- 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.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
1. Frame the conversation.
Understand the audience and forum for the business case to best frame the conversation.
2. Time-box the process of building the case.
More time should be spent on performing the action rather than building the case.
3. The business case is a living document.
The business case creates the basis for review of the realization of the proposed business benefits once the procurement is complete.
Impact and Result
- Understand the drivers for decision making in your organization, and the way initiatives are evaluated.
- 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.
- Provide a mechanism for tracking initiative performance during and after implementation.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
10.0/10
Overall Impact
$13,700
Average $ Saved
5
Average Days Saved
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Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Consumers Energy
Guided Implementation
10/10
$13,700
5