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IT Governance Knowledge – Page 60

Preparing a Project Cost Estimate for a Business Case

This document helps develop robust cost and budget estimates in support of sound investment decisions. A detailed project cost estimate is critical to a business case because it helps identify the optimal financial outcome over the investment’s lifecycle.

Strategic Assessment of IT Investment Proposal

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!

ICT Business Case Development Guide

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.

ICT Business Case Template

Navigate the complexities of ICT investments with our in-depth Business Case Template. Tailored for real-world IT challenges, it guarantees strategic alignment and measurable returns.

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.

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.

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.

Is Your IT Project About to Fail?

The authors contend that a lot of IT projects are disasters waiting to happen! And the really bad news? They will likely take the company and your career down with them!

A Step-By-Step Guide to Stage Gate Review Process

This guide presents a step by step process to embed stage gates into your program delivery. It describes the purpose of each stage gate review and the key questions that must be asked and answered before the program is allowed to proceed.

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