| Definition |
A Business Case explains the rationale, expected value, costs, risks, options, and justification for a proposed initiative.
Business Case is a concept used to plan, explain, support, or measure organizational change. In Change Management, it gives practitioners and stakeholders shared language for moving from a current state to a desired future state.
Business Case is an Enterprise software-procurement concept used to evaluate, select, license, contract, and justify applications or platforms.
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| Context & Usage |
Business cases help leaders decide whether to approve, prioritize, fund, or continue work.
Project managers, sponsors, and project-controls staff use this concept in budget reviews, performance reporting, forecasting, and variance conversations.
Related concepts include Budget, Cost Baseline, Planned Value, Earned Value, Actual Cost and Cost Variance.
Practitioners use this concept to plan communication, sponsorship, readiness, adoption, and reinforcement activities around an organizational change.
Related concepts include Change Management and Stakeholder Engagement.
Procurement, project, and architecture teams use this concept to choose products, evaluate vendors, estimate lifecycle cost, and reduce implementation risk.
Related concepts include Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio, Business Capability and Data Governance.
Additional Resource: Microsoft Azure Architecture Center.
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