Managing Benefits™ Practitioner Knowledge Village, Dubai

Course details

IIL is an APMG Accredited Training Organization (ATO) for Managing Benefits. 

Prerequisites: 

• Successful completion of the APMG Managing Benefits Foundation exam with a pass rate of 50% or higher 
  
• 3-4 hours of pre-course study 
  
• Approximately 2 hours of study on the first evening 

Course Level: Advanced

Description: Managing Benefits provides generally applicable guidance encompassing benefits management principles, practices, and techniques. 
The purpose of the Practitioner level qualification is to confirm whether you have achieved sufficient understanding of how to apply and tailor the Managing Benefits guidance and, specifically, the principles, practices, techniques, roles and documentation in a scenario situation.

A Practitioner candidate should, with suitable support, be able to plan, implement, sustain, and measure benefits management while adapting to different organizational environments. You should also be able to:

• Identify activities that should be undertaken during each of the practices of the Benefits Management Cycle, together with the accountabilities and responsibilities of each of the defined roles 
  
• Evaluate examples of benefits management information (documents) 
  
• Analyse the solutions adopted in relation to a given scenario 
  

This 2-day course will prepare you to take and pass the Practitioner exam, which is held on the afternoon of the second day. Using APMG-provided sample exam papers and additional project case studies, you will learn how to apply what you've learned during the Foundation course and how to approach the scenario-based Practitioner exam, which is aimed at testing your ability to apply Managing Benefits in an actual project environment (via simulated case study). 

Who Should Attend
This accredited course is designed to give you an in-depth understanding of the Managing Benefits philosophy and guidance, and prepare you for the Managing Benefits Practitioner exam. The course is recommended for managers who are responsible for ensuring the best use of funds by maximizing the benefits realized from change initiatives within their organisations. 

Performance Focus

• Planning, implementing, sustaining, and measuring the benefits realized from change initiatives 
  
• Adapting principles, practices, and techniques to suit different organizational environments 
  
• Assessing the effectiveness of various strategies in maximizing benefits realization 
  
• Preparing for the Practitioner exam 
  

You'll learn how to:

• Plan for the implementation of benefits management 
• Select appropriate strategies to sustain and measure progress 
• Select and adapt principles, practices, and techniques to suit different organizational environments 
• Identify activities that should be undertaken during each of the practices of the Benefits Management Cycle together with the accountabilities and responsibilities of each of the defined roles 
• Evaluate examples of benefits management information (documents) 
• Analyse the solutions adopted in relation to a given scenario 
• Improve your ability to pass the APMG Managing Benefits Practitioner Certification exam 

Course Overview

• Getting Started
  
• Introductions 
  
• Course structure 
  
• Course goals and objectives 
  
• Overview and Principles
  
• Review Managing Benefits Practices
  
• Managing Benefits Practitioner Exam Preparation
  
• Practitioner Exam Briefing 
  
• Review of and practice with APMG sample questions and test papers 
  
• Sample project case study scenarios to apply the concepts in practice and deepen the learning 
  
• Sample Practitioner Exam
  
• Debrief Results from Sample Practitioner Exam
  
• APMG Managing Benefits Practitioner Exam
  
• Course Summary and Next Steps

About the Practitioner Exam 

• 2 ½ hour, multiple-choice, scenario-based, open-book exam (Managing Benefits guide only) 
  
• 8 questions per paper with 10 marks available per question - all question items will be worth 1 mark, making the total number of marks available, per paper, 80 
  
• 40 marks required (out of 80 available) to pass - 50% 
  

APMG-International Managing Benefits™ is a trade mark of The APM Group Limited. The APMG-International Managing Benefits and Swirl Device logos are trade marks of The APM Group Limited.

This course may be purchased in conjunction with the 3-day Managing Benefits Foundation course as part of IIL's 5-day Managing Benefits Certification program.
 

Updated on 20 March, 2018