Who it's for
Designed around these roles
Business sponsors, finance partners, technology managers and founders preparing or reviewing technology proposals.
Purpose
Build a technology business case that makes its assumptions visible.
Purchase price is only one part of an investment decision. Compare alternatives using full costs, plausible benefits, delivery risk and the evidence that could change your recommendation.
- Best for
- Business sponsors, finance partners, technology managers and founders preparing or reviewing technology proposals.
- Planned outputs
- 3 draft outputs for your team to review
- Topics
- 6 topics of learning and practice
- Formats
- Online, Onsite, Hybrid
- Engagement
- Standalone workshop or a module in a wider engagement
At a glance
Why teams take this workshop
Challenges this workshop addresses
Benefits stated without a baseline
Hidden operating and transition costs
Business cases that ignore uncertainty
How the workshop works
From your challenge to working material
Follow how the topics build towards each planned output. Select a stage or a topic to step through it.
Learning outcomes
What your team leaves with
The outputs below are proposed workshop deliverables: drafts and working tools for your team to review and develop. Final scope is agreed before an engagement. Business results depend on subsequent decisions, implementation and context.
- Output 1An options comparison with explicit cost and benefit assumptions.
- Output 2A draft business case with sensitivity questions and decision criteria.
- Output 3A benefits-ownership and review plan.
Workshop outline
Topics and the outputs they feed
The outline below shows the learning scope. Sequence, depth and timing are agreed during scoping.
| Session | Topic | Builds towards |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Problem definition and alternatives to investment | An options comparison with explicit cost and benefit assumptions. |
| 02 | Total cost of ownership and transition costs | An options comparison with explicit cost and benefit assumptions. |
| 03 | Benefits hypotheses and baseline evidence | A draft business case with sensitivity questions and decision criteria. |
| 04 | ROI, payback and uncertainty | A draft business case with sensitivity questions and decision criteria. |
| 05 | Build-versus-buy and vendor trade-offs | A benefits-ownership and review plan. |
| 06 | Decision criteria and benefits follow-through | A benefits-ownership and review plan. |
01
- Topic
- Problem definition and alternatives to investment
- Builds towards
- An options comparison with explicit cost and benefit assumptions.
02
- Topic
- Total cost of ownership and transition costs
- Builds towards
- An options comparison with explicit cost and benefit assumptions.
03
- Topic
- Benefits hypotheses and baseline evidence
- Builds towards
- A draft business case with sensitivity questions and decision criteria.
04
- Topic
- ROI, payback and uncertainty
- Builds towards
- A draft business case with sensitivity questions and decision criteria.
05
- Topic
- Build-versus-buy and vendor trade-offs
- Builds towards
- A benefits-ownership and review plan.
06
- Topic
- Decision criteria and benefits follow-through
- Builds towards
- A benefits-ownership and review plan.
Engagement paths
Two ways to run this workshop
Our team will use transparent assumptions and authorised examples. The workshop is managerial decision education, not investment or tax advice.
Standalone workshop
Use an investment-decision workshop to develop or challenge a draft business case for a defined technology choice.
