Program Transition and Benefits Sustainment

Correct Answer: Developing a comprehensive benefits sustainment plan that outlines roles, responsibilities, and actions for realizing benefits post-transition

The key consideration during program transition to ensure long-term benefits sustainment is developing a comprehensive benefits sustainment plan. This plan should outline the roles, responsibilities, and specific actions needed to realize and maintain the benefits after the transition is complete. Focusing only on completing transition activities, updating documentation, or communicating program completion does not address the critical aspect of ensuring benefits are sustained over the long term. A well-defined sustainment plan provides a roadmap for the operations team to follow, ensuring the program's intended benefits continue to be realized and maximized post-transition.

Correct Answer: Establishing a benefits realization plan with key stakeholders

While conducting post-implementation reviews and ensuring deliverables meet quality metrics are important for program success, and aligning outputs with organizational goals is fundamental, the key consideration for a Program Manager during program transition for ensuring benefits realization is establishing a benefits realization plan with key stakeholders. This plan ensures that the program’s benefits continue to be tracked, measured, and optimized after the transition phase, directly contributing to the sustained value delivery of the program.

Correct Answer: Developing a detailed transition plan that ensures ongoing maintenance and support arrangements are in place for all program deliverables

To ensure that the benefits of a program are sustained long-term, a Program Manager should prioritize developing a detailed transition plan that addresses ongoing maintenance and support for program deliverables. This approach ensures that the program's outputs continue to deliver value beyond its formal closure. The wrong answers are plausible actions but do not directly ensure the long-term sustainability of program benefits. Planning a stakeholder communication strategy at the program's end does not ensure ongoing benefits, releasing resources back to the business is an operational action rather than a strategic sustainability plan, and reviewing market trends post-program closure is beneficial for future programs but does not sustain the benefits of the current program.