Executive Briefing

No foundational project management or technical knowledge is required - just a hard nosed desire to make all projects count.

The Briefing

This intense one-day briefing, pitched at the executive level, provides executives with an "added-value" model for the derivation of an integrated and comprehensive Return-on-Investment analysis for business projects.

The briefing presents an integrated approach to identifying the real project costs; conducting a returns analysis; and ensuring benefits realisation. It also includes an examination of outputs, outcomes and value chains linking projects through Business Plans to the highest level Strategic Plan.

Topics covered include:

Returns Modelling

• Essential project justification information
• Strategic impact assessment, technology factors, etc.
• Benefits or returns analysis
• Gathering objectives
• Refining & modelling objectives
• Measuring returns - IRACIS
• Eliminating intangible benefits
• Primary and Secondary benefits
• Modelling the value chain
• Benefits Realisation Planning

Costs, AVA and other issues

• Costing the project
• Capital and recurrent costs
• Determining the true costs of people
• The role of time - present value, payback periods, etc.
• Deriving AVA (Added Value Analysis)
• Risk and size
• Other factors for project justification
• Scoring models
• An integrated "Value-Added" justification

Documentation

The documentation provided for this briefing contains the fundamental processes required to evaluate and document the Added Value that a project will bring to your organisation.

Briefing Design

The structure, content and duration of this briefing can be tailored to meet individual organisation's requirements.

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