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Investment Management Standard

Investment management establishes a set of simple practices that allow an ‘investor’ to clearly define the need for an investment, shape the solution and track the delivery of benefits throughout the investment lifecycle. The adoption of these practices has been shown to drive investments that are more effective at implementing policy and reducing the risk of investment failure.

Investment Management Guidelines

The current Investment Management Standard defines six practices that are documented in the following guidelines.

PDF document 1. Overview v3.5 (803 kb PDF)
PDF document 2. PROBLEM Definition v3.5 (380 kb PDF)
PDF document 3. BENEFIT Definition v3.5 (515 kb PDF)
PDF document 4. SOLUTION Definition v3.5 (391 kb PDF)
PDF document 5. BUSINESS CASE v3.5 (99 kb PDF)
PDF document 6. INVESTMENT REVIEWS v3.5 (310 kb PDF)
PDF document 7. BENEFIT Reports v3.5 (124 kb PDF)

Supplementary Documentation

The investment management standard templates and support documentation can be found in Facilitator Support.
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