Benefits Traceability

<h2>Benefits Traceability</h2>

<p>Business cases are developed and approved for the Benefits they promise.</p>

<p>Projects are initiated, procurements undertaken, contracts let, and plans executed in order to deliver the results that will enable the Benefits promised in the Business Case.</p>

<p>So it seems logical that at every stage of</p>

<ul>

<li>project definition,</li>

<li>options evaluation,</li>

<li>requirements specification,</li>

<li>procurement planning,</li>

<li>supplier identification,</li>

<li>offer evaluation,</li>

<li>supplier selection,</li>

<li>contract,</li>

<li>execution,</li>

<li>handover and contract management</li>

</ul>

<p>there should be traceability to the Benefits promised in the Business Case. But often this link is broken or forgotten.</p>

<p>How do we restore the links so we always keep sight of the Benefits?</p>