What you will learn

"Building the Business Case" and the "Master Class" seminars feature "hands on" workshops with real business case examples. Most participants have little or no prior experience in finance or business planning. During the course they build the benefits rationale, cost model, and financial analysis at the heart of a professional quality business case. At "Building the Business Case" you will learn:

In "Building the Business Case" you will learn in two days:

The essential building blocks that every business case must have.
Where to find the "proof" that one course of action represents a better business decision than another.
What makes the difference between a strong case and a weak case.
Important differences between the business case for private industry and the business case for government, military or non profit organizations.
How to build credibility as you build your case.
How to legitimize and measure the full range of business benefits—even the so-called "intangibles."
How to build a financial modeling system for asking "what if'' questions, finding which assumptions drive results, and measuring risk and uncertainty in your projections.
How to package and present business case results for maximum impact.

The "Business Case Master Class" (one day) provides additional in-depth practical guidance and hands-on experience in:

Building the financial model that "makes the case" supporting project proposals, program proposals, product proposals, or capital acquisition proposals.
Estimating costs and benefits realistically and credibly.
Implementing important financial metrics in your financial results (including NPV, IRR, Payback Period, and IRR).
Good practice, shortcuts and risks in spreadsheet modeling.
Using Monte Carlos simulation to ask "What If?" questions, measure risk, and reduce uncertainty in projected business results.
Quantitative methods for bringing non financial benefits and costs into the business case.
Taking the "soft" out of "soft benefits."

You are invited to write for detailed agendas for both semianars.

<< Who should attend?

Seminar leader Dr. Marty J. Schmidt >>

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