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Including a clear and concise method helping you to create your business case step by step to calculate results and get the budget approval you deserve! 

  • Understand exactly what a Business Case is!
  • Learn about the essential components of a Business Case!
  • Extend your knowledge about how to build the perfect Business Case!
  • Discover how to structure your Business Case the best way!
  • How to prepare an Business Case scientifically!
  • How to analyze and evaluate your project accurately and completely!
  • How to calculate the return on investment (ROI) and other financial figures of your project!
  • How to measure soft benefits and intangibles of your project in monetary terms!
  • How to build a bullet-proof line of argument!
  • How to present a powerful Business Case convincingly to executives!

Discover how an easy adaptable, step by step approach quickly enables you to gain the knowledge and confidence you need to evaluate and present a powerful and convincing Business Case for your projects! 

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Dear Business Professional,

Analyzing projects and getting the appropriate budget approval for the investment is a tough challenge in these times of the financial crisis. Especially when budgets are tight it is hard to convince decision makers of profitability of your project or new opportunities. Without a compelling line of argument, asking for a budget is pretty pointless these days.

A successful Business Case provides a clear line of argument in order to convince decision makers. If you ever faced the challenge of analyzing and evaluating a project with a Business Case, you know that it is difficult to find a comprehensive source of Business Case information. The search for a guide, which teaches the fundamental theory behind a thorough analysis as well as simultaneously provides an easy adaptable practical approach all in one place, was doomed to failure.

"Getting Your Budget Approved!" was written with special attention to provide an universal approach in order to be able to apply it to every project - to give you the edge you really need to start off on the right foot with the analysis of your project. If you would like to start creating your Business Case having a thorough understanding of what a complete and solid project analysis entails, how to structure it, and how it is prepared… if you would like to find out if the return of your investment (ROI) covers the cost and you need an easy to follow and quick to adapt method to do so – or if you just want to be on the safe side when preparing your budget and get it approved, then you will be thrilled you took the time to read this webpage!

“Getting Your Budget Approved!" is based upon literally hundreds of real life Business Cases – practical information which is next to impossible to find in book stores. This is the gold which only comes from years and years of hands on experience, including all the experience gained from made mistakes people just cannot gain by doing internet searches or undertaking trips to the library! 

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Here Is A Summary of the Nuggets In "Getting Your Budget Approved!"

Creation Of The (First) Business Case - Everything You Need To Know To Build A Solid Business Case!

  • Step by step introduction for building a water-proof Business Case
  • How to structure an entire and complete Business Case
  • What components to include and why
  • Easy to follow approach to gain a complete and thorough understanding and develop expertise in Business Case analysis
  • How to frame and prepare a cost benefit analysis
  • How to develop an accurate and precise Business Case
  • How to build powerful financial models in Excel
  • How to adapt the clear and concise method to evaluate a project
  • How to develop the process of valuation
  • How to apply the theory to practice
  • How to create a flawless Business Case and gain credibility
  • How to prepare for a powerful Business Case presentation
  • How to present an impressive Business Case convincingly
  • How to plan next steps

Financial Analysis - Must Know Skills To Evaluate Your Project Financially

  • How to calculate financial figures such as Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Payback Period, etc.
  • How to forecast the profitability of the project
  • How to gain confidence in calculating ROI and other financial figures
  • Step by step introduction for structuring the financial model using Excel in the most efficient and effective way
  • How to gain the ability to set-up and master the spreadsheet
  • How to analyze financial information the right way
  • How to make a decision between investment alternatives
  • Pros and cons of financial metrics used to evaluate projects
  • How to project realistic future key figures
  • How to compute accurate financial figures to confirm a project’s viability

Budget Approval - Everything You Need To Know To Get Your Budget Approved

  • Why a bullet-proof line of argument will lead to a "go-ahead"
  • What to include to form a solid case structure and how to present it to achieve a management buy-in
  • How to present the budget in an effective manner and get it approved
  • How to convince even the board with a stunning Business Case

Decision Making - How To Ensure You And Your Management Will Make The Right Decision

  • How to determine the best of several new investment opportunities
  • How to accomplish the most profitable decision for future investments
  • Why calculating and comparing several scenarios leads to the right decision
  • Why an accurate problem definition facilitates decision making
  • How to evaluate a project proposal and come to the right decision
  • How to judge feasibility studies correctly
  • How to decide on a good pre-investment appraisal report
  • How to make the right go or no-go decision for investments
  • How to evaluate purchasing options
  • How to get to fast and reliable decision making

Risk - Identify The Risk Factors Of Your Project And Learn How To Handle Them

  • Step by step introduction to risk assessment
  • How to identify risk factors of the project
  • How to find out the monetary impact of the risk factors on the results
  • What to do with risk factors and how to handle them
  • How to measure the impact of risk factors such as the financial crisis
  • How to check the viability of projects
  • How to approach a venture capitalist
  • Why and how the sensitivity analysis helps to get a better understanding of projections

Calculate And Measure Soft Benefits And Intangibles

  • Why soft benefits have a huge impact on the outcome of a Business Case and should not be neglected
  • Step by step approach to measure soft benefits in monetary terms
  • How to calculate qualitative values such as customer satisfaction, quality, training, employee satisfaction, image, brand awareness, social responsibility, environmental impact, customer loyalty, productivity, life time value, liquidity, health, business intelligence, innovation, etc. in monetary terms
  • How to make intangibles tangible and calculate them
  • How to let soft benefits and intangibles flow into the financial analysis

Save Time And Effort During The Creation Of A Business Case

  • How to save 50% Business Case preparation time
  • How to make a high level estimate about future results right away
  • How to optimize a Business Case with minimum effort
  • Discover how to calculate financial figures and present findings quickly
  • How to be more efficient in performing the analysis by using templates
  • How to finish the Excel spreadsheet analysis as soon as possible
  • Step by step introduction to quickly determine financial ratios
  • How to streamline the case to exactly what is needed

Business Cases For Clients And Internal Use

  • How to gain Business Case knowledge to assist clients
  • How to prepare a high level Business Case tool for internal use
  • How to build a solid Business Case to obtain significant internal financing for growth
  • How to prepare a Business Case presentation for clients to demonstrate the value add of your product or service
  • How to get a better understanding of Business Cases to interact with customers
  • How to set up a Business Case template for prospects to provide a solid basis for decision making
  • How to quickly present the bottom line results of your value added solutions to your clients

As you can tell, we wrote "Getting Your Budget Approved!" as the definitive guide for business professionals!

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Proof Point: We have helped major organizations do it with exactly the same method described in the book!

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  • Aeronautica
  • Allianz Group
  • Autodesk
  • BMW
  • Daimler
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  • IBM Corporation
  • KLM
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • National Security Agency
  • PeopleSoft
  • Renault
  • SAP
  • SAS Institute
  • Siemens
  • Sprott School of Business
  • State of Wyoming
  • Vodafone
  • Xerox Corporation

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Special Bonus Case Studies For Several Industries

We provide you with these case studies to save you time during the Business Case preparation and to make the method described in book even easier for you to adapt. 

We included a library of 30 case studies from 10 different industries including: 

  • Information Technology (IT)
  • Air Transportation
  • Banking
  • Insurance
  • Telecommunications
  • Public Sector
  • Manufacturing
  • Oil & Gas
  • Service Industry
  • Retail

 

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Making use of this software will enable you to: 

  • Project future outcomes scientifically and realistically
  • Identify the risk factors of your project
  • Measure the impact of your major risk factors on your results
  • Analyze the certainty of your outcomes
  • Gain confidence and create credibility due to the certainty about your results
  • Perform Monte-Carlo-Simulations
  • Perform sensitivity analyses on your outcomes

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 To your success,

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Johannes Ritter and Frank Roettgers


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