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Business cases: "What for" and "How to"?

Business cases are mostly used in companies to prepare a major change, introduce a new project, or propose a new investment. Their impact is crucial as implementation will affect the whole organization significantly. A business case can also be the rationale for substantial reorganization or re-engineering.

A few examples: Align key services with a re-defined strategy, like a new IT project funding; rejuvenate a mature activity, like a customer service; launch a new venture, like a call center; look for improvements for ailing areas that need a full redeployment, like service delivery, product reliability or product information systems.

Basically, to put it simply, a business case should ideally demonstrate that its application will bring more benefits, with less costs, less risks and in less time:

→ 12 prerequisites before you to get started

Before you fire off with the first lines of your business case, you obviously are aware that this is not a simple fill-in-the-blanks exercise. Just to give you a few ideas on how to set up your structure and start an acute analysis, here are 12 prerequisites that I consider vital to maximize your chances of "selling" your business case internally and succeed in its implementation:

Hope this short description helps!

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