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The IT Business Case: Keys to Accuracy and Credibility

IT_BC_Icon_1.jpgTen practical steps you can take to ensure that your IT business case scores high in accuracy and credibility.

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. June 2008 edition.  23 pages. Includes a complete IT cost model. Product No. 612 

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

Training_ROI_icon.jpgNo 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. June 2008 edition. Product No. 614 

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

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Sometimes the most important benefits 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.  19 pages. June 2008 edition. Product 616.

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Online E-Learning "Business Case Basics"

  • Learn, review, and test yourself at the time and place of your own choosing. Business Case Basics is designed to prepare you with a solid understanding of the business terms and concepts important for building or using the financial business case.
  • Online subscription to Business Case Basics includes an ebook copy for your download, of the world's most frequently cited business case book, Business Case Essentials.
  • Learn how to develop and interpret ROI, NPV, IRR and payback period—the most frequently used decision criteria in business today.

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Business Case Essentials, 3rd Ed

The concise, complete guide to what belongs in a business case and why. The trusted authority on business case analysis assumes no prior background in finance or business planning. Essentials provides clear, practical, step-by-step guidance for building a compelling business case. Special focus on

  • Financial metrics including Retun on Investment (ROI), NPV, and total cost of ownership (TCO).
  • Non financial benefits.
  • Measuring / minimizing risk.
  • Real world examples from industry, government, and non profit settings.

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