Value Management
What is value realization?
What value realization is, why approved business cases go unmeasured, and the routines that make outcomes provable.
In short
Value realization is the practice of confirming that the benefits promised in a business case actually arrive after an investment is made, by carrying the original baseline and measures forward into delivery and reviewing them on an agreed schedule.
Why approved cases go unmeasured
A business case is usually built to clear a decision gate. Once funding is approved, nothing in the process asks anyone to return to it. The failure is structural, not analytical.
The routines that make it work
- The baseline is recorded as data, not slides
- Each measure has one named owner
- Reviews are scheduled before the investment starts
- Realized outcomes are documented and reused as evidence
Adoption is part of realization
Capability that is installed but not used produces no measurable outcome, which is why adoption measures belong in the value case alongside financial benefits.
Prove your outcomes
Talk to the Council about establishing realization practice in your organisation.