Building a Successful Business Case

• Support your initiatives with straightforward financial analysis
• Make better decisions through defined goals and action plans
• Understand your audiences and cater to their needs
• Employ the terminology used by key decision makers
• Strengthen your presentation skills with effective preparation and execution techniques
• Deploy strong business cases to advance both immediate-term requests and long-term career goals

• Laying the groundwork: what is your “ask,” identifying decision makers at all levels, what do decision makers need to advance your case
• Developing the rationale: identifying Key Success Factors and Key Performance Indicators, strengthening the case with financial analysis tools, KPI tracking for ROI validation, internal and IT controls
• Drafting the case report: organizing materials, addressing your audience’s needs, defining goals and expected outcomes, designing specific action plans and tracking success, creating an effective Executive Summary 
• Business case presentation: presentation methods and weaving a convincing story, persuading decision makers to support you

Special Features

You will engage in one large scenario where you will build a business case to reflect your suggested path forward. You will also be provided with a business case template for course and career use.

Note:  participants in this program may qualify for up to $10,000 in funding through the Canada BC Job Grant program. Find out if you qualify.