By Lindsay Scott
Benefits management has always been a challenging aspect of project management for organisations to master. In simple terms, it’s a “structured way of identifying, planning, and tracking the expected benefits and outcomes of a project, programme, or any initiative that brings value to the organisation.” The main idea is that no project should be started …
By Jennifer Bailey
Benefits Management has long been near the top of the backlog for many organisations/PMOs – either to introduce or improve Benefits Management in the organisation. There are several courses (and books) that go into detail of Benefits Management, touching on all stage of the PMO Lifecycle . . . Benefits identification Benefits evaluation Benefits Planning …
By Jennifer Bailey
At PMO Learning, as well as certification courses we also have a range of specialist courses available to develop your skills and knowledge further and benefit your organisation and PMO. These specialist PMO courses go hand in hand and can follow on from many of the certification courses! The wheel below shows the different courses …
By Hannah Roden
One of the biggest challenges when looking at Benefits Management is identifying what metrics we can use to measure benefits. The first point to recognise is that organisations already measure metrics that are important to them. Some measured metrics are fairly universal in organisations – profit, revenue, employee turnover etc. However, others will vary depending on …
By Hannah Roden
All projects seek to deliver a product, or deliverables – this could be anything, ranging from a new database, to a new warehouse, to a new IT system. In the video below, Eileen talks of her ‘Blue Box’ diagram, which seeks to provide a clear understanding of what project management is there to deliver. Eileen …
By Hannah Roden
Here at PMO Learning, we are only a few weeks away from our Benefits Management course, running on the 15th December. This course always raises some great discussion points, particularly around what we recognise as ‘benefits’ in different organisations, and how they are valued. When we think of benefits in our organisation, what do we …
By Melissa Roden
How good is your organisation at Benefits Management? We think, definitely not as good as it could be. A few months ago, in October, Eileen gave a presentation on Benefits for All at the BCS Proms-G (Project Management Specialist Group). She introduced the Benefits Management Lifecycle and talked over the different responsibilities of the people …
By Lindsay Scott
The PMO service catalogue has the potential to be quite a hefty offering. In P3O® there are 28 services (detailed in Appendix F, the PMO favourite) and if we add to that all the organisational specific services that might also be carried out by the PMO, that could be a lot of work! PMO Learning’s …
By Lindsay Scott
PMO Learning’s Eileen Roden is presenting at the British Computer Society’s PROMS-G (Project Management specialist group) event which is open to both members and non-members. The evening session and networking event takes place on Wednesday 16th October at the new HQ for BCS at: Moorgate – 25 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7BP. It takes place …
By Melissa Roden
Our Understanding Benefits Management course started as an in-house course. After great success, it was trialled as an open public course at this year’s PMO Conference. Eileen and a group of 9 delegates undertook the one day course, exploring how Benefits Management is implemented, the potential problems and strategies to overcome them. Here’s what some …
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