This document describes the strategic assessment of an IT investment which answers the simple question: "is there a need?" This is perhaps the first stage in an investment's lifecycle and most critical because this is where one can either save the day or really make a blunder approving a disaster or rejecting a gem!
This business case development guide describes a best practice based approach to developing investment proposals specific to information technology investments – establish a clear need, define benefits, and explore strategic options. This guide includes things sometimes omitted by others specifically, technology selection, organization readiness, and procurement.
This guide describes the five case model for developing business cases and provides step-by-step guidance on writing a business case using this model.
This guide is focused on the process more than the content of an investment business case. It provides templates and examples to illustrate the business case preparation and approval process. You will have to sift through some situation specific information to leverage this document but it is worth it.
Use the Total Value of Opportunity (TVO) methodology to align IT investments with strategic business objectives. Dive into this resourceful presentation to understand how to make informed IT decisions significantly contributing to your organization’s success.
This paper introduces Gartner’s Total Value of Opportunity (TVO) methodology “a metrics-based, standard methodology for comprehensive investment analysis of any IT-enabled business initiative.”
The authors argue that organizations pay lip service to IT investment management – they insist on a business case for every IT investment but do not apply the rigor to what is contained in it. The resulting lack of IT investment results is both expected and can be fixed using a better business case framework developed by the authors.
ICT Business case template as an MS Excel spreadsheet that you can use to justify, and monitor it investments.
ICT Business case guide provides instructions on using the ICT business case template to justify, and monitor it investments.
ICT Business case guide (Cost Estimation and Risk Management) provides instructions on using the ICT business case template to justify, and monitor it investments.
