Description
Book SynopsisNo one can disagree that benefits are good things. Whether you are responsible for projects, programs, or portfolios, you are increasingly expected to thinkand actin an appropriate benefits-driven way. However:
- Do you understand that what may be appropriate for a project may be inapplicable for a program?
- Can you avoid the trap of wishful thinking based on overinflated expectations and underestimated costs?
- Can you manage your program or portfolio from inception to final delivery in a consistent, benefits-focused way based on a single, coherent model?
This book describes how Earned Benefit Program Management techniques provide an innovative, all-inclusive model and set of tools developed specifically to answer these questions. This model consolidates the key concepts of project, program, and portfolio management and ensures that all program and portfolio management steps are carried out based on a single, signed-off model in a consistent, ver
Table of Contents
1. Defining the Domains. 2. Understanding the Problem. 3. A Life Cycle for Program Management, Benefits Management,. and Business Analysis. 4. Building an Integrated Business Model. 5. Calculating the Model. 6. Disbenefits and Essential Links. 7. Applying the BRM Approach to the QERTS Example. 8. A Generalized Approach to Scheduling and Cash Flow. 9. Total Risk and Issue Management. 10 Resource Capacity Planning. 11. Procurement. 12. Implementation Tracking—Earned Benefit. 13. Business Key Performance Indicators. 14. Stakeholder Analysis. 15. Communication—Why, How, and What. inale. Benefit Mapping the Book. Appendix. Carrying Out the Calculations. Acronyms. Glossary. Bibliography.
