The Benefits Realisation Plan in Public Sector

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 17:50

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How to prepare a benefits realisation plan (BRP) and how it supports project management and performance management, with the main and most useful resources
Preparing your Benefits Realisation Plan
Benefits Planning is much more than just filling in a template - besides, who's template do you complete?

Follow this guide and links to resources. Of course I've only managed to add a few of the vital resources you will need (about 30 resources) so please do e-mail more that we can share.

Five Whys? Project Purpose
The key benefit of any project is that it solves a problem. That problem could be a positive one (we'd like to achieve more, better) or negative (we have to cut costs/ improve safety/ anything else).

How - Putting the Building Blocks in Place
Benefits Management is a fundamental part of Programme and Project Management. You could even say that a project only succeeds when it delivers the benefits it set out to achieve (outcomes rather than milestones).

Governance - ensuring the right people are involved, with the right controls
this is vital where user information, or staff information, is involved; this applies to pretty much all change in Health and Social Care

Benefits Management

Risk and Issue Management

Finance

Capacity & Capability

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Judicial System - If I were running the country

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Mon, 05/27/2013 - 22:22

Scales of JusticeHow do we make the courts run more smoothly?  Cases take too long and are too expensive, mired in endless argument and counter-argument that are the hallmarks of our adversarial system.  What if we were to set time limits?  Would that work?

Well, let's try it.  Each side presents their best evidence, and if magistrate or jury isn't convinced, they can ask for more time from each side.  If it works for Cricket, that most venerable of British institutions, it should work for courts.  Who knows, they may even become spectator sports?

If I were running the country - encouraging business

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 09:33

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Minimum wage

Fantasy government - what would I do if I were in government?  Well how about reduce corporation tax, increase income tax, increase minimum wage and invest in job creation in the regions?  That would be a good start - create jobs where there are workers, then make sure that the right amount of tax is collected and at the same time reduce spend on benefits which are only used to increase profits of selfish organisations.

Would it work?  Have your say.

PwC Report on the Current State of Project Management

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:44

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PwC Project Management ReportPwC found that successful companies are getting more mature in their project management ability.  This raises the game – successful companies have lower costs from fewer failed projects, and less successful companies have to work harder to catch up.  There are some important lessons to take this report for everyone – Read more…

Joy instead of tedium

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 21:04

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The Office

Every office has them - the tasks that have to be done that nobody likes doing.  Whether it's the audit, the wages, standard letters, whatever it is - someone has to do it and it feels like a waste of time and money.

Why should you care?

So you employ somebody, so why do you care about how tedious the task is? Well they are costing money, to do something that could be done far more effectively.

Learning from the Past

Submitted by HugoM on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 20:27

Evidence for service improvement

Many public service changes have little basis in evidence. Their success (or otherwise) does not appear to depend on how 'good' the policy itself is, but rather on how it has been implemented. This relies on staff attitudes and relationships. My research falls into a number of broad categories: finding out what is currently happening; what people think about it; and what people think it will mean.

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