BDBO Frame-Work Stage 5

In my BLOG on 26th March here I set out the case that communities need to be resilient and speak with their voices to influence Government decision-making. Government seems to recognise the need for place-based solutions drawn from local intelligence whilst communities need investment to thrive.

The Better Decisions, Better Outcomes™ (BDBO) Framework is a systematic, holistic, relational way for leaders to THINK how best to achieve a resilient suburb, district, region or nation. The output is a Portfolio Business Case to inform a start-up decision on the best public value, commercially viable, affordable and achievable initiatives to achieve that.

In my BLOG on 2nd April here, I set out the stages in the BDBO process being:

·         Governance and Alignment.

·         Capability Development.

·         Portfolio Development and Identification.

·         Portfolio Creation and Assessment.

·         Planning and Finalising the Business Case.

In my 9th April BLOG  here, I elaborated on stage 1 for the right leaders to agree to THINK  how to achieve a vision, nominate those to attend the following stages, agree how to engage the public, and establish Business Case Team to maximise local capabilities.

In my 16th April BLOG here I elaborated on stage 2 to build local capability, so when it’s time to refresh the thinking, it can be done locally.

In my 23rd April BLOG here I elaborated on stage.3 to do the THINKING with others  to develop the Strategic Case, and then the Socio-Economic Case to identify the programmes needed to achieve the vision.

In my 30th April BLOG here I elaborated on stage 4 on how to create and assess the Portfolio options, and determine the preferred option and way forward.

In this BLOG I explain stage 5,the final stage, which describes an outline of the remaining cases for the preferred option:

·         Commercial Case-Procurement strategy

·         Financial case-Funding required and sources

·         Management Case- The strategy, framework and outline plan for

o   Portfolio, programme, project management,

o   Governance including who & when to approve initiation/implementation (funding) of agreed projects,

o   Benefits realisation

o   Risk management

o   Change management

o   Assurance and evaluation

o   Lessons learned

If you’re interested in training, or applying the BDBO approach to your organisation, district or region I’d love to talk to you. Please book a free appointment here.