Business case

• Defined
  • Purpose
  • Business Case defined
  • Outputs, outcomes and benefits
  • Types of Business Case
• Approach
  • Overview
  • Developing the Business Case
  • Verifying and maintaining the Business Case
  • Confirming the benefits
• Approach - The contents
  • Typically contains
  • Reasons
  • Business options
  • Expected benefits
  • Timescale
  • Costs
  • Investment appraisal
  • Major risks
• Responsibilities

Key sections

• Introduction
• Business case
• Organization
• Quality
• Plans
• Risk
• Change
• Progress
• Introduction to processes
• Starting up a projectDirecting a project
• Initiating a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing a Stage Boundary
• Closing a Project
• Tailoring PRINCE2 to the project environment
• Directing Projects with PRINCE2

The PRINCE2® approach

The contents

Reasons

The Business Case should explain the reasons why the project is required.
Ideally, it should be linked to the organizational context and should explain how the project will enable the achievement of corporate strategies and objectives.

The reasons are likely to be defined in the project mandate.
If not, clarification should be sought. For example, the reason for relocating an office may be because of changing demographics or increasing leasing costs, because the firm has outgrown its current office or to meet new legislation, such as disability access.

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