References and Influences

This draft is influenced by established benefits, product, Agile, and Microsoft architecture practices.

Scrum

• Schwaber, K. and Sutherland, J., The Scrum Guide, current official version November 2020:
  https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html

Evidence-Based Management

• Scrum.org, Evidence-Based Management Guide, current English guide released May 2024:
  https://www.scrum.org/resources/evidence-based-management-guide

UK Government Project Delivery

• Government Project Delivery, The Teal Book — Chapter 19: Benefits management:
  https://projectdelivery.gov.uk/teal-book/home/part-e-planning-and-control/chapter-19-benefits-management/

• Government Project Delivery, Benefits Practitioner Workbook — Part C: Key activities in managing benefits:
  https://projectdelivery.gov.uk/library-products/benefits-practitioner-workbook/part-c-key-activities-in-managing-benefits/

Microsoft Azure

• Microsoft, Azure Well-Architected Framework:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/

• Microsoft, Azure Well-Architected Framework pillars:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/pillars

• Microsoft, Cloud Adoption Framework — Strategy:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/strategy/

Microsoft Power Platform

• Microsoft, Power Platform Well-Architected pillars:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/well-architected/pillars

Benefits Management / IS investment

Further versions should incorporate and cite more directly:

• Ward, J. and Daniel, E., Benefits Management: How to Increase the Business Value of Your IT Projects.
• Peppard, J., Ward, J. and Daniel, E., work on benefits dependency networks and managing the realisation of IT-enabled business benefits.

Status note

External frameworks evolve. Before publishing a stable version of this toolkit, confirm that descriptions and links still match the current official guidance.