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The Myth:

the Sponsor owns the project

Reality: the Sponsorship attitude dilutes true accountability and ownership.

the language of project accountability

no substitute for ownership

iT folk can be difficult to understand at the best of times, especially when describing our beloved technology. But it’s even more confusing for everyone when we deliberately avoid using plain language for non-technical aspects of management. For example we still persist with the inconvenient [...]

set up a benefits register

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agree who is accountable for benefits realisation

Mutually agree / accountability for benefits realisation – don’t just make a unilateral assignment.

make sure benefits are delivered

Regardless of whether your programme/ is working to either the traditional ‘waterfall’ or to the trendier ‘agile’ methodology, make sure that all benefits are delivered.