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WHY A BSC PROJECT?
Balanced Scorecard Implementation Project: Overview of client motivation
Presentation objectives
If you are an Executive or a valuable member of senior management team, you probably ask this question:
What are the right conditions for diving into a strategic project of such magnitude as is the BSC implementation?
Right Conditions for BSC project
The leader of the company / division / function (or entity) wants to plan in the medium-long term in order to provoke quantum (or at least significant) performance leaps
Right Conditions for BSC project
The entity management team is in some way diverse in competencies, in culture, in character, in age and this diversity creates barriers
Right Conditions for BSC project
The planning is, according to a leader’s view, either inexistent or ineffective
The leader wants the plan to be managed through time and be the basis of discussion (beyond budget)
Right Conditions for BSC project
The leader prefers empowerment to control
The leader prefers team collaboration to one-to-one management
The leader likes analysis, numbers, proofs, a scientific approach
General Results of BSC project
Normally the implementation of the BSC speeds up the capability of a company to reach its desired targets
The larger the company, the larger the growth rate desired, the larger the gains from the BSC project
General Results of BSC project
Clients say that BSC implementation process accelerates the achievement of incremental gains by an average of 20-30%
The satisfaction rate of BSC implementation among executives grows tremendously from doubts and lack of support in the beginning to a highest satisfaction and excitement by the end of the project
General Results of BSC project
The BSC approach serves exceptionally well as:a strategic project management and change
management toola communication toola control toola tool to manage strategic trade offsa deployment toola framework for converting strategy into action
BSC as a Project management and Change management tool
Improve the level of collaboration of decisions and information sharing on strategic objectives, indicators and improvement projects
Improve the transparency level of the team discussions
BSC as a Project management and Change management tool
Bring in the discussion other managers, normally not included in the team, because they have specialist knowledge
Push the team to re-think the entity strategy
Push the team to formalize the strategy
BSC as a Communication and Empowerment tool
Improve collaboration between functions
Empower first, second and third line management
Improve the information flow vertically, i.e. from the top to the bottom of the organization
BSC as a Communication and Empowerment tool
Improve the relationship between first lines and lower management layers
Make sure that everybody in the company knows what the strategy is about and in what way they contribute
Improve the communication of the strategy and its development towards the outside world (e.g. board, shareholders, stakeholders, buyers)
BSC as a Control tool
Improve the quality of information and set relevant indicators on:○ Business environment○ Customers○ Internal weaknesses○ Key strengths○ Development of strategic projects
BSC as a Planning tool Increase the reliability of forecasts
Clearly understand the drivers of business results
Be capable of analyzing periodically and in a structured way the development of the strategic plan
BSC as a Deployment tool
The team has just formed, most managers, or some key ones, are new
The historic group has been there forever, but needs to define new directions, previously unexplored
Strong growth targets
Opportunity and desire to overcome competitors due to bad economic times
Concluding Thoughts
The Balanced Scorecard is the most sound, systematic, and developed approach to Strategy Execution
BSC implementation is a project of high magnitude, responding to organization strategic challenges and bringing strategic results.
Concluding Thoughts
Strong executive leadership, substantial knowledge transfer, clarity of organizational strategy, and availability of an implementation framework are among the key requirements for the Balanced Scorecard project to take off.
Concluding Thoughts
For more on:
power of BSC Approach BSC implementation project prerequisites,
teams, time outline, challenges, and pitfalls role of external consultants
go to our ScorecardPartner.com website
About the Authors
Francesco Zingales – BSC Specialist, Facilitator for Strategic Plan implementation. Contact Francesco francesco.zingales@gmail.com
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Igor Starodubtsev, BSC consultant at ScorecardPartner.com Contact Igor project@scorecardpartner.comLinkedIn Profile
Autours’ ProfilesFrancesco Zingales – BSC Specialist (Msc. Chemical Engineering, PhD in Strategic Decision Making
Processes). Francesco Zingales has completed in September 2005 his PhD in strategic decision making
processes, with a special focus on the Balanced Scorecard approach, after 4 years of applied research,
teaching and practitioner activities at INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau (Paris). FZ has
participated, in the last 3 years, to several facilitation/consulting projects in application of the Balanced
Scorecard methodology in different industries such as food, services, utilities, entertainment and
manufacturing. Key companies serviced, all at top management levels, have been Sodexho Group,
Sodexho Italy, Iveco, ATAC, ACEA, LVMH. FZ has carried out several corporate, business unit and functional
level projects in large organizations, which gives him the capability to choose the best approach in each
different setting. FZ has built experience both by working in a leading consulting firm on BSC practice as a
senior manager for 2.5 years, both bringing original knowledge from his studies. This makes him a perfect
candidate to manage and implement BSC projects.
Scorecard Partner is a niche consulting practice focused exclusively on providing guidance, help, and
support for clients implementing the Balanced Scorecard approach to Strategy Execution. Our mission is
to be a leading focused provider of expertise and support to bring this revolutionary Strategic
Management tool to organizations willing to develop strategic discipline, overcome execution
challenge, learn, grow and change.