Chapter 7 Benefits Management—Link between Portfolio and Program Management

 

 

7.1 What Is Benefits Management?

In the chapter on Portfolio Management (Chapter 2), we considered how to set the strategic objectives of the organization. These strategic objectives are usually set at a high level, with overarching organizational goals. One of the leading organizations we worked with had set for itself the strategic objective of being among the top three players in the industry within the next five years. In order to achieve this objective, it had to identify the group of benefits it needed to target that would facilitate this objective.

Benefits are measurable improvements resulting from change that contribute to the achievement of strategic ...

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