Business Case Lifecycle Management

We are in a world where you have to do more with and for less.  Making sure the resources to be consumed in an initiative represent on-going best value to your organisation requires more than a guestimate approach!  We all know the conventional approach of defining a business case to get authority to spend and consume, and then ignoring as to whether it remains a valid decision in the light of your changing organisation context and environment is a recipe for disaster and shredding resources.

P2E® has a well-established process around robust Business Case development, documentation, presentation and maintenance.  This process includes:

• Building a justification that encapsulates the organisations’ challenges and goals, and demonstrating strategic alignment
• Baselining and costing current performance
• Defining and costing targeted processes and performance
• Using our Benefits Lifecycle Management Framework, identifying, defining, valuing and assessing intended outcomes and benefits that justify the project, as well as in the light of changes to the organisation/program/project environment
• Using our Options Analysis Framework, identifying, assessing and prioritising options, making sure a complete understanding of different ways to achieve intended outcomes and their implications
• Using our Stakeholder Management Framework, identifying key internal and external stakeholders, their influences and management styles, necessary for sustainable improvements
• Using our Risk Management Framework, identifying and managing Benefit and Delivery risks, each under opportunity and threat mitigations
• Using our Financial Management Framework, define and articulate return on investment and other financial justifications to support robust decision making in your organisation