Site problems Program Management This Program Management Overview provides an appreciation of the day-to-day issues and tasks confronting Program Officers (PO) at SMC.  The classical management tasks include planning, organization, staffing, top-level direction, program monitoring, and control of resources and schedule used to produce desired capability for the customer at an affordable cost. These tasks must usually be carried out iteratively and in close cooperation with the Systems Engineering (SE) organization as the system to be acquired is better defined, especially given the complexities of DoD acquisition programs. The PM activities include: •  Program planning based on the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and other associated program phases, milestones, and forecasts, •  Estimate and manage cost, technology, and schedule, and to monitor program activities and trends, •  Procure necessary materials, data, and services to ensure smooth running of the program, •  Assess, manage, devise policy, and implement procedures to minimize program risk, •  Configuration Management (CM), through the Configuration Control Board (CCB) process, to control technical baselines, •  Change management to assess change proposals and their impact on technical baselines, and to plan and budget for change, and •  Contract monitoring, control, and accounting of vendor activities and deliverables by devising proper acceptance procedures. The primary function of organizations at SMC is to fulfill the program management function for its various programs to improve the Warfighter effectiveness.