BA03-Writing Effective Business Cases
Credits: 14 PDUs / 2 Days
Course Level:
Basic/Intermediate
Prerequisites:
No prerequisites – This course suitable for both novices and experienced people who need to develop and justify the business case. It is recommended that participants complete the BA01 – Business Analysis Essentials course prior to enrolling.
Course Objectives:
Learn the steps to effective business case development and support your strategic business recommendations with sound budgeting and financial back-up. The one course you need to make high-impact recommendations and receive full management support for your ideas.
Intended Audience:
This skills-intensive workshop is ideal for experienced managers, directors and corporate officers who regularly develop and present budgets, business plans and recommendations.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop requirements for software-intensive systems using proven methodologies
- Apply use cases to software development initiatives
- Build a use case-based requirements model
- Write user stories and brief, casual, fully developed use cases
- Model user interface using mock-ups and develop a data model
- Validate requirements, manage the changes and keep traceability
Course Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
- Purpose of a business case
- Who is involved
- What to look out for
- Define the business case elements
Section 2: Building the business case for new ideas
- Overcoming financial, managerial and organizational barriers to new concepts and strategies
- Using the Business Case approach to compel others to support your vision for success
- Financial and strategic measurement tools
Section 3: Five key steps when planning and presenting a business case
- Step 1: Problem/ Opportunity Identification
- Step 2: Analysis of Success Drivers/Impediments
- Step 3: Presenting Strategic & Tactical Alternatives
- Step 4: Comprehensive Evaluation & Recommendations
- Step 5: Implementation & Action Planning
Section 4: Analyzing your Business case
- Financial analysis
- Risk analysis
- Feasibility analysis
Section 5: Presenting the business case to your organization
- Communicating with your audience
- Identifying critical decision criteria and objectives
- How to package and present your case for maximum impact
- Anticipating and responding to challenges
Section 6: Additional resources
- Other useful books and links on business cases
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