2006 Vision to Reality

Realising beneficial business change through successful programme delivery

About Vision to Reality

The ‘Vision to Reality’ conference explored the challenges of creating a coherent portfolio of programmed delivery activity that is aligned with strategic goals. It examined approaches to ensuring this activity does actually lead to enduring beneficial change.

Speakers

Our guest speakers included:

• Dan Thompson, CEO, VideoJug
• Amina Graham – Head of General Merchandise Programme Delivery and Change, Marks and Spencer
• Jim Scopes – Director, Strategy, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC )
• Alan Green – Business Change Manager, GCHQ New Accommodation Programme

Sessions included

Unravelling the DNA of successful programme and project delivery
An examination of some of the challenges confronting programme delivery and a reflection on our experience of how they can be overcome successfully.
Bob Hendicott, Director, Moorhouse

Ready for launch?
How to realise your vision? All eyes on the prize. How a pioneer of the dot.com boom launched a far reaching revolution to capture “Life Explained. On Film”.
Dan Thompson, CEO Videojug

Creating a deliverable strategy
Jim Scopes explained his approach to creating a strategy for HM Revenue and Customs in the period immediately after the formation of this new department from the former Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise. He highlighted the challenges of ensuring the strategy remained grounded in reality so that it could actually be delivered in a potentially very uncertain future operating environment.
Jim Scopes, Director, Strategy, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC )

From 340p to 650p: how programme management practices helped turn around the fortunes of the UK’s best known retailer
Amina Graham explained how programme management practices have contributed
to Marks and Spencer’s recent return to its position as the UK’s leading quality high
street retailer. She focused on the challenge of getting business leaders aligned
behind the key strategic programmes, as well as translation of the CEO’s vision and
ensuring delivery of long term bottom line benefit.
Amina Graham – Head of General Merchandise Programme Delivery and Change, Marks and Spencer

Realising the benefits: planning, engagement & delivery
Alan Green explained the highly successful approach taken to benefits realisation in GCHQ’s New Accommodation Programme, one of the earliest programmes to use the Managing Successful Programmes methodology. He drew out the leadership challenge of engaging the whole organisation in the task of realising the benefits, whilst also ensuring that technical delivery is benefits-led.
Alan Green – Business Change Manager, GCHQ New Accommodation Programme

We’ve launched… so now what?
Continuing the extraordinary experiences of a highly successful entrepreneur. Post-launch perspectives on a radical new business model. So where next?
Dan Thompson, CEO Videojug

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