Program management is a concept to deal with huge and complex business activities from social, economical, cultural and environmental points of view and increase their value for client and society. The aim of this study is to establish a framework of program management process and develop a supporting system for program management. In this paper we propose a framework and a proto type supporting system based on case studies and report the result of application to an urban redevelopment using partially implemented software.
This study has been completed with the sponsorship of "Intelligent Manufacturing System" program of METI, Japan and with the collaboration of Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited, Tokyo Metropolitan University and Hokkaido University.