Building the Business Case: Books, Tools, and Professional Training
The business case you deliver must score high in credibility, accuracy, and practical value.
Reaching those objectives begins by understanding that numbers alone do not make the case. How you design, develop, and present the case is as important as the return on investment (ROI) and other figures you project.
Since 1994 Solution Matrix Ltd. has helped thousands of individuals and organizations obtain solid, practical answers to questions like these:
- How do I build a strong business case to support my project proposal?
- Our Capital Review Committee now requires a business case with funding requests. What are they looking for?
- How do we put our product review process into a business case framework?
You may be facing such questions for the first time and have little or no background in finance and planning.
Or, you may have extensive experience tn these areas, and still need to get up to speed on what makes a strong business case, how to build one, and how to package and present it with a compelling message. For your business case needs, either way, Solution Matrix Ltd. offers industry leading
Business case books, templates, and tools.
Step by step guidance and time-saving resources.
Professional development training.
Classroom and online training for business case builders.
Whitepapers, reports, and online learning..
The IT Business Case, Training ROI, and "Soft" Benefits, and "Business Case Basics"
Encyclopedia of Business Terms and Methods
Clear definitions, explanations, examples, and best-practice usage for over 1,000 core business terms and methods such as
Encyclopedia of Business Terms and Methods.
Free Business Case Knowledge Base
Save case building time and improve the credibility and consistency of your cases by using the free Business Case Knowledge Base: business case data, standards, and examples. The knowledge base includes links to current information on:
• Business Case FAQs, including: What's a Business Case?
• Online Encyclopedia / Glossary of business case & financial terms.
• Links to example business case studies, templates, and related articles.
• Government business case policies and guidelines.
• Tax authorities, tax information.
• Salary and wage information.
• Economic, demographic, and statistical information.
• Professional associations and boards.
Visit the Online Business Case Knowledge Base.
Consulting Services
The Business Case Solution
Drawing on 15+ years of experience in a wide range of industries and business issues, the Solution Matrix business case framework and approach are recognized worldwide as the standard in business, governments, and other organizations. For those with specific decision support and planning needs, we offer the Business Case Solution™, a structured, collaborative, case-building project, designed to deliver the highest quality business case results in the shortest possible time.
The Business Case Solution is offered with a focus on critical issues in six areas:
Business Investment Decisions.
Most important business decisions are investment decisions, in one way or another.
Strategic Business Planning.
Strategic planners have a special responsibility to identify risks, measure uncertainty, and show why the chosen course is best.
Alliances and Partners.
Alliances usually succeed or fail depending on the partners' ability to address some hard questions before starting off together.
IT Justification.
Justifying information technology (IT) actions or acquisitions in a complex business environment can be a serious challenge.
Sales and Sales Support.
Major sales close, increasingly, only when customers believe they are making a good business decision.
Emerging Technologies.
Emerging technologies face a host of concerns: Security. Scalability. Reliability. Not to mention this: "Why fix something that isn’t broken?"
We would be pleased to learn more about your own business case needs and objectives, and to discuss what we can accomplish together with the Business Case Solution. Please contact Solution Matrix Ltd. through our contact request form or contact
Marty J.Schmidt
President, Solution Matrix Ltd
Ph. [1] 646.675.2400 (9:00-5:00 US Eastern time) Fax [1] 617.249.0130
e-mail smatrix@solutionmatrix.com
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