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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: Malcolm Faulkner is a Director within the SAP BusinessObjects Solution Marketing Team. In this role he is responsible for defining and driving a vision for innovative strategy management solutions that are part of the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management portfolio. Over the past decade, Malcolm has designed and developed numerous solutions for improving business performance across multiple industries. He has written and presented on both technical and business related performance management topics in a variety of forums to numerous audiences.

Martin Lantaigne is a Principal Solution Advisor at SAP BusinessObjects. He is local to Ottawa since 1991 and holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa. Over the past 10 years, he has helped many organizations, both large and small commercial and public sector organizations, with their Business Intelligence Strategy ranging from Enterprise Performance Management, Ad-hoc Query, Reporting and Analysis and Information Management solutions. Martin has strong technical leadership in delivering technology solutions to senior level executives, knowledge and competence across business strategies, IT architectures, product and services sales and project delivery.

Testimonials From Past SAP BusinessObjects Sessions:

"The workshop was very well presented; an engaging presentation,
given at an appropriate level."

"This was great! It really helped me understand the madness of our current strategic plan."

"The information was on point and was what I needed. We need to go back and do a strategy map and re-examine objectives in my organization."

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Afternoon break/lunch on your own.

How To Implement A Management Framework, Linking Strategy And Execution, To Align Policy And Deliver Results

All levels of government aim to demonstrate transparency and accountability while responding to renewed pressure to “do more with less.” As a starting point, most public sector organizations have focused on improving their strategic planning capabilities, yet many still struggle to effectively link strategy with execution. While they can plan and set targets, they often have difficulty determining priorities, end-up pursuing more initiatives than they have the capacity to deliver, and are not proactive to intervene or realign. The renewed focus on outcomes and the need to demonstrate results has never been more important.

Through practical examples and case studies, this session will outline how public sector organizations can establish a strategic management office to close the gap in the achievement of results. This informative workshop will highlight a number of key factors that must be considered to properly adapt strategic thinking principles and develop strategic management capabilities. Leading practices for designing a strategic management office and adopting an integrated approach to performance and risk management will be presented in support of an "investment in outcomes" philosophy.

• Demonstrate how to achieve focus to 'only do what matters'
• Provide guidance on how to align everyone to 'pull in the same direction'
• Discuss importance of integration and 'talking the same language'
• Share leading practices for getting 'everybody on board'

You will walk away from this workshop with a clear and simple depiction of the essential activities and underlying capabilities required for public sector organizations to maximize the benefits of strategic management and ensure the successful implementation of their priorities.

Testimonials From Past Daniel Martyniuk Sessions:

"The workshop was very timely and contained useful information."

"The presentation was multi-dimensional and was well presented and integrated."

"Great handout!"