• Build a BRM culture anchored in governance excellence and Enterprise Risk Management practices to consistently achieve program benefits
• Develop next practices for Identifying, Executing, and Sustaining Benefits, while focusing on the role of the program manager in creating ownership, trust, and the successful benefits behaviors
• Understanding the context of programs and projects related to the business case to consistently focus on outcomes and realize benefits
• Become a Change Scientist by unpacking the importance of metrics, data, and trends
• Design adaptable roadmaps and fitting light governance to guide and co-create stakeholders’ shared ownership of programs benefits

● Week 1: The first week explores how the focus of future programs success centers on creating value and dismantling the blockers of benefits realization. A transformation program example will guide the understanding of the foundational elements of a healthy BRM culture and the close correlation to proper governance and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) implementation discipline.

● Week 2: The second week will demonstrate with consulting examples the secret sauce for cascading benefits ownership and driving benefits mindset across portfolios of initiatives. You will learn keys tools to drive sustaining benefits such as the benefits register and benefits breakdown structure. An important piece of the puzzle is the topic of benefits ownership and the criticality of benefits life cycle management across programs efforts.

● Week 3: The third week will connect the dots across the skills necessary to become a future change scientist. You will explore the skills and the focus on strategy execution, and the use of data and trends in supporting decision-making and reporting transparency. A government program example will highlight making business realization a holistically planned priority to be managed throughout a program life cycle.

● Week 4: The last week combines the elements of benefits realization with healthy strategy execution practices and uses an industry white paper to cover the vital importance of adaptability in program roadmaps that are benefits-centric in securing ownership of benefits. Programs examples across world regions will offer tools to develop new ideas, experimenting, failing, and opening doors for creating inclusive diverse ideas competencies.