This book is designed with one purpose in
mind: to find the money you need - every time. I've used the techniques
outlines in this book to regularly and repeatedly raise multi-million dollar
business cases that get funded.
The material in this book is based on my
experience and is designed to help you develop business cases that stand out
and argue an unassailable case. Although it's designed primarily for risk
managers, the business case fundamentals outlined in the book will work for any
business case in any industry and for any purpose. The book walks you through
the process of identifying information that you will need, working out what is
missing (and how to find it) then exactly how to pull everything together into
a single document. It includes
templates, examples, flowcharts and simple practical tips for both beginners
and experts alike.
Even if you've never prepared a business
case and wouldn't know an NPV from a DCF, this book will help you understand
and apply the basics of financial business case development. That alone
however, would not be sufficient. So often, it's the intangibles that really
make the difference. If like, many others, you think that such things as
morale, individual performance or weather can't be measured, this book will
show you the principles and concepts that will help you measure virtually
ANYTHING and quantify it in a business case.
The book draws on research from a range of disciplines and using generous color graphics, is designed to take you through the full process of initiating, researching, developing, analysing, writing and finally presenting a business case. Although the focus is on business cases for risk treatments, you don't need to be a risk expert and the same concepts are applicable to any business case.
It's been designed with simple tips to get you started including practical tools such as:
- The 4C's of defining a problem?
- The 4A's of defining a recommended solution
- ESIEAP (The Hierarchy of Controls) to determine which type of risk treatment is better?
- The 8 simple steps that you can do on a single sheet of paper to determine whether your proposed business case has merit.
- How to use the 4A's, 4C's and ESIEAP to spot a poor business case in under 5 minutes (including self-assessing your business case before the boss does).
If you've been struggling to get your IT project, portfolio planning, safety, security or finance business cases funded, then this is the book for you. In just a few short hours you can know all you need to know to develop a great business case.
mind: to find the money you need - every time. I've used the techniques
outlines in this book to regularly and repeatedly raise multi-million dollar
business cases that get funded.
The material in this book is based on my
experience and is designed to help you develop business cases that stand out
and argue an unassailable case. Although it's designed primarily for risk
managers, the business case fundamentals outlined in the book will work for any
business case in any industry and for any purpose. The book walks you through
the process of identifying information that you will need, working out what is
missing (and how to find it) then exactly how to pull everything together into
a single document. It includes
templates, examples, flowcharts and simple practical tips for both beginners
and experts alike.
Even if you've never prepared a business
case and wouldn't know an NPV from a DCF, this book will help you understand
and apply the basics of financial business case development. That alone
however, would not be sufficient. So often, it's the intangibles that really
make the difference. If like, many others, you think that such things as
morale, individual performance or weather can't be measured, this book will
show you the principles and concepts that will help you measure virtually
ANYTHING and quantify it in a business case.
The book draws on research from a range of disciplines and using generous color graphics, is designed to take you through the full process of initiating, researching, developing, analysing, writing and finally presenting a business case. Although the focus is on business cases for risk treatments, you don't need to be a risk expert and the same concepts are applicable to any business case.
It's been designed with simple tips to get you started including practical tools such as:
- The 4C's of defining a problem?
- The 4A's of defining a recommended solution
- ESIEAP (The Hierarchy of Controls) to determine which type of risk treatment is better?
- The 8 simple steps that you can do on a single sheet of paper to determine whether your proposed business case has merit.
- How to use the 4A's, 4C's and ESIEAP to spot a poor business case in under 5 minutes (including self-assessing your business case before the boss does).
If you've been struggling to get your IT project, portfolio planning, safety, security or finance business cases funded, then this is the book for you. In just a few short hours you can know all you need to know to develop a great business case.
