How to Prepare a Great Business Case
Based on
the award-winning business case guide Maximum Return, this
comprehensive two-day seminar is designed for anyone involved
with business case preparation or project analysis. The
seminar offers a step-by-step process for building exceptional
project business cases. If your job description includes
preparing business cases or you are required to review them,
this seminar offers an ideal way to enhance your skills and
effectiveness. No advanced preparation is required.
About the seminar...
The Big Picture
overview of the business case process
Understand what a business case is and isn't
Identify the
business case audience and learn how to meet their needs
Discover the
organizational benefits of preparing a business case the
right way
Determine how to
select a business case "owner" and assign responsibility for
getting the work done on time
Discover the
"non-financial" returns of business case preparation
The guiding
principles for a powerful and practical process
Master the Four
Principles of Practicality every business case preparer
should know
Learn how to best
manage the business case preparation process in order to
reduce frustration and stress
Analyzing the
project's business requirements
Learn the essential business analysis components that
management expects to see
Learn how to
effectively communicate the project's business need
Head-off the obvious
questions management will ask regarding alternative
strategies
Preparing the
financial analysis
Determine the proper time
frame for the analysis—the
foundation of every financial analysis
Learn how to use
cost analysis tools to:
-Ensure no cost assumptions are overlooked
-Calculate
the proper values needed for the financial model
-Analyze
assumption sensitivity
-Prevent
cost overruns
Learn how to
differentiate between "strong" and "weak" benefit
assumptions
Discover the benefit
assumptions management hates to see and how to avoid
them
Learn how to use
benefit analysis tools to analyze assumption sensitivity
Prevent falling
short on ROI targets by assigning benefit ownership
Learn how to handle
contingencies, inflation, taxes and sunk costs in your
analysis
Know the tasks that
require consultation with the experts
Learn how to build a
cash flow and income statement model and how to properly
evaluate it
Review the different
evaluation techniques and learn how to pick the right one
for your organization
Discover
management's "hot buttons" regarding project budgeting and
what you need to know in order to stay out of trouble
Learn how to prepare
a meaningful sensitivity analysis that will lower project
risk
Improve the odds
for successful project implementation by learning techniques
for building support within the organization
Learn the
ingredients of an effective Executive Summary
Review the
techniques for getting projects approved fast
Learn how the
business case can help with the inevitable problems and
changes that arise during project implementation
Seminar Fee...
The seminar fee is $1,250
-- includes lunch, refreshments and materials. You must
pay the course fee prior to attending the course.
