Crafting compelling, data-evidenced cases with real choice to justify investments.
A good business case makes investors lives easier and sets an investment up for successful implementation. It’s about the right people, doing the right thinking and getting the right evidence – it’s not simply a ‘tick box’ exercise – you can follow a recipe and still bake a bad cake…
Our experts help with:
- Business Case Planning: Get crystal clear on your investment pathway early – what type of business case do you need, who needs to be involved, what inputs and evidence will you need, how long will it take.
- Business Case Development: Our team of experts have produced successful business cases across all types of investments – digital and technology, infrastructure, specialist operational capability, transformation and business change. Our consultants produce business cases that meet The Treasury Better Business Case requirements.
- Investment Logic Mapping: Don’t waste time and money – eliminate poor investments early. Capturing and agreeing the case for change for an investment is challenging, especially in contestable environments where interests may not be aligned. An Investment Logic Mapping (ILM) process is a rapid way to clarify the real business problems and the expected benefits up front, before you start to think about solutions.
Our team includes some of New Zealand’s most experienced accredited ILM facilitators. Read more about the value of an ILM here: Defining the problems and identifying benefits.
- Workshop Facilitation: Harness diverse perspectives and align stakeholder interests through focused discussions.
- Strategic Case on a Page: Using the outputs of the ILM workshops we can also develop a Strategic Case on a Page, which captures the richness of the investment story and the case for change. It can be used as a communication tool for a wide audience and support investment prioritisation. See examples here Strategic Case on a Page.
We can also:
- do an expert review of your business case and provide advice on how to strengthen your case for investment
- recover your business case if it’s heading in the wrong direction – our honest diagnosis will tell you what's really going on
- coach your Executive Sponsor or Senior Responsible Owner
- coach your internal business case team to improve their capability.
- help you improve your investment management system or portfolio function, and
- strengthen leadership and governance of your investments.
