5 Reasons
business cases fail
and how to avoid them

Business application programs that fall short of their targets rarely lose them in delivery – they lose them in the decision paper.

Why do business cases fail? And what steps should you, as a client, take?

A business case without measurable benefits, a risk-adjusted calculation and a named owner of the value becomes a budget document rather than an instrument of governance.

Therefore, a decision paper is not a document to be cleared by the investment committee. It’s the agreement on value that the program is then
steered against. Engage Groups builds it together with your business, in your own metrics, and keeps it alive throughout delivery.

Why do business cases fail?

1.  IT owns the value

If no line manager carries the benefit in their targets, it will not be realized, no matter how good the delivery is.

2. No baseline

Without a measured starting point neither value nor failure can be proven.

3. The calculation stops at go-live

Application management, release management and further development often make up the bulk of the five-year cost.

4. Benefits are double-counted

Released time is booked as a saving in several processes at once, or as both cost out of operations and revenue growth.

5. The document freezes at approval

Unless it is updated at every stage gate, it governs nothing after three months.

How do I avoid it?

We have put together a whitepaper with valuable actions for a successful business case.

We guide you through what a decision paper must contain and the steps you, as a client, should take. Finally, our senior team of advisors approaches the engagement with material that supports your investment decision. 

Access the whitepaper below.

Whitepaper

The Business Case:
for Dynamics 365

Fill out the form, and we will send you the document on email.

Written by:

Tobias Lång

CTO and Head of Advisory

tobias.lang@engagegroup.se

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