and a decision log, and budget against plan.
- 4
Report
Roll up red, amber and green status from every project with the reasons behind it. Get status reports and steering committee packs drafted from the real data, ready for your review.
- 5
Realize
Keep measuring benefits after the projects finish, close the program with a closure report, and capture lessons learned for the next one.
What it will do
Planned capabilities
We're building this platform now. Here's what it's designed to cover; details may change as we work with early users.
Benefits register
The outcomes the program exists to deliver, each with an owner, a baseline, a target and a date, measured over time rather than just activity.
Program roadmap
Every component project, milestone and phase gate on one timeline, with the critical milestones across projects visible.
Cross-project dependencies
Who is waiting on whom, across projects and teams, and which milestones and benefits move if something slips.
RAID log
Risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies in one shared register, with owners, likelihood and impact scoring, and escalation.
Status roll-up
Each project reports red, amber or green; the program view rolls it up and shows why it is amber, not just that it is.
SAFe release trains and PI planning
For teams using the Scaled Agile Framework: release trains, Program Increment objectives and the dependencies between teams.
Steering committee packs
Status reports and steering decks drafted from the program’s data, exported to PowerPoint or PDF in one click.
Works with your tools
Link products from Product Architect and connect delivery data from Jira, so the program view reflects real progress.
Flint, your program coach
An AI coach that sets up a program from your idea or an existing charter, flags slipping milestones and stale risks, answers what-if questions about delays, and turns meeting notes into actions and decisions. Drafts are labeled, show their reasoning, and never invent figures.
Built on the standards
Grounded in the PMI Standard for Program Management and ISO 21502 and 21503 for program and portfolio governance, with ISO 31000 for risk, so your plans hold up in front of sponsors and review boards.
One account across the suite
Program Forgemaster is its own platform with its own plans. One VektorForgeAI login will cover every platform you use, and you can choose one platform, two, or the whole suite.
Program Forgemaster is in development, and the capabilities above may change as we work with early users. Plans are expected to follow Product Architect's Free, Pro and Team model. SAFe and Scaled Agile Framework are registered trademarks of Scaled Agile, Inc.; PMI is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. VektorForgeAI is not affiliated with either.
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