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Solving the benefits puzzle

Solving the benefits puzzle is a story of how an organization, frustrated with its inability to track and measure benefits, moved towards adopting a benefits realization TOPology.

This short, entertaining book spells out the problems and the solution. It is intended as means of getting people to understand benefits delivery management when their level of interest is likely to be low.
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For those who want to raise the level of understanding of benefits management in their organization. 

This book spells out a solution that works, that challenges conventional views, but is easy to learn and adopt. It solves, for all time, the benefits puzzle!

The storyline ...

Executives, Richard and Jack, are frustrated by the puzzle of project benefits going missing and vaporizing. They enlist the help of Dianne, the CIO, to find a solution. Diane is ahead of the game in that she is currently receiving newsletters that spell out a new way of approaching benefits management. Diane applies this new approach to one of her projects with surprising results. This new approach, based on The Value Equation™, challenges her assumptions - yet works! With the approval of Big Harry, the CEO, they get Martin, the consultant, in to take them through the process. The organization finds Benefits Management is a new way of looking at projects that, in turn refocuses projects to ensure the benefits are delivered and the benefits puzzle is solved.

  1. The chapters are entitled
  2. A wealth of excuses
  3. Why current approaches fail
  4. The need for discipline in definitions
  5. The benefits gap
  6. Desired business outcomes
  7. The Value Equation™
  8. The instability of the dollars
  9. Dealing with the dynamics of the business
  10. Characteristics of the Value Equation
  11. The loss of benefits
  12. Maximizing the benefits
  13. Progressive definition clarification
  14. The DBO-generation process
  15. You get what you ask for
  16. Leveraging your Deep Smarts®
  17. Reverse engineering planning
  18. Benefits delivery planning 
  19. Tracking the value
  20. The primary measures of success
  21. Accountability for benefits
  22. The role of governance
  23. How to implement

Everyone who want to see benefits realized from projects - the Board, Executive Team, PPMO, Governance and Project Teams. It is written as a story so is easy to read on a plane, at home or anywhere. The message is powerful but the approach is entertaining.

  • Eradicates false assumptions and half-baked ideas as to what benefits management is
  • Explains why so much value is lost during projects
  • Explains the dynamics and pitfalls of benefits management
  • Spells out a solution that any sized organization can easily adopt
  • Demonstrates the difference a simple but powerful benefits management program can make to projects

The Value Equation™