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By TBH Associate, Grant Standen<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Director\u00a0Travis Harvey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

We live in interesting times. Eastern Australia burnt with ferocious intensity from Christmas 2019 to Easter 2020. It was a traumatic climax to a decade of drought.<\/p>\n

When the flames died, governments assessed the damage and struggled to make choices. How much money do we spend? How do we raise it? Who should receive it? How do we dispense it?<\/p>\n

Then COVID-19 rocked the world. Almost overnight, the certainties of work and home life, and of government commitments to enhance both, were lost.<\/p>\n

Who do we help first? Should we focus on immediate needs or building for the future? Should we spend now, what we had saved for another day?<\/p>\n

In a world of uncertainty, Benefits Logic Mapping enables difficult decisions about what we do today and how we shape tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Benefits Logic Mapping facilitates objective prioritisation of measurable outcomes. It eases the struggle to balance risk and reward.<\/p>\n

Reorder Outcomes \u2013 Realign Investment \u2013 Regain Control<\/b><\/p>\n

Governments create certainty. They lead the way. They can\u2019t always defend community wellbeing, or business confidence, so they must have ways to rebuild them.<\/p>\n

In challenging times, Government\u2019s task is clear. Make some trade-offs, then face the fact \u2013 not everyone wants to trade.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an intense and often conflicted process, with contradictions everywhere \u2013 and Governments can struggle to absorb the necessary data.<\/p>\n

Benefits Logic Mapping can help ease the struggle. It provides a framework to guide these choices. It presents objective analysis, enabling Governments to make informed decisions and set priorities.<\/p>\n

Benefits Logic Mapping can also be used to re-evaluate the performance of \u201cin-flight\u201d Government portfolios.<\/p>\n

Through the use of Benefits Logic Mapping and \u201cWhat-If\u201d analysis, it\u2019s possible to see how changes to timeframes, budgets, scope, and priorities can create opportunity.<\/p>\n

Benefits Logic Mapping can also help remove blockers and recognise gains. It does this by defining and then modelling the design and delivery options for prioritised initiatives.<\/p>\n

The Power of Benefits Logic Mapping<\/b><\/p>\n

Off the back of recent volatility, TBH was asked to help an Australian government agency (the Client) to make informed decisions and organise, deliver, track, and control its projects.<\/p>\n

Our Portfolio, Program and Project Management (P3M) team<\/a> conducted a benefit-led prioritisation and planning exercise. This involved reviewing existing documentation and liaising with the various stakeholders through a number of workshops and discussions.<\/p>\n

Our P3M team analysed the business cases and their intended benefits, potential interdependencies, preferred sequencing, and potential planning options.<\/p>\n

The outputs included:<\/p>\n