Benefits Realization Through Strategic Alignment
About This Session
Do you know how your projects, programs or portfolios align to your organization’s strategic goals?
If you struggle finding or explaining your initiative’s “why”, this session is for you. In this presentation, Kindra breaks down how to align portfolios, programs, and projects to organizational strategy, how to track benefits, and the key contributors to successful projects. While there is no Benefits Realization Management “silver bullet”, Kindra will provide you tools and techniques so you can translate benefits into business value.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
- What is benefits realization?
- Linking strategy to portfolios, programs and projects
- Creating a culture of benefits realization within your organization
Our Presenter(s)
Kindra Howard is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Project Management Professional (PMP) and Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMP). She also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Entrepreneurial Management. Kindra has been in the project management industry for over 15 years and has managed information technology programs and projects up to $11.5M. In addition to this, Kindra recently co-authored the Project Management Institute (PMI) Benefits Realization Practice Guide, and volunteers her time with the U of C Haskayne School of Business and PMI international.
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