MCP refers to the concept that control systems, such as budgetary control system and BSC, don’t function in isolation but as a package coupled with other management systems. The other systems include manage-ment philosophy and internal rules. It seems that the previous studies on MCP in the areas of management accounting, business, project management, and P2M didn’t classify the project and program as Waterfall and Agile. This study provides a case study using the Simmons’s framework. The results of the analysis suggest that Diagnostic Controls Systems and Boundary System function in waterfall and Interactive Con-trol System and Belief System function in agile. In addition, Value Indicator Management, Platform Man-agement, and Profiling Management of P2M may be supported through the four systems.

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In the previous report, I proposed a mechanism for business design planning that is resistant to uncertainty, as P2M is a method of analysis and synthesis of the systems approach to mission orientation, and showed the direction of the scheme model in the 3S model of P2M. The scheme model incorporates a conception model based on the acts of ” analogical modification ” and ” inspiration and reflection ” in product concept creation, and is a mechanism to enhance the conception of the idea throughout the organization. In this re-port, we believe that the method of value creation through configuration design is effective in discovering problems, finding issues, and finding ways to solve problems, given that P2M emphasizes configuration as a dynamic that constantly reviews missions and processes in response to changes and uncertainties in the environment. Therefore, we present specific ideas for applying P2M theory and the effectiveness of value discovery in product development programs.

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For sustainable development, corporate-led social innovation would be required. Projects & programs are essential for successful innovation, then it is especially critical that both building consensus in scheme mod-el projects and setting goals and evaluation criteria for system model projects, in P2M theory. I have pro-posed a system architecture that integrates a business context simulator and a machine learning agent as a computer virtual experiment environment for promoting studies on them. In this paper, I implement a virtual experiment environment that combines a business context simulator and a machine learning agent, and con-firm the feasibility by trying virtual experiments using it.

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In a society that becoming is increasingly complex and uncertain, Japan needs to combine the ideas of many people and the knowledge of different fields in order to solve social issues and create new businesses and products. To achieve these P2M strategic program missions, a practical P2M community that promotes creativity and voluntary action across organizations is considered to be effective. In order to activate such a P2M community, it is necessary to build a platform that enables its participants from different fields to work across time and space. However, the P2M community usage of ICT is still limited to communication sup-port. In this study, whose starting point is P2M community attributes, we investigated various papers and books on the subject, and clarified the necessary requirements for a platform to be used on the Web and the method of implementing it. Improving the motivation of participants from different fields, visualization of discussions, and to develop new methods for matching people and information are important requirements. Based on these requirements, we examined the detailed functions of a Web platform that supports P2M practical communities. We also proposed a Web platform user interface. We conducted a preliminary evalu-ation using the evaluation system and confirmed that it was effective.

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“Shirakawa-go”, Gifu Prefecture, was registered as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1995 in recognition of its unique architecture and lifestyle. The resulting flood of tourists caused traffic congestion and other problems, and the sustainability of the region became an issue. As a result of various efforts led by the local government and the residents' association, the area was selected as one of the 100 most sustainable tourist destinations in the world in 2020 by the GSTC, based on its recognition of the balance of residents' lives and the contribution of tourism to the sustainability of the area. This paper considers each group of initia-tives, which are measures against tourism pollution, as a “program,” and applies the P2M framework to analyze the key management requirements that led to the region being evaluated as sustainable with its stakeholders and complex challenges, and to identify the success factors.　As a result, a “collective mis-sion” was formed in Shirakawa-go as a system in which many stakeholders share a mission and play a role in cooperation with each other. In addition, with the city government and residents as the backbone, a sys-tem that allows parallel and sequential missions to be clearly shared with all stakeholders exerts a synergistic effect on the achievement of the program mission in the district.

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This paper presents a detailed analysis of the ODA program for flood control in the Philippines. While cap-turing the characteristics of DRR, which, in addition to having uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, needs to be addressed in the very long term, a value creation model is proposed, showing the importance of link-ing “upper system” with “lower system as a system toward a vague goal (to-be) of the ODA program. Ad-ministration is pivotal to activate the linkage between the upper and lower system. It was also clarified that even a program on 'flood control' has different contexts for each country.

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The “Dormant Deposit Utilization Scheme for Public Interest”, inaugurated in FY2019, is a newly intro-duced scheme to solve social issues, which are difficult for the government/public sector to address, through private innovative initiatives. The “social impact measurement and management (SIMM)” is a unique char-acteristic of this scheme to capture short- and long-term outcomes. This paper shows that P2M theory is useful for analyzing the SIMM implementation, identifying the current issue. These include that the same SIMM method is applied for entities in different positions and projects of different nature (scheme or ser-vice model type). This paper suggests that funders and project implementers should conduct SIMM in an integrated manner considering their individual missions at the same time, hinting a better program manage-ment of this scheme and other similar programs with public purpose.

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Carbon neutral policies towards 2050 are a global challenge and a huge national project in our country. If we consider these policies as a breakdown for each local government, we can say that it is a national green-house gas reduction program that compiles greenhouse gas reduction projects of each local government. If the national government is the owner of the program, the current system design may lead to inconsistencies in the setting of targets by each local government in terms of energy conversion and resource supply. Based on the results of the implementation of a carbon neutral policy in Hirono Town, Fukushima Prefecture, we will clarify management issues and examine the prospects for resolving those issues from a P2M perspec-tive.

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In regional issues such as the reconstruction of Fukushima, which involves many complex and uncertain elements, platform management is necessary to ensure the value proposition works effectively through the value creation process. In particular, when a wide range of stakeholders are involved, it is crucial to design a field (platform) that builds stakeholder relationships and enhances communication ability. In this study, we established a workshop in Fukushima to serve as a platform and verified its effectiveness. As a result, the workshop facilitated the creation of relationships between stakeholders and improved their communication abilities. Furthermore, the process helped stakeholders recognize and commit in addressing the challenges associated with the reconstruction of Fukushima.

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The international community responded to the issue of climate change by issuing the Carbon Neutral Decla-ration at the 2017 summit in Paris. This declaration calls for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by participating countries to a net-zero level by 2050, and in October 2020, Japan also declared its commitment to this goal. Although there are high expectations for biomass research as a technology for de-global warm-ing, it is difficult to build a sustainable business based solely on its CO2 reduction effect and economic efficiency. In this report, we present a case study of a group of research projects aiming at biomass utiliza-tion focusing on rice cultivation, which is the core of old Japanese agriculture, from this perspective, and report on consensus building among project members by utilizing P2M.

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