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Business Case Writing

( Duration: 3 Days )

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. This Business Case Writing training course equips you with the skills to write a compelling business case every time. You will discover exactly what decision makers need to know, the techniques you will need for strengthening the business case and how best to present the business case.

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

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

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

COURSE AGENDA

1

Introduction

  • Fundamentals of a business case
  • Where the business case fits into the project life cycle
  • Business case as an Organization Process Asset (OPA)
2

The six-step process model

  • Defining the ADAPTS business case analysis process
  • Focusing on the required elements
  • Examining the role and value of the steps
3

Identifying the benefits and risks of the process

  • Business case structure and process
  • Proving that benefits are realized
4

The two-step scoping process

  • Harvesting stakeholder goals
  • Clarifying the business drivers
5

Applying the stakeholder perception matrix

  • Creating the problem statement
  • Turning goals into business requirements
6

Conducting stakeholder analysis

  • Identifying business-level stakeholders
  • Capturing user scenarios
7

Deducing key decision criteria

  • Constructing a compliance matrix from the scenarios
  • Prioritizing criteria with affinity diagramming
8

Determining possible alternatives

  • Practical tools for researching alternatives
  • Applying key criteria to judge alternate solutions
9

Estimating costs

  • Benefiting from a Cost Estimation Worksheet
  • Evaluating and selecting financial appraisal methods
10

Forecasting benefits

  • Categorizing tangible and intangible benefits
  • Proving intangible benefits with a benefits rationale
11

Creating and applying a basic cost model

  • Employing four common financial analysis tools
  • Producing a cash flow model
12

Risk assessment methods and tools

  • Recognizing the impact of time and risk
  • Creating and using a risk register
  • Applying a risk assessment matrix
13

Prioritizing risks

  • Framing risk with your stakeholder analysis
  • Aligning risk evaluation with stakeholder point of view
14

Delivering and positioning the solution

  • Three common decision-making heuristics
  • Aligning the business case with stakeholders
15

Aligning and prioritizing initiatives

  • Prioritizing and selecting alternatives
  • Selecting the business case delivery methodology
16

Preparing the document

  • Overcoming the business document paradox
  • Minimizing content to get maximum results
17

Polishing the Executive Summary

  • Exploiting the Executive Summary template
  • Avoiding common mistakes
18

Organizing your presentation

  • Revisiting key decision-maker hot buttons
  • Preparing the message
  • Sequencing the content
  • Tailoring your presentation to the audience
19

Selecting the delivery medium

  • Communicating your case with confidence
  • Templates to build powerful presentations and wall-walks
20

Improving the presentation

  • Validating your presentation
  • Generating feedback for improvement

Encarta Labs Advantage

  • One Stop Corporate Training Solution Providers for over 6,000 various courses on a variety of subjects
  • All courses are delivered by Industry Veterans
  • Get jumpstarted from newbie to production ready in a matter of few days
  • Trained more than 50,000 Corporate executives across the Globe
  • All our trainings are conducted in workshop mode with more focus on hands-on sessions

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