Course overview
Rigorous business case planning ensures that
investment across the enterprise is well planned and managed.
Robust business cases reduce the risk of time and cost
overruns and of projects not achieving anticipated benefits. Better
business cases strengthen the quality of strategic alignment,
project planning, financial estimates, and cost benefit and options
analysis. The purpose of this course is to enable enterprises
to develop business cases with comprehensive cost benefit analysis
and more detailed project planning. As part of this course
the following topics are discussed:
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Introduction to business case
development
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What is
a business case?
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Why
produce a business case?
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Stages
of business case development
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Business
case development
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Understanding the enterprise
need
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Strategic assessment
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Benefits
management
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Options
analysis
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Options
identification
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Option
elimination
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Benefit
identification
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Cost
identification
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Information gathering
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Cost and
benefit analysis
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Supporting information
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Project
plan
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Risk
management plan
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Benefits
realization plan
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Contingency plans
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Other
supporting information
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The
business case template
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Practical exercise
Prerequisites
There is no formal prerequisite to this course
although most benefit will be gathered by individuals that have
worked in a project environment before.
Expected outcomes
At the end of this course the delegate will
understand the need for business cases, the content of a business
case and how to perform the work necessary to compile a
comprehensive and robust business case.
Audience
This course is targeted at project managers,
project staff, business analysts and other staff that may logically
develop business cases as part of their normal
tasks.
Duration
2 days
