The Project Manager’s Guide to Building Compelling Business Cases
This guide is an essential tool for project managers aiming to craft compelling business cases, ensuring projects are strategically aligned and effectively managed.
A business case is a document that justifies the need for a specific investment, decision, or action within an organization. It is a formal document outlining the benefits, costs, and risks of a proposed project or initiative. A business case aims to provide decision-makers with the necessary information to determine whether or not to proceed with the proposed investment.
A well-written business case typically includes the following components:
A well-written business case can help organizations make informed decisions and effectively allocate resources. It is an essential tool for project managers, executives, and other decision-makers who must invest strategically in the organization’s future.
The “IT Investment Business Case” category is an essential resource for CIOs, IT executives, and technology leaders, offering a collection of articles and documents focused on developing, presenting, and evaluating IT investment business cases. As part of our CIO Reference Library, this category aims to help IT leaders effectively build and communicate compelling business cases for their IT investments, ensuring alignment with business objectives, effective risk management, and resource optimization.
By exploring this category, you will gain insights into:
By staying up-to-date with the latest IT investment business case resources, CIOs and IT leaders can make informed decisions that help their organizations achieve strategic goals and maintain a competitive edge. Visit this category regularly to discover new content and resources that will provide valuable insights, practical guidance, and proven methodologies for developing and presenting compelling IT investment business cases, enabling you to drive value and success in your organization through effective IT investment management practices.
This guide is an essential tool for project managers aiming to craft compelling business cases, ensuring projects are strategically aligned and effectively managed.
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This guide helps develop a business case for IT investments. It provides a structure for the decision-making process, and for presenting this information in a way that makes decision-making easier, and help secure commitment and engagement across the organization and ultimately lead to a greater chance of success for the project.
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