Managing Benefits™ Foundation Premium e-learning (exam included)

Managing Benefits™ Foundation Premium e-learning (exam included)

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The reason organizations invest in change is to realize benefits, yet it is estimated that around two thirds of projects fail to realize those benefits, because the benefits are not being correctly forecasted, measured or managed to successful delivery.

The purpose of the Managing Benefits guidance and certification scheme is to provide managers and practitioners from multiple disciplines, working in a variety of organizations, with generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices and techniques.

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Managing Benefits framework provides organisations with guidance on how to focus on what measurable benefits they need to deliver to satisfy the strategic objectives of the organisation. This allows them to focus limited resources on the most beneficial activities. The purpose of the Managing Benefits guidance and certification scheme is to provide managers and practitioners from multiple disciplines, working in a variety of organisations, with generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices and techniques.

APMG-International Managing Benefits™ Foundation plus pack eLearning

The Managing Benefits Foundation Plus Pack has everything you need to become Managing Benefits Foundation qualified, all in one place! Learn all about the Managing Benefits methodology, and then how to apply it to projects - and this can all be done from the comfort of your own home with AVC's e-learning!

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course you should be able to understand and describe the following:

• Definitions, scope and objectives of benefits management, barriers to its effective practice, and the key success characteristics
• Principles upon which successful approaches to benefits management are based
• Five practices contained within the benefits management cycle and relevant techniques applicable to each practice
• Scope of key roles and responsibilities for benefits management and the typical contents of the main benefits management documentation
• Approaches to implementation and the factors to consider in sustaining progress.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• 12 months online access to our accredited Managing Benefits Foundation course
• Full tutor support
• Managing Benefits Foundation ONLINE exam
• Pdf materials

What's covered?

• Introduction and overview
• Principles
• Identify and quantify practice
• Value and appraise practice
• Plan practice
• Realise practice
• Review practice
• Portfolio based application
• Implement sustain
• Exam simulator

Target audience

Managing Benefits is for all those with a role in ensuring best use of funds by maximising the benefits realised from change initiatives. This multi-disciplinary group includes:

• Change leaders (e.g. senior responsible owners and directors of change)
• Change initiators (e.g. strategic planners and policy leads)
• Change appraisers and evaluators (e.g. business case developers and project appraisers)
• Change implementers/enablers (e.g. portfolio, programme and project managers)
• Change support staff (e.g. portfolio, programme and project office staff)

EXAM INFORMATION

Take your exam whenever you are ready, whenever you have the time and wherever you are..!!

The exam will be taken online giving you the comfortable choice of writing the exam at home or at the office. What we require is a computer with internet connection for the exam and webcam (ProctorU). The exam is included in this eLearning package. Very flexible!

Exam format

• Multi-choice
• 50 questions per paper
• 25 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) pass mark - 50%
• 40 minutes duration
• Closed book

TESTIMONIALS/ REVIEWS

"Very interesting online training course. Well structured and pleasent to follow.
I gained a lot of knowledge and value :) " Thorbjørn Pedersen

"We use this guidance internally. A fun detail: the Swedish Government provided a Benefit Realization model in the Managing Benefits manual. This certification is the one to have. I love it. Everyone should do this course! It is Benefiting to my work as manager and to our organization. Brilliant!"

André J. ; Senior Manager Swedish Governmental organization.