Download or read book Business Cases for Info Pros written by Ulla De Stricker and published by Information Today, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inherent challenge for information professionals involves often difficult-to-quantify contributions of their initiatives to an organizations bottom line and the elusive ROI calculation. This practical guide explains why, when, and how a formal business case can be used as an effective tool for gaining support for information-based projects. Ulla de Stricker discusses the psychology of decision making involving human and financial investments and demonstrates a logically sequenced progression for structuring a business casefrom the identification of the problem, need, or opportunity to proposing viable solutions and ensuring the presentation is delivered with impact. It then provides and comments on three case studies illustrating different approaches to creating successful business case documents.
Download or read book Papers Presented to the Technical Conference of the British Pump Manufacturers Association British Pump Manufacturers Association 4 written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing a Business Case written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you decide on the best course of action for your company to take advantage of new opportunities? By building a business case. This book provides a framework for building a business case. You'll learn how to: Clearly define the opportunity you'll want to address in your business case Identify and analyze a range of alternatives Recommend one option and assess its risks Create a high-level implementation plan for your proposed alternative Communicate your case to key stakeholders
Download or read book Business Case Essentials written by Marty J. Schmidt and published by Solution Matrix. This book was released on 2009 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief but complete outline of what belongs in a business case and why it belongs. It assumes no prior background in finance or business planning. The focus is on questions like these: How do I prove that one choice is the best business decision? How do I show that all important costs and benefits are included? How do I show that alternative action proposals are compared fairly? How do I establish value for benefits--even non financial benefits? How do I build a business case when I am in a government or non profit organization? How do I minimize risk and show management how to maximize business results?
Download or read book Business Cases That Mean Business written by Jim Maholic and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recommended by CIO Magazine as one of 12 books "Worth Reading" in 2013. Bronze Medal winner - 2014 Axiom Business Book Awards Kirkus Book Reviews writes, "Maholic lays out the best way to analyze large scale IT projects. ... this helpful tool will increase readers' confidence and competence in building business cases." Business Cases that Mean Business steps through the process of identifying, calculating and communicating the value of your upcoming capital project. The book achieves this using the easy-to-follow H.E.A.R. method, which guides you through the creation of a sound hypothesis, the process of gathering the right evidence from the right people, techniques for analyzing and organizing that evidence, and guidance in packaging your recommendation into a credible, compelling business case. Business Cases that Mean Business is much more than a theoretical approach to business cases. Mr. Maholic brings his years of experience as a CIO and IT strategist in a manner that highlights practical methods for developing and presenting a successful business case. In the book you'll find examples from real business cases and, maybe most beneficial, you'll learn why certain business case approaches succeed and why other ones fail. Topics such as negotiating the value of benefits, classifying benefits in understandable terms to gain easier approval and a solid, tested checklist for successful business cases makes the book the complete business case primer. To ensure that readers are equipped to identify and quantify the value of certain benefits, a rich Appendix is included which shows, step-by-step, how to compute common financial benefits for revenue growth, expense control and working capital optimization. If you need to prepare and present a sound business case to an executive audience, this book is for you.
Download or read book Too Big to Ignore written by Phil Simon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Residents in Boston, Massachusetts are automatically reporting potholes and road hazards via their smartphones. Progressive Insurance tracks real-time customer driving patterns and uses that information to offer rates truly commensurate with individual safety. Google accurately predicts local flu outbreaks based upon thousands of user search queries. Amazon provides remarkably insightful, relevant, and timely product recommendations to its hundreds of millions of customers. Quantcast lets companies target precise audiences and key demographics throughout the Web. NASA runs contests via gamification site TopCoder, awarding prizes to those with the most innovative and cost-effective solutions to its problems. Explorys offers penetrating and previously unknown insights into healthcare behavior. How do these organizations and municipalities do it? Technology is certainly a big part, but in each case the answer lies deeper than that. Individuals at these organizations have realized that they don't have to be Nate Silver to reap massive benefits from today's new and emerging types of data. And each of these organizations has embraced Big Data, allowing them to make astute and otherwise impossible observations, actions, and predictions. It's time to start thinking big. In Too Big to Ignore, recognized technology expert and award-winning author Phil Simon explores an unassailably important trend: Big Data, the massive amounts, new types, and multifaceted sources of information streaming at us faster than ever. Never before have we seen data with the volume, velocity, and variety of today. Big Data is no temporary blip of fad. In fact, it is only going to intensify in the coming years, and its ramifications for the future of business are impossible to overstate. Too Big to Ignore explains why Big Data is a big deal. Simon provides commonsense, jargon-free advice for people and organizations looking to understand and leverage Big Data. Rife with case studies, examples, analysis, and quotes from real-world Big Data practitioners, the book is required reading for chief executives, company owners, industry leaders, and business professionals.
Download or read book The Business Case Checklist written by and published by Business Case Pro LLC. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Business Case Guide written by Isaca and published by ISACA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case written by Raymond Sheen and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You've got a great idea that will increase revenue or productivity--but how do you get approval to make it happen? By building a business case that clearly shows its value. Maybe you struggle to win support for projects because you're not sure what kind of data your stakeholders will trust, or naysayers always seem to shoot your ideas down at the last minute. Or perhaps you're intimidated by analysis and number crunching, so you just take a stab at estimating costs and benefits, with little confidence in your accuracy. To get any idea off the ground at your company you'll have to make a strong case for it. This guide gives you the tools to do that"--
Download or read book Information Technology Project Management written by Jack T. Marchewka and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 5th Edition of Jack Marchewka's Information Technology Project Management focuses on how to create measurable organizational value (MOV) through IT projects. The author uses the concept of MOV, combined with his own research, to create a solid foundation for making decisions throughout the project's lifecycle. The book's integration of project management and IT concepts provides students with the tools and techniques they need to develop in this field.
Download or read book Measuring Up written by Christopher Thomas and published by ESRI, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Strategic Business Case Analysis written by Christopher Williams and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides students with the skills and techniques necessary to analyse business case studies from a strategic perspective. With career development and impact in mind, the book goes beyond simply listing tools, instead teaching students how to prepare for a major strategic business case analysis project, how to position their analysis on a spectrum from reductionist to holistic approaches, how to critically engage with theory and case data, as well as how to leverage their work after completion. A logical approach is offered, taking the reader through the analysis journey, from preparing to analyse a case study to conducting the analysis and maximising the impact going forwards. A comprehensive analysis task is incorporated, which asks the reader to reflect on a range of case data, understand the choices of analytical positioning and tool selection, and develop an analysis based on this positioning. Further pedagogical features include: Reflective practice exercises at the end of chapters, allowing the student to self-identify areas of strength and weakness as they develop through the process. Worked examples based on cases reproduced in the book, allowing the student to follow the analytical process that the author went through in different analysis modes. Quotes and analysis insights from former students who have previously conducted a strategic business case analysis, aiding reflective practice. As case study analysis continues as a core component of teaching across business schools, this unique text will help to build key skills in advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA, and executive education students conducting strategic business case analysis. Support material includes PowerPoint slides as well as video content.
Download or read book Making the Business Case for EHS Programs written by and published by Business & Legal Reports, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teaching with Cases written by Espen Anderson and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case method teaching immerses students in realistic business situations--which include incomplete information, time constraints, and conflicting goals. The class discussion inherent in case teaching is well known for stimulating the development of students' critical thinking skills, yet instructors often need guidance on managing that class discussion to maximize learning. Teaching with Cases focuses on practical advice for instructors that can be easily implemented. It covers how to plan a course, how to teach it, and how to evaluate it. The book is organized by the three elements required for a great case-based course: 1) advance planning by the instructor, including implementation of a student contract; 2) how to make leading a vibrant case discussion easier and more systematic; and 3) planning for student evaluation after the course is complete. Teaching with Cases is ideal for anyone interested in case teaching, whether basing an entire course on cases, using cases as a supplement, or simply using discussion facilitation techniques. To learn more about the book, and to see resources available, visit teachingwithcases.hbsp.harvard.edu.
Download or read book International Cases in the Business of Sport written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Cases in the Business of Sport focuses specifically on the analysis of high profile cases studies within the management of sport businesses and offers an innovative teaching solution to a market that is often overlooked. This book is a truly international text examining sports from a global perspective and including case studies on: football, rugby, baseball, athletics, cricket, motor sports and sailing. Edited by two leading figures in the field, the text provides: a fantastic range of global sports cases authored by renowned experts in the field cutting edge analysis and comprehensive diagnosis of major international professional sport business cases a clear and structured presentation and examination of key issues within each case a strong blend of academic and practitioner analysis and commentary an informative and comprehensive resource for those seeking a better understanding of developments in commercial sport a companion website available for tutors using this text with further analysis, more cases and extra questions and exercises. The combination of academic theory and real world examples in the world of sport business make this is a vital book for students, academics and those already working in the sports industry.
Download or read book The Business Case Checklist Everything You Need to Review a Business Case Avoid Failed Projects and Turn Technology Into Roi written by Business Case Pro and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most IT initiatives fail. Use The Business Case Checklist to avoid adding your technology project (and career) to the list of casualties. This is the first professional-grade checklist that helps business case writers and ROI reviewers make faster decisions and better technology investments. In this checklist, you'll find: 1. 12 fundamental questions to ask of any business case. 2. A business case template for all your technology investment decisions. 2. 73 best practices to implement this checklist and help you make faster, better technology investments immediately. 3. The 5 universal principles for technology investment, offering you lessons from 25 years of experience and 51-book research. 4. An investment grade to guide and communicate your decision. The Business Case Checklist will help you: -- Justify your technology investment if you are a project manager or technology executive. -- Sell your technology with a fact-based business case if you offer technology products, services, or solutions. -- Review business cases quickly and effectively if you are a decision maker asked to fund technology investments.
Download or read book Cases on Information Technology and Business Process Reengineering written by Mehdi Khosrowpour and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents a wide range of issues and challenges related to business process reengineering technologies and systems through the use of case studies"--Provided by publisher.
