Investment in projects can move the organization forward or be the fastest way to destroy shareholder value. To maximise the returns from your investments you need to invest in the right projects/programs and measure their results and contribution. This is rarely done well at the moment. Although many organizations have committees of senior executives evaluating and approving projects, the measurement of their success is often non-existent.

Our Business Project Governance Program materials are designed to give you overall control and confidence to make the right investment decisions and be able to measure the results.

• To focus on the right issues in the right way,
• To make decisions quickly and easily based on a good understanding of the relative value and potential contribution of each project/program.
• To enable your organization to achieve more in less time and with less stress.
• To avoid the common mistakes or investing in doomed-from-the-outset projects.

Your role is to govern where your organization invests.

Our Program gives you the expert knowledge and advice to make Project Governance one of your own core competencies.

Only 5% of projects deliver on time, on budget and all business outcomes and benefits. This Program will help you ensure your investments be in that 5%.

You’ll be able to measure how you are making a difference.

The Complete Investment Committee Member Handbook
A comprehensive reference guide to enable you to make informed decisions and measure your results. More information

How to define your project policies
When there is confusion as to what the rules are in relation to projects, who can do what and how, value disappears through the gaps. This Guide provides a basic set of recommended project-related policies that can be amended and adapted for your organization. It gives you a quick head start. More information

Understanding Value Delivery Management
Value Delivery Management is a new, simpler approach to project delivery. Yet, while many people talk about project ‘value’ and its delivery, few know what this means, how to do it and how it changes how you think about, plan and deliver projects. This Guide serves as a simple but essential introduction to the whole concept of Value Delivery Management. More information

Understanding Project Risks
There are eight types of project-related risks, yet most risk management approaches only look at two or three if you’re lucky. This Guide explains the nature and need for the different types of risks and what you need to do about them. More information

Understanding Benefits
Although all projects seek to deliver benefits, the nature and dimensions of ‘benefits’ are not well understood. This Guide gives you a clear insight into the nature of benefits and how they need to be managed to optimise their value and how conventional approaches fail to deliver. Essential reading for all people interested in delivering benefits. More information

Why IT projects are different
Eight principal reasons why IT projects differ from, say, construction projects and the implications of these differences on value delivery. Essential reading for all governance, executives and board members.
More information