IT Cost Optimization Case Study
This case study illustrates the use of a structured approach to IT cost optimization.
July 8, 2013
Chapter
IT Cost Optimization Hub – Page 3
Creating a Preliminary Business Case for an IT Investment
This guide helps build an initial or indicative business case for an investment. This business case established the strategic context of the proposed investment, confirms the need for a solution to a business problem, recommends an approach with a list of viable options, and gets approval for further analysis to
June 18, 2013
Creating a Business Case for an IT Investment
This guide helps create a business case for an IT investment. This business case establishes the strategic context and fit, confirms the case for change, identifies the investment option that maximizes business value, prepares a proposal for procurement, and seeks the necessary funding and management approvals for successful implementation.
June 18, 2013
Benefit Assessment of Investment Proposal
This document discusses benefit assessment of an investment proposal. Benefits management is vital in ensuring that an initiative achieves what it set out to do. It involves articulating what benefits are expected from the initiative, how it will be known that the benefits are achieved, and the assessment of what has eventuated against what was planned. Managing benefits extends beyond the lifecycle of a project or program. It requires a structure that survives long after the project/program team has disbanded.
June 17, 2013
Creating an Implementation Business Case for an IT Investment
An implementation business case provides justification for a particular implementation approach/solution for an IT investment – the primary purpose is to recommend a solution that maximizes the return on investment.
June 17, 2013
Investment Lifecycle Management Framework
This document provides an overview of a comprehensive investment lifecycle management framework to identify, select, fund, build, deploy and monitor investments – from investment proposals, to business cases to implemented solutions and key decisions in between.
April 15, 2013
Analyzing Strategic Investment Options
This document discusses an approach to analyze and prioritize strategic options for an investment – a critical step in getting the biggest bang for the investment dollar is to identify solution options, and then pick the right option to implement. Strategic option analysis is critical to investment decisions.
April 15, 2013
ICT Investment Management Guide
This comprehensive guide provides policy, principles, process, framework, and examples for a complete and thorough management – identify, select, evaluate, fund, deploy, monitor – of major investments. You can adapt this guide to create your own Information Technology investment management process and framework.
April 10, 2013
How to Build a Better Business Case
This presentation discusses the key building blocks of a business case and the steps needed to assemble them into a meaningful instrument to communicate the value proposition of an initiative.
March 19, 2013
Writing a Business Case Using the Five Case Model
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.
March 12, 2013