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'''Introduction'''
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==Summary==
Benefit Realization Management (BRM) is a process for identifying, prioritizing, planning, tracking, and realizing the benefits of a project, program, or portfolio. BRM helps organizations to achieve their strategic objectives by ensuring that investments in projects and programs deliver the expected benefits. The BRM process involves various stakeholders, including project managers, business analysts, and senior executives, to ensure that benefits are identified, tracked, and measured throughout the project lifecycle (PMI, 2017).
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Benefit realization management is a structured approach to ensure that the intended benefits of a project or program are actually realized and sustained over time. The purpose of benefit realization management is to shift the focus of program management from simply delivering outputs to ensuring that the expected outcomes and benefits are achieved.
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'''Definitions'''
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==Introduction==
The goal of the improvement on the current article on Benefit realization management is to improve on the introduction of BRM by introducing definitions including:
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Benefit Realization Management (BRM) is a critical discipline that plays a vital role in ensuring organizations derive maximum value from their projects and programs by focusing on the identification, planning, execution, and review of benefits throughout their lifecycle. It is more crucial than ever for firms to invest in programs that provide value and help organizations achieve their strategic goals in today's competitive business environment. By coordinating projects and programs with strategic goals and turning these goals into quantifiable and reachable outcomes, BRM offers a disciplined framework to manage this process.
- Project Management Institute (PMI): "Benefit Realization Management (BRM) is the systematic approach to ensuring the benefits of a project, program or portfolio are delivered as expected and the investment made provides the desired return." (Source: PMI Standard for Benefit Realization Management, Second Edition)
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- Association for Project Management (APM): "Benefit Realization Management (BRM) is the process of identifying, planning, delivering, and realizing the intended benefits of a project, program, or portfolio." (Source: APM Body of Knowledge 7th Edition)
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- PRINCE2: Benefit Realization Management in PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is defined as the process of ensuring that the benefits of a project are planned, delivered, and realized. This involves identifying the expected benefits, developing a plan for delivering those benefits, and monitoring progress against the plan to ensure that the benefits are delivered as expected. Source: PRINCE2:2017 Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2. AXELOS Limited. TSO (The Stationery Office), 2017.
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'''Benefit Realization Model'''
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BRM's main goal is to guarantee that a program's targeted objectives and outcomes are accurately aligned with benefits that can be controlled and monitored, increasing return on investment (ROI) and promoting continuous development. This entails not just recognizing prospective advantages but also organizing and carrying out actions to help them operationalize. It also entails comparing actual benefits to anticipated benefits in order to assess success and guide future actions.<ref name="PMI"/>
The Benefit Realization Model (BRM) is a tool that helps organizations to plan and manage the realization of benefits from their projects, programs, and portfolios. The model consists of five stages: identifying benefits, prioritizing benefits, planning benefits, tracking benefits, and realizing benefits.
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'''Identifying Benefits'''
 
The first stage of the BRM process is identifying benefits. This involves defining the benefits that a project, program, or portfolio is expected to deliver, determining who the benefits will impact, and understanding how the benefits will be delivered. This stage is critical because it helps to ensure that the benefits are aligned with the organization's strategic objectives.
 
  
'''Prioritizing Benefits'''
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By adopting BRM practices, organizations can improve decision-making, foster stakeholder engagement, and optimize resource allocation, ensuring that projects and programs deliver the expected value. Furthermore, BRM helps organizations to better manage risks and uncertainties associated with projects and programs, increasing the likelihood of success and promoting a culture of learning and growth.
The second stage of the BRM process is prioritizing benefits. This involves determining which benefits are most important to the organization and allocating resources accordingly. Prioritization is essential because it ensures that the most critical benefits are realized first, which can have a significant impact on the organization's success.
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This article provides an in-depth exploration of the concept of Benefit Realization Management and its importance in the context ofprogram management. It delves into the various aspects of BRM, including the process of operationalizing benefits, techniques and tools used, roles and responsibilities of stakeholders, and best practices for successful benefit realization.
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===What is Benefit Realization Management===
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The purpose of Benefit Realisation Management (BRM) is to ensure that the program's outcomes align with the business objectives and that the expected benefits are achieved. Program management is concerned with managing multiple related projects that are intended to deliver a common goal or set of goals.
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The purpose of BRM in program management is to ensure that the benefits of each project are integrated and aligned with the overall program objectives. This involves identifying, planning, delivery, transition and benefits sustainment of each project is expected to deliver, and then ensuring that they are integrated into the program's overall benefits realization plan.<ref name="BRMPrac" />
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From a program management perspective, BRM provides a framework for managing the benefits of the program, including identifying and prioritizing the benefits, developing a benefits realization plan, and monitoring and evaluating progress towards achieving the benefits.
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BRM also provides program managers with a way to measure the success of the program in achieving its business objectives. By evaluating the actual outcomes of the program against the expected benefits, program managers can determine whether the program has been successful or not. This information can be used to make adjustments to the program's strategy, tactics, and implementation to maximize its impact and value.
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Overall, the purpose of BRM from a program management perspective is to ensure that the program delivers the intended benefits to the organization. By using a structured approach to identifying, planning, and monitoring the benefits of the program, program managers can ensure
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=== Operationalization of Program Benefit Realization Management ===
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==Bibliography==
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<ref name="PMI"> "Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). (2017). Standard for Program Management (4th Edition). Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). Retrieved from
 
<ref name="PMI"> "Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). (2017). Standard for Program Management (4th Edition). Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). Retrieved from
 
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<ref name="PMI2010">Project Management Institute. (2010) The Standard for Project Management. Project Management Institute.</ref>
 
  
Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). (2017). Standard for Program Management (4th Edition) - Title Page. Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). Retrieved from
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<ref name="PMBF"> "A. Mossalam, M. Arafa, The role of project manager in benefits realization management as a project constraint/driver, HBRCJournal (2015),http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hbrcj.2014.12.008" </ref>
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<ref name="Change"> "Narasimhan, K. (2007), "Benefit Realisation Management: A Practical Guide to Achieving Benefits through Change", Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 85-86. https://doi-org.proxy.findit.cvt.dk/10.1108/mbe.2007.11.2.85.3" </ref>

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Contents

Summary

Introduction

Benefit Realization Management (BRM) is a critical discipline that plays a vital role in ensuring organizations derive maximum value from their projects and programs by focusing on the identification, planning, execution, and review of benefits throughout their lifecycle. It is more crucial than ever for firms to invest in programs that provide value and help organizations achieve their strategic goals in today's competitive business environment. By coordinating projects and programs with strategic goals and turning these goals into quantifiable and reachable outcomes, BRM offers a disciplined framework to manage this process.

BRM's main goal is to guarantee that a program's targeted objectives and outcomes are accurately aligned with benefits that can be controlled and monitored, increasing return on investment (ROI) and promoting continuous development. This entails not just recognizing prospective advantages but also organizing and carrying out actions to help them operationalize. It also entails comparing actual benefits to anticipated benefits in order to assess success and guide future actions.[1]


By adopting BRM practices, organizations can improve decision-making, foster stakeholder engagement, and optimize resource allocation, ensuring that projects and programs deliver the expected value. Furthermore, BRM helps organizations to better manage risks and uncertainties associated with projects and programs, increasing the likelihood of success and promoting a culture of learning and growth.

This article provides an in-depth exploration of the concept of Benefit Realization Management and its importance in the context ofprogram management. It delves into the various aspects of BRM, including the process of operationalizing benefits, techniques and tools used, roles and responsibilities of stakeholders, and best practices for successful benefit realization.


What is Benefit Realization Management

The purpose of Benefit Realisation Management (BRM) is to ensure that the program's outcomes align with the business objectives and that the expected benefits are achieved. Program management is concerned with managing multiple related projects that are intended to deliver a common goal or set of goals. The purpose of BRM in program management is to ensure that the benefits of each project are integrated and aligned with the overall program objectives. This involves identifying, planning, delivery, transition and benefits sustainment of each project is expected to deliver, and then ensuring that they are integrated into the program's overall benefits realization plan.[2]

From a program management perspective, BRM provides a framework for managing the benefits of the program, including identifying and prioritizing the benefits, developing a benefits realization plan, and monitoring and evaluating progress towards achieving the benefits. BRM also provides program managers with a way to measure the success of the program in achieving its business objectives. By evaluating the actual outcomes of the program against the expected benefits, program managers can determine whether the program has been successful or not. This information can be used to make adjustments to the program's strategy, tactics, and implementation to maximize its impact and value. Overall, the purpose of BRM from a program management perspective is to ensure that the program delivers the intended benefits to the organization. By using a structured approach to identifying, planning, and monitoring the benefits of the program, program managers can ensure

Operationalization of Program Benefit Realization Management

Limitations

Bibliography

Planning Benefits

tempreferences

[2] [1] [3] [4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). (2017). Standard for Program Management (4th Edition). Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). Retrieved from https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/pdf/id:kt012S0RO1/standard-program-management"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI). (2019). Benefits Realization Management - A Practice Guide
  3. "A. Mossalam, M. Arafa, The role of project manager in benefits realization management as a project constraint/driver, HBRCJournal (2015),http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hbrcj.2014.12.008"
  4. "Narasimhan, K. (2007), "Benefit Realisation Management: A Practical Guide to Achieving Benefits through Change", Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 85-86. https://doi-org.proxy.findit.cvt.dk/10.1108/mbe.2007.11.2.85.3"
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