Benefit Realisation Management in Practice at Sheffield Hallam University - By Nicola Haywood-Alexander

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Presentation conducted by Nicola Haywood-Alexander at Sheffield Hallam University on 12th March 2013 on Benefits Realisation Management in Practice

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Benefit Realisation Management in Practice at
Sheffield Hallam University
Goldilocks and the Jar of Marmite!
Nicola Haywood-Alexander
Head of Business Improvement Services
Secretary & Registrar's Directorate

Dual Practice of.....
Change Leadership:
Design
Decision-making
Stakeholder engagement
Readiness for change
Transition
P3O:
Project management
Programme management
Portfolio management
(Corporate,IST and Estates)
'Be Brave' - 'Staying true'
.

Corporate Level Programme/projects and
Strategies
 Improving Student Experience
 Academic and Student Process Improvements
 Student Service Improvements
 Future Student Relationship Management
 Data Warehouse and Institutional MI Reporting
 Research and KT Information & Data Processes
 HR and Payroll System
 Single Card
 Estates Strategy
 International Strategy
 Sports Strategy

Using benefits to support management of
corporate change portfolio at SHU
Definition:
 Considering benefits when the strategic objectives are set
 Qualitative as well as value based benefits
Delivery:
 Mapping the change strategy, combining it with the
blueprint/ product breakdown to design programme
 Managing interdependencies
 Prioritisation
Exploitation:
 Focus on benefit and outcomes rather than solution centric programmes and
projects
 Business case and value management
Review:
 Corporate performance framework
 Post phase, programme and transition reviews
Source: Ashurst et al., 2008

Toolkit
• Benefit statements
• Benefit maps
• Benefits profiles
• Interdependency logs
• Benefit realisation planning
• Benefit reporting

Deployment and maturity
• Emergent
• UEG leadership
• Linked with business
case, blueprint and programme
delivery framework
But...
• Variable engagement
• Variable institutional experience
• Multiple levels of maturity

How we use Benefit Realisation Management
• Strategic performance
management
• Value management
• Portfolio management
• Change management
- Metrics and indicators
- Cost benefit analysis
- Prioritisation
- Change journey and rationale
Understanding - and - Story-telling

Practitioner Issues
• Who is the BR Manager?
• Problem or strategy centric?
• Complexity
• Expressing tangible benefits
• MI, data and service metrics
• Developing indicators
o qualitative and quantitative
• Often retrospective
• 'Lip service' 'Academic exercise'

Academic Issues
• Causal and affect
• Feedback and evaluation of
assumptions
• Strategy or value management
• Change management
o organisational development
o organisational behaviour

Juxtaposition
Integration
Change
Visioning
Reengineering
Reorganising
Restructuring
The Structural Side
TRUST Transition
The People Side
Letting Go
Grieving
Rebuilding Faith & Hope
Learning Anew

Success with BRM
More than just
organisation....
• Paradigm shift that
is subtle, but
extremely important
• What is already
know becomes
valuable and hence
practice makes
sense
• Relationships are a
vital ingredient to
working across
cultures
Source: Ashurst et al., 2008

Changing management is
contextual
“Company cultures are like
country cultures. Never try to
change one.
Try, instead, to work with what
you've got.”
PeterDrucker
Source: Johnson & Scholes, 1992

The sector's is currently undergoing
potentially radical change
There is a legacy of debate regarding
university management to reflect upon
People either love it or hate it -
managers and academics alike
A technique with many facets
An experienced practitioner can chose
to use and apply the tools in numerous
combinations.
The trick is to get it just right!
Goldilocks and the
Jar of Marmite?

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