Benefits Management and Business Acceptance Course Overview

To ensure that you can fully engage with and benefit from the Benefits Management and Business Acceptance course, the following prerequisites are recommended:

• Basic understanding of project management concepts and principles.
• Familiarity with the key stages of project lifecycles and business case development.
• Awareness of the fundamentals of change management and how business changes can impact an organization.
• Some experience with or knowledge of business analysis, to understand how to identify and define potential benefits within a business context.
• An appreciation for the importance of stakeholder engagement and communication in implementing business changes.
• Basic financial literacy to grasp concepts such as investment appraisal, net present value, and internal rate of return.

These prerequisites are not intended to be barriers to entry but rather to ensure that you have a foundation upon which the course will build. Individuals with a keen interest in learning and a commitment to applying the principles taught in this course are encouraged to enroll.

Target Audience for Benefits Management and Business Acceptance

The "Benefits Management and Business Acceptance" course equips professionals to align projects with business strategy and ensure effective delivery.

• Project Managers
• Business Analysts
• Change Managers
• IT Managers
• Program Managers
• Quality Assurance Professionals
• Senior Technical Staff
• Business Change Managers
• Portfolio Managers
• Operations Managers
• Organizational Development Professionals
• Management Consultants
• IT Developers and Testers looking to understand business implications
• Strategic Planners
• Product Owners
• Risk Managers

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this Benefits Management and Business Acceptance?

Introduction to Learning Outcomes and Concepts:

This course offers a comprehensive understanding of Benefits Management and Business Acceptance, incorporating strategies for developing business cases, measuring benefits, and ensuring successful implementation and acceptance testing.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

• Comprehend the rationale behind Benefits Management and Business Acceptance to align IT projects with organizational strategy.
• Develop a thorough business case, ensuring strategic fit and articulating the value proposition effectively.
• Identify and classify different types of business benefits and understand their contributions to achieving strategic goals.
• Utilize the benefits dependency framework to map out the relationship between business benefits, changes, and enabling actions.
• Assign and understand the roles of benefit owners and senior responsible owners, clarifying their responsibilities in the benefits management process.
• Engage with key stakeholders in benefits management and determine relevant project costs and investment appraisal techniques.
• Learn the objectives and principles of acceptance testing, including functional and non-functional aspects within the system development lifecycle.
• Employ various test design techniques to create effective test conditions, cases, and procedures, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
• Monitor test progress, manage incidents, and perform confirmation testing to validate that business acceptance criteria are met.
• Review and adjust the business case in response to changes, reassess benefits, and manage stakeholders to ensure effective business change implementation and delivery of benefits.