BEN Overview

The Business Engine Network™ (BEN™) is an industry-proven portfolio management solution that enables global organizations to efficiently manage and financially govern their investments. The BEN provides executives with visibility and control over their project portfolio to ensure investments are consistently aligned with corporate objectives and generating the highest return for the business.

The BEN is a single Web-based environment for corporate planning, financial control, and project execution. Organizations rely on the BEN to maintain enterprise transparency into portfolio investments - dramatically improving business alignment, investment decisions and overall portfolio return. They use the BEN to:

• Select projects in concert with strategic objectives with BEN Alignment Engine™
• Invest to maximize return with BEN Financial Engine™
• Execute project portfolios with speed and efficiency with BEN Delivery Engine™
• Define methodologies, processes and compliance reports with BEN Method Engine™
• Perform real-time reporting and analysis with BEN Business Intelligence™

Business Engine Network™ Aligning business strategy, financial control and project execution for greater return on portfolio investments.

With the BEN, organizations are equipped with actionable information to answer four critical questions:

• Are we working on the right things?
• Are we investing money in the right places and realizing expected benefits?
• Are we on the same page with a consistent process and a “single version of the truth”?
• Are we intelligently analyzing our work and continuously improving?

With the BEN, executives can better analyze their portfolio of projects, institute financial governance across the organization, make informed decisions faster and interact more effectively with customers and business sponsors. With a clear understanding of investments and performance, executives can run their organization like a business - continually working with business leaders to ensure portfolio investments are aligned with the highest performing business opportunities.