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Public sector organizations at all levels are feeling the squeeze between rising expectations and shrinking budgets. Stakeholder needs continue to mount, yet financial pressures limit many organizations' ability to increase funding to meet the demands. In the face of these pressures, public sector organizations must find ways to radically improve performance toward their missions, undertaking innovative reforms, and competing or partnering with private sector organizations for the delivery of goods and services.

As part of this shift, public sector organizations have turned to performance management which links together goals and objectives to program execution through performance measures. What role does technology have in this performance management journey? Are desktop tools like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint robust enough to manage the process or do they create new silos of information and reflect hidden sources of errors? Do organizations have to invest in expensive data warehouses layered with unwieldy IT systems or can they rely on simple-to-deploy solutions that leverage their current investments?

• Transform goal development from its current isolation in the planning office to an exercise that is relevant to more stakeholders, is more interactive, and more explicitly tied to organizational operations
• Go beyond haphazard measure collection and display to coordinated workflow that supports role-based entry, approval, and the publishing of key performance indicators
• Change the focus of reporting results so that it includes internal periodic operational performance reviews, not just externally-driven mandates

While this workshop is about technology, it is not about a particular vendor's product.

WORKSHOP LEADERS: Ranga Bodla is Senior Director, Solution Marketing, Enterprise Performance Management and Governance, Risk and Compliance for SAP BusinessObjects Division. He is chartered with leading the vision for delivery of innovative strategy management products as part of SAP's broader Corporate Performance Management offerings. Leveraging over 12 years of experience in building products for both large and small high-tech companies, Ranga is responsible for bringing relevant and innovative solutions to improve business performance. He is a frequent speaker and contributor to the performance management community having written and presented extensively on numerous topics related to performance management. Prior to joining SAP, Ranga led marketing for Pilot Software (acquired by SAP) as well as held various roles at both Hyperion and IBM.

Mike Bettencourt is a Solution Manager, Enterprise Performance Management for Finance at SAP BusinessObjects Division. Leveraging over 12 years of experience in building products and delivering solutions for both large and small commercial and public sector organizations, Mike is responsible for translating and driving relevant and innovative requirements that improve business performance into usable software. Bettencourt has spoken with and presented to 100s of organizations on numerous topics related to Performance Management. Prior to joining SAP, Mike held several roles in Sales and Professional Services for Pilot Software (acquired by SAP) as well as Oracle.

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11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Afternoon break/lunch on your own.

How To Use Portfolio Management To Align Policy With Execution And Improve Your Project And Resource Allocation Decisions

All levels of government and the broader public sector are under increasing scrutiny to deliver increased levels of service that promote accountability, transparency and cost-efficiency. The accelerating pace of change and the transformational nature of many initiatives lead to a greater number of projects being initiated, with larger budgets, higher complexity and more interdependencies. Without proper governance, most organizations initiate more opportunities than they have the capacity to deliver. As the inevitable result, they always have too much to do and not enough time or resources to do it. Making the right investment decisions, executing and monitoring projects has never been more important.

Through practical examples, case studies, and hand-on exercises, this session will outline how public sector organizations have started to adopt portfolio management techniques to improve their governance decision-making processes. This informative workshop will highlight a number of key factors that must be considered to properly adapt portfolio management and establish effective governance structures to meet their unique needs. Leading practices for adopting portfolio management techniques for overall program resource allocation decisions will be presented in support of an "investments in outcomes" philosophy to align policy with execution.

• Outline how governments have started to adopt portfolio management techniques to improve the decision-making process
• Demonstrate how portfolio management can be used to align and prioritize large-scale projects, as well as the building blocks that must be in place before you contemplate an automated solution
• Explain how the same techniques can be used for overall program resource allocation decisions, helping to promote an "investments in outcomes" philosophy that aligns strategy with execution
• Conduct hand-on exercises and leave the participants with a set of prioritization criteria that are tailored to their specific environment and a simple tool that can be applied in practice upon return to the office