Organizations are all too often disappointed with the returns they are achieving from their IT/digital investments. Indeed, many IT implementation projects fail outright. With technology central to their digital transformation ambitions, it is imperative that organizations set up and manage such projects in ways that increases the likelihood of real business value being delivered. This practical course will prepare participants to identify the potential benefits that can be obtained from digital investments, together with clarifying what will be required to successfully deliver them.

Why

attend?

• Gain a clear understanding of how your organization can become more effective in delivering the maximum benefits from its investments in IT/digital
• Learn an approach supported by proven tools and techniques that enable ‘real’ benefits to be identified, planned for and then realized
• Apply techniques to identify the key stakeholders and, if required encourage them to actively engage with the project
• Work with an approach and blueprint for building a realistic business case
• Gain practical experience in applying the tools and techniques to real projects.

Who

Should attend?

• Executives leading their organization’s digital transformation journey
• Executives responsible for sponsoring IT/digital investments
• Managers responsible for planning, justifying, and running IT investments
• Senior project and program managers

Topics

covered?

• Aligning the portfolio of investments in IT/digital with business objectives
• Mapping organizational changes against expected benefits, investment objectives, and business drivers
• Analyzing stakeholders to understand their position and building strategies to increase buy-in
• Identifying and overcoming obstacles that can prevent the realization of expected business benefits
• Defining metrics and assigning responsibilities
• Building robust and realistic business cases
• Designing projects and programs to accommodate different types of digital investments
• Planning for a digital transformation
• Choosing between agile and waterfall approaches to implementation
• Establishing the right kind of PMO
• Lessons from the field: success and failure factors

When

Start date: April 16, 2018 at 9:00 AM

End date: April 17, 2018 at 5:00 PM