Enterprise application initiatives are complex, expensive, and require a significant amount of planning before initiation. A financial business case is sometimes used to justify these initiatives. Once the business case (and benefits therein) are approved, the case is forgotten, eliminating a critical check and balance of benefit-realization.
This blueprint will help you compile a compelling business case that provides decision makers with sufficient information to make decisions confidently, evaluate proposed enterprise application initiatives “apples-to-apples” using a standardized and repeatable methodology, and provide a mechanism for tracking initiative performance during and after implementation.