Raymond C. Young - Project Benefit Realisation and Project Management

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright Page

4 List of Illustrations

5 Preface

6 Authors CVRaymond C. Young – Career Summary Vedran Zerjav – Career Summary

7 1 IntroductionThe Board, Governance and Projects Key Concepts References

8 2 How to Govern Projects: Six QuestionsQ1. What is the Desired Outcome? Q2. How Much Change? Q3. Sponsor Q4. Success Measures Q5. The Right Project Culture Q6. Monitoring References

9 3 Tools and TechniquesQ1. Strategy – Diagnostic Toolkit Q2. Change – Tools and Techniques Q4. Measurement – Tools and Techniques Q6. Monitoring – Tools and Techniques References

10 4 Further InsightWhen Do You Ask Each 6Q Governance™ Question? The Best Guidance Available Reference

11 5 The Future of Project Management and GovernanceWhere Do We Go from Here? The History and the Future of Project Management Conclusion References

12 Appendix A: TechMediaBackground Project Initiation Package Selection Board Reluctantly Convinced The Project – Stated and Unstated Objectives A False Start … Stage 1 Stage 2 Outcomes

13 Appendix B: SkyHigh InvestmentsBackground Project Initiation Establishing Project Governance Structure Requirements Analysis A Useful Delay Package Selection: Understand Workarounds and Trade‐offs Obtain Funding Project Implementation: Monitoring and Managing Risks Outcomes

14 Appendix C: The AgencyBackground The Finance Department Project Failures Within Finance Branch Accrual Accounting and Other Drivers for Change The Right Advice and the Right People Initiating Project – Request Funding Winning Allies Overcoming Dissension in the Ranks A Cautious Phased Approach – Phase 1: Proof of Concept Phase 2 – Implementation Creating an Environment to Succeed Against the Odds Revising the Project Plan The User Experience The Outcomes

15 Further Reading

16 Index

17 End User License Agreement

1 Chapter 3Table 3.1 An overview of change management theories.Table 3.2 Examples to assess required change.Table 3.3 Six sources of influence.Table 3.4 Six sources of influence.Table 3.5 6Q governance diagnostic.

2 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Correlation of 6Q Governance constructs with project success.

3 Chapter 5Table 5.1 The future of project management.

1 Chapter 1 Figure 1.1 6Q Governance (TM) as a business canvas.

2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 AcdB layout on a whiteboard.Figure 3.2 Worked example: TechServ! It’s not an IT project, it’s a customer...Figure 3.3 Typical output from a stakeholder analysis.Figure 3.4 Helpful output from business process mapping.Figure 3.5 A typical logic map.Figure 3.6 An example of a Results Chain.Figure 3.7 A weak AcdB logic.Figure 3.8 Initial value chain.Figure 3.9 Enhanced value chain.Figure 3.10 Value chain enhanced with projects identified through influencer...Figure 3.11 Prototype project reports.Figure 3.12 Screenshot of step 1 of the project initiation process – busines...Figure 3.13 Prototype project portfolio management reports at DSTG.

3 2Figure B.1 Project governance structure.Figure B.2 Project timeline.

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2 Title Page

3 Copyright Page

4 List of Illustrations

5 Preface

6 Authors CV

7 Table of Contents

8 Begin Reading

9 Appendix A TechMedia

10 Appendix B SkyHigh Investments

11 Appendix C The Agency

12 Further Reading

13 Index

14 Wiley End User License Agreement

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Raymond C. Young, MBA, PhD, FAIPM, FGIA

Vedran Zerjav, PhD

This edition first published 2022

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