Plan, Implement and Manage for Value

Think “Business Program” – not “Projects”

 

Business Change Program Design

 

A Business Program is a collection of related Projects that deliver measurable value and productivity gains to the organization.  Business Program Management and Project Change Management directly impact key measures and outcomes on the Value Tree – the levers of productivity and value.

 

A Business Program Must Produce Measurable Impact.

 

Companies create value and productivity enhancements through the following success factors:

  • Explicitly targeting value and productivity levers
  • Combining investments in technology with other key innovations and changes that are hard for competitors to replicate
  • Paying attention to the timing and sequence of investments in technology and business change

Plan, Implement and Manage for Value

 

Provide clients with effective Business Program Management approaches and techniques to address these success factors:

  • A Value Tree (produced in Design and Innovate for Value)  targets the levers of value and productivity
  • A Business Architecture (produced in Design and Innovate for Value)   examines Business Process Reengineering opportunities and other design elements to create unique combinations of capabilities that competitors will find difficult to replicate
  • A Business Program Management Plan and Program Portfolio Management process provides management with the tools to properly sequence and time the introduction of business transformation changes to the organization.

Successful Business Transformation and Business Strategy Require Choices. 

 

Strategy is what the organization chooses to do and what NOT to do.  The Active Portfolio of Business Change Programs represents management’s chosen direction.  The Active Portfolio of Business Programs should be:

  • Focused on providing unique advantages in servicing customer needs and fulfilling strategic objectives
  • Directed at key measurable and verifiable outcomes
  • Have acceptable levels of financial reward, and
  • At an acceptable level of risk

Business Program Management and a Portfolio Management approach are two key tools that

  •  Provide flexibility in making business choices,
  • Enable your organization to execute change, and
  • Keep you focused on delivering value

Manage for Value

 

The final piece of the puzzle is management of Business Transformation. When organizations are faced with large scale Business Transformation, Management needs a process to fairly evaluate potential options, and then introduce change in the organization with proper sequencing and timing.

 

Overall risk is managed by a progressive investment strategy. 

Management may :

  • Promote programs through the Active Portfolio Path,
  • Return a program to a previous stage if the Business Case is not compelling enough, or
  • Move the program to the Inactive Portfolio - stop spending money on projects and programs that do not add value

Management  Reviews Provide Governance for Business Transformation Efforts

Batorski Stevens & Associates, Inc. has the skilled resources to assist you in developing Business Program Management Plans and Project Change Management Plans.  We have the skills, methods and track record to put you on the path to creating and sustaining value and productivity.

Value targets and productivity gains must be captured explicitly in the implementation, and not assumed.

 

 

 

 

 

Business Change Programs are targeted at the value and productivity levers that deliver the highest impact to your organization.  Business Program Management ensures that results are delivered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concentrate on the things that create value and save resources by not doing the things that don’t.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results –

 

A Portfolio of Business Change Programs enables accurate decisions. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leadership stays involved and connected to  the change programs by reviewing and funding those programs that meet  the organization’s objectives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

 

Batorski Stevens & Associates, Inc.

Office: (703) 518-8838

 

 

Derek M. Stevens – Vice President Management Consulting, Alliances

(805)-427-1366

dstevens@batorski-associates.com