This Self-paced package includes:

• Online courseware (12 month license)
• Online proctored exam

Learning how to effectively manage benefits is core to every portfolio, programme and project, as it underpins the reason for change and why the investment was made in the first place. In this post-recession world, accountability is more important than ever, and delivery and realisation of benefits is at the top of most senior executives list of priorities. The reason organisations invest in change is to realise benefits, yet it is estimated that around two thirds of projects fail to realise those benefits, because the benefits are not being correctly forecast, measured or managed to successful delivery. This course will help you to do all of those important things.

• Learning is completely flexible to suit your busy schedule
• The interactive online course consists of voice-over and animation to keep you engaged throughout the learning
• You can access it anywhere in the world and take your exam online at a time that suits you best
• The Foundation e-learning will take around 10 hours to complete and includes a mock exam simulator with hundreds of past questions so you can really test yourself before going for the real exam
• Our pass rates are well in excess of the national average (nearly 100%!), there is really no reason you should fail!

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The Managing Benefits Foundation is perfect for 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 & 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 & project managers)
• Change support staff (e.g. portfolio, programme & project office staff).
• Everyone involved in managing benefits, development of the Business Case, or indeed the Project will benefit from the tools and techniques described in the online Managing Benefits course, and can go on to take a recognised certification through the Foundation exam.

The Managing Benefits Foundation certificate is a prerequisite for the Managing Benefits Practitioner qualification

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Benefits for your organisation

• Realise benefits to improve prospects in terms of investors, clients, revenue and efficiency levels regardless of professional discipline and type of organisation.
• Ability to demonstrate more efficient and effective practices through better use of available resources. This enhances an organisation’s ability to retain motivated and skilled change management staff and to attract investors.
• Improved return on investment from change initiatives as more benefits are realised and sustained for longer.
• Enhanced confidence on the part of regulators and funding agencies – so helping ensure continued funding for change.
• Have an organisation-wide understanding of the benefits a project or programme will produce and be able to measure when they are realised.

• Enhanced professional competence through benefits management practices and techniques.
• Ability to implement methods, including knowledge of management accountancy, behavioural finance, psychology, neuro-science and systems thinking.
• Understanding of the seven principles upon which successful approaches to benefits management are built and applied to projects, programmes and portfolios. The guide provides a route map to adoption of more cost-effective techniques and practices.
• Adept at forecasting realistic benefits to produce business cases which address business issues and objectives and provide a route to measure success.
• Outline costs and benefits to drive business objectives.

This Managing Benefits Foundation course provides:

• An overview of benefits management – what it is, the case for doing it, and some common misconceptions that can limit its effectiveness in practice.
• Descriptions of the seven principles upon which successful approaches to benefits management are built, and examples of how they can be/have been applied in practice.
• Guidance on how to apply benefits management at a portfolio level, as well as at an individual project or programme level.
• Details of the five practices in the Benefits Management Cycle and examples of how they can be/have been applied in practice.
• Advice on how to get started in implementing effective benefits management practices and sustain progress.

• 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.

Some information about the Managing Benefits Foundation exam:

• Multiple choice format
• 50 questions per paper
• 25 marks or more required to pass – 50%
• 40 minutes duration
• Closed-book exam

• Online courseware (12 month license)
• Online proctored exam