Book description
In this book you’ll discover the do’s and don’ts of pitching your ideas through a business case. You'll learn what the essential components of a business case are, including what key questions you should be answering, how to structure your business case, factors to consider when thinking about benefits and risks, and how best to tackle ROI.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Author
- Preface
- 1. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS A BUSINESS CASE?
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2. THE KEY QUESTIONS YOUR CASE NEEDS TO ANSWER
- What is the need that your business case addresses?
- What evidence do you have to demonstrate the need?
- What are you proposing to do to meet the need?
- What are the other options?
- How does your business case fit with the appropriate mission, strategy and values?
- What disbenefits are there?
- How will you know you’ve achieved what you set out to do?
- How long will it take to implement?
- What are the known unknowns?
- What do you need?
- What will the impact on the business be?
- Key takeaways
- 3. THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFYING EVERY STAKEHOLDER
- 4. HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR BUSINESS CASE
- 5. BENEFITS AND OUTCOME ANALYSIS
- 6. THINKING ABOUT RISKS
- 7. ROI: WHAT IT IS AND WHY YOU NEED TO SHOW IT
- 8. INTERNAL OPPOSITION: THE ENEMY IN THE RANKS
- 9. MAKING YOUR CASE WITH A PRESENTATION
- 10. THE IMPORTANCE OF EDITING
- 11. SUBMITTING YOUR BUSINESS CASE
- 12. AFTERWORD
- Back Cover
Product information
- Title: Business Cases That Get Results
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2019
- Publisher(s): BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
- ISBN: 9781780174570
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