This senior management level course consists of a series of interactive face to face workshop sessions and practical exercises covering the following topics:
Day One :
What is Benefits & Value Management
- Introduction to the course
- Background and history
- Why we need Benefits & Value Management
What is Benefits Management
- What is Benefits Management
- Why Benefits & Value Management is needed
- A path to success
The Benefits Management Lifecycle
- An overview
Day Two
Benefits Management and business
- Developing strategy and projects
- Economic evaluation
- Opportunity cost and business link
Applying the Benefits concept
- Benefits mapping tool
- Benefits matrix
- Benefits & Value measurement
- Benefits scoring
Day Three
Applying the Benefits concept (cont)
- Stakeholder management
Benefits realisation
- Linking scope to benefits
- Development of the business case
- The benefit realisation
Review and close
Critical Issues of the Course
Practitioner background to Benefits & Value Management
- Benefits & Value Management: What is it and why is it needed
- Benefits & Value Management: Toolkits and Models
- Benefits & Value Management: Practical application and guidance
Recommended and included reference guides : Project Benefits Management Linking Projects to the Business by Trish Melton : ISBN 978-7506-8477-4
Objectives of the course:
This 3 day active workshop session presents practical guidance on ” Benefit and Value Management” method, how structured methodologies can meet that need by explaining the Benefits & Value Management principles, models and the processes. Participants learn how to best use the various tools with their own customer facing case studies and through group exercises etc.
Focusing on the core process and method, the 3 day course is aimed to provide the awareness and initial skill set required to manage a Benefits & Value Management framework. The main tools and approaches used during this course are the RWCS benefits framework approach; which provides a structured model for identifying expected results as well as the activities and inputs needed to accomplish them. It introduces the causal value monitoring models and their implementation.
The course provides tools to analyse problems and stakeholders, define objectives and determine activities based on business stakeholder needs. Delegates will also be guided on how to use and adopt, capture and review processes together with best practice resources.
Course Cost: £1750+ vat per delegate – minimum of 8 delegates per session