ABSTRACT
Understanding how the proposed project/initiative will impact the organization is only part of the story. You cannot determine if the project/initiative should be implemented until you estimate the resources and the cycle time required. To accomplish this, the business case development (BCD) team needs to provide a high-level analysis of the activities required to implement the proposed project/initiative. Using this high-level analysis estimate, the BCD team can prepare an estimate of the resources and the cycle time required in order to implement and to stabilize the areas that are impacted by the project/initiative. Accompanying most major projects/programs are a number of risks that may be encountered in transferring from the present state to the desired future state. These risks will be defined during this activity, and mitigation plans will be developed for any high-priority areas of potential risk. Once the resources required and the risks are identified that relate to implementation, they can be examined as to the impact that the proposed project/ initiative will have on the organization’s performance. The results of this analysis will provide the organization with the projected net value that the program/project will have on the organization. Based upon this analysis, the BCD team will define what recommendation it will submit to the executive committee.
