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Managing Benefits™ Foundation and Practitioner Certification
Managing Benefits™ Foundation and Practitioner Certification
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About This Course

Managing Benefits” aims to help organizations address the problem of demonstrating return on investments. This is an exam preparation course that requires pre-reading and study in the evenings as you proceed through the course. It provides managers and practitioners from multiple disciplines, working in a variety of organizations, with generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices and techniques and 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.

Foundation level aims to measure whether a candidate understands the benefits management principles, practices, techniques, roles, responsibilities and documents.

Practitioner level aims to confirm whether the candidate has achieved sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor the guidance in a scenario situation.

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Who Should Attend

  • Change leaders e.g. Senior Responsible Owners, members of Management Boards and Directors of Change
  • Change initiators e.g. strategic planners and policy leads
  • Change appraisers and evaluators e.g. finance professionals and economists, business case writers, auditors and project appraisers
  • Change implementers/enablers e.g. Portfolio, Programme and Project Managers
  • Change support e.g. Portfolio, Programme

What You’ll Learn

Certify your ability to:

  • Implement methods, including knowledge of management accountancy, behavioural finance, psychology, neuro-science and systems thinking.
  • Forecast 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.
  • Facilitate an organization-wide understanding of the benefits a project or programme will produce and be able to measure when they are realized.
  • Enable organizations to demonstrate more efficient and effective practices through better use of available resources. This enhances an organization’s ability to retain motivated and skilled change management staff and to attract investors.

Course Materials and Fees

The fee for this course includes the textbook, course workbooks and online exams (for both Foundation and Practitioner).

Additional Notes

Foundation Exam Format:

  • 50 multiple-choice questions
  • Duration of 40 minutes
  • 25 marks are required to pass (25/50) — 50%
  • Closed-book exam

Practitioner Exam Format:

  • Objective-testing format
  • 8 questions worth 10 marks each
  • 40 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) – 50%
  • Duration of 2.5 hours
  • Open-book permitted – Managing Benefits Guide only

Contact

For more information about individual or group registration or to be notified of upcoming dates, please contact us.

Call: 1-833-282-6852

Email: training@algonquincollege.com

$ 3995
5 Days
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Oct 5-7; 13-14
Quantity

If you are registering 8 or more participants in one class, please contact us for group registration.

Courses are posted up to 12 months in advance.

Government of Canada Employees

Take advantage of our Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements with the Government of Canada to receive a discount when you register for training.

For learners requiring special accommodations, please visit Documentation Requirements | Centre for Accessible Learning (algonquincollege.com),fill out the required form and send supporting documentation to trainingacct@algonquincollege.com. Please note that we need a minimum of three business days to accommodate your request.