Business case template

Write a business case. Use the prompts below as a working document, then save or print your answers.

Quantify benefits conservatively and show who bears the downside if the assumptions fail.

Working prompts

1. Problem and baseline
   
2. Options including doing nothing
   
3. Costs, benefits and assumptions
   
4. Cash timing, risk and downside case
   
5. Recommendation, owner and approval needed
   
6. Measures and stop conditions
   

Check before you act

Which entry is based on an assumption? What additional evidence would change your decision? Who can give you a useful challenge rather than simply agree?

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