Earned Benefit Program Management: Aligning, Realizing, and Sustaining Strategy

Earned Benefit Program Management provides an innovative model and tools to manage programs and portfolios in a consistent, benefits-focused way. It consolidates key concepts of project, program, and portfolio management and ensures alignment with strategic goals and constraints. Case studies highlight the key features of the approach and provide lessons and insights for managing programs.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 394 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

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The significance of benefits cannot be disputed, as they are undeniably positive aspects that contribute to the success of projects, programs, and portfolios. In today's dynamic environment, where responsibility for these endeavors is growing, it is essential to adopt a benefits-driven mindset and approach. However, several challenges arise as we navigate this landscape. Do you grasp the distinction between what may be suitable for a project and what may not be appropriate for a program? Can you steer clear of the trap of basing your expectations on inflated projections and underestimating the associated costs? Can you effectively manage your program or portfolio from inception to final delivery, consistently focusing on benefits and adhering to a single, coherent model?

This book aims to provide a comprehensive solution to these questions. By introducing Earned Benefit Program Management techniques, it presents an innovative and all-encompassing model and set of tools specifically designed to address these challenges. This model integrates the key principles of project, program, and portfolio management, ensuring that all program and portfolio management steps are executed in a consistent, verifiable manner within a unified life cycle. This approach guarantees alignment with strategic goals and constraints at every stage of a program.

To further illustrate the effectiveness of this approach, case studies are presented, highlighting the key features and offering valuable lessons and insights for program management. While the ideas and concepts presented herein are fully in line with existing standards and other published materials, they go beyond the current practices. They offer a unique set of original and powerful techniques that can be applied to programs and portfolios across various business environments.

By embracing the principles outlined in this book, individuals and organizations can enhance their program and portfolio management capabilities, achieve better outcomes, and ultimately drive sustainable success.

Weight: 730g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032476599