Action 4.6 Produce the Business Casen

Purpose

To gain agreement and support for the identified improvement actions. This may include approval for capital, training and other support that the team may identify as being outside the scope of the team to organise and manage within its own resources.

DESIRED OUTCOME

Once this step is completed, you will have produced a document that can be presented to key stakeholders as the basis for gaining their agreement to the requirements of the team and the necessary changes.

How to do it

Working with the sponsor, and using all the information gathered by the team, develop a document which describes:

what is trying to be achieved

why the change is needed
how it will be achieved
the impact of these achievements
the scope of the plan
options in the plan
recommendations with regard to action that has to be taken by other people for the plan to work

The headings for the Business Case are:

Executive Summary
Introduction
Team Members
Purpose
Options
Cost Benefit Analysis
Recommendations
Attachments

Pro tips

In your business case include details about the team's learnings to date and the processes you have used to gather supporting information.