business case writing

  • Interactive exercise mode of making the Delegates chart out a business case
  • Exercises

A good business case report, which brings confidence and accountability into the field of making investment decisions, is a compilation of all information collected during enterprise analysis and the business case process. The key purpose is to provide evidence and justification for continuing with the investment proposition.

By attending this Business Case Writing training course, Delegates will gain insights into:

  • Making a good business case
  • The concepts that go to make a business case

COURSE AGENDA

  • Creating the problem statement
  • Turning goals into business requirements
  • Identifying business-level stakeholders
  • Capturing user scenarios
  • Harvesting stakeholder goals
  • Clarifying the business drivers
  • Business case structure and process
  • Proving that benefits are realized
  • Defining the ADAPTS business case analysis process
  • Focusing on the required elements
  • Examining the role and value of the steps
  • Fundamentals of a business case
  • Where the business case fits into the project life cycle
  • Business case as an Organization Process Asset (OPA)
  • Constructing a compliance matrix from the scenarios
  • Prioritizing criteria with affinity diagramming
  • Practical tools for researching alternatives
  • Applying key criteria to judge alternate solutions
  • Benefiting from a Cost Estimation Worksheet
  • Evaluating and selecting financial appraisal methods
  • Categorizing tangible and intangible benefits
  • Proving intangible benefits with a benefits rationale
  • Employing four common financial analysis tools
  • Producing a cash flow model
  • Recognizing the impact of time and risk
  • Creating and using a risk register
  • Applying a risk assessment matrix
  • Framing risk with your stakeholder analysis
  • Aligning risk evaluation with stakeholder point of view
  • Three common decision-making heuristics
  • Aligning the business case with stakeholders
  • Prioritizing and selecting alternatives
  • Selecting the business case delivery methodology
  • Overcoming the business document paradox
  • Minimizing content to get maximum results
  • Exploiting the Executive Summary template
  • Avoiding common mistakes
  • Revisiting key decision-maker hot buttons
  • Preparing the message
  • Sequencing the content
  • Tailoring your presentation to the audience
  • Communicating your case with confidence
  • Templates to build powerful presentations and wall-walks
  • Validating your presentation
  • Generating feedback for improvement