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Five-year career plan
A realistic progression for a career in value work.
In short
A value career typically progresses from building quantification fundamentals, through owning cases and stakeholder alignment, to setting the standard for others.
The progression
- Year 1 — build the fundamentals of baseline and quantification
- Year 2 — own quantified cases through finance review
- Year 3 — work across the buying committee
- Year 4 — carry value past the decision into realization
- Year 5 — set method, coach others, build governance
What accelerates it
Evidence. Practitioners who document realized outcomes progress faster than those who only produce business cases.