Aerospace and defense (A&D) companies are faced with an evolving need for capability modernization, complex system integrations, artificial intelligence, and agile ways of working. The role of the program manager, and specifically the program management function, has been critical to the success of large, complex programs over the last 50 years. Yet, in the face of such change and industry disruption, how will program management offices hold up?

This article discusses how PwC takes a more proactive and forward-looking approach to program management through digital capability enablement and the concept of "Predictive Program Management".