Project Benefits Realization; Early and Ongoing Tracking Key to Success

All too often, benefits are only discussed at the beginning of a project and possibly again after the project is over (if an organization even performs benefits followup after their projects).

The real value is in trying to drive and track benefits much earlier, throughout the project's lifecycle. There is much lost money in waiting for the end of the project to derive benefits.

Here's a great article from Optimize Magazine that talks about this very need...

Optimize Magazine > ROI Valuation > Spending A Dollar To Get A Dime? > May 2003