Financial Impact Assessment Workshop Agenda

Introduction

  • Welcome & Introductions
  • Workshop Objectives & Agenda


Why Assess Financial Impact

  • Converting project results to financial measures
  • Project selection quandary – which to attack first?
  • Hard vs. Soft financial impact
  • Organizational needs drive financial measures
  • Example: Post-Project Calculation Template


Financial Impact Assessment Development

  • Identify “customer” needs
  • Define quantification standards
  • Design an impact calculation process
  • Create tools to quantify project results
  • Train participants
  • Align financial measures with existing systems
  • Require reports from business leaders


Choosing High Impact Projects

  • What kind of problem is it?

    • DMAIC
    • DISC
    • Design
  • Identifying the mix of project types


Identifying Project Selection Criteria

  • Impact on external customer
  • Impact on strategy
  • Financial benefit – savings and revenue
  • Urgency
  • Resource availability
  • Organizational "buy-in"
  • Likelihood of success
  • Learning opportunity


Weighing Project Selection Criteria

  • Brainstorm
  • Multi-vote
  • Assign relative "weight" of opportunity


Systemizing Project Selection

  • Creating a "selection matrix"

 

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