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Business Case Essentials: A Guide to Structure and Content

By Marty J. Schmidt, author of the Business Case Guide. A complete introduction to the "building blocks" essential to creating a strong financial business case.

With over 1 million copies in circulation, "Business Case Essentials" helps set the world standard for what belongs in a business case and why. "Essentials" is the primary textbook for "Building the Business Case" seminars. October 2005 edition. 31 pages. Product 610.

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The IT Business Case: Keys to Accuracy and Credibility

Ten practical steps you can take to ensure that your IT business case scores high in accuracy and credibiltiy.

If you have ever proposed an IT action and then failed to gain approval, or failed to deliver expected returns, you may find here just what was missing. October 2005 edition. 23 pages. Includes a complete IT cost model. Product No. 612

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Where's the "R" in Training ROI? The Business Case for Training

No one doubts that training is essential for the professional development of individuals and organizations. Yet, training managers are coming under increasing pressure to justify training budgets and to demonstrate the return on training investments. Identifying the full range of training costs may be easy, but how does one measure the returns?

"Wheres the 'R' in Training ROI" leads you through seven proven steps you can take to ensure that training ROI is measureable linked to your organization's objectives. 18 pages. November 2005 edition. Product No. 614

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Soft Benefits in a Hard Business Case: Legitimacy and Value for Difficult Benefits.

Sometimes the most important benfits that follow from a proposed action are difficult to quantify in financial terms: improvements in customer satisfaction or branding, for instance. Are these "Soft" benefits that don't don't deserve financial value in the business case?

"Soft benefits in a Hard Business Case" leads you through the benefits rationale you can establish with your management and stakeholders to ensure that all important benfits are legitimized and valued appropriately in your business case. 12 pages. Product 616.

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