# Write a benefits realization plan for a program

Links program outputs to measurable benefits, with baselines, owners, timing, and how benefits will be tracked after delivery.

- Topic: Projects & Operations
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Write, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/write-a-benefits-realization-plan-for-a-program

## Prompt

```text
Help me write a benefits realization plan for my program.

**Program and its outputs:** [WHAT will be delivered - systems, processes, products]
**Benefits promised in the business case:** [LIST - e.g. "reduce order processing time by 30%", "save $400K a year"]
**Current baselines:** [today's measures, if known]
**Who will own each benefit after the program closes:** [business owners]
**Program end date and when benefits are expected:** [DATES]

Build the plan:
1. **Benefits map**: output > capability > business change needed > benefit > strategic objective. Make the business change explicit, because outputs alone rarely produce benefits.
2. **Benefit profiles** for each benefit: description, measure and formula, baseline, target, timing (when it starts and when it reaches full value), data source, owner, and dependencies.
3. **Financial vs. non-financial**: separate cash-releasing, non-cash efficiency, and qualitative benefits, and avoid counting the same benefit twice.
4. **Dis-benefits**: negative effects (e.g. temporary productivity dip, higher running costs) to be tracked honestly.
5. **Tracking plan**: review frequency, who reports, and what happens if a benefit falls behind.
6. **Handover**: how responsibility moves from the program to business owners at closure.

Rules: do not invent baselines or targets; use [BASELINE NEEDED] and [TARGET TO CONFIRM]. Flag any benefit with no clear measure or owner as at risk.

Return the plan with a benefits register table and a one-paragraph summary for the sponsor.
```

## What to fill in

- WHAT will be delivered - systems, processes, products
- today's measures, if known
- business owners
- DATES
- BASELINE NEEDED
- TARGET TO CONFIRM

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