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Quick Guide to building the Business Case for IT

Your big question as a manager or owner of the business is ?What do I have to do to get the business case right and ensure we reap the benefits we need??.

Sadly there is no standard answer to this question but there is a route to finding your own answer. It has three steps:

Step 1: Answer four critical questions
Step 2: Check you are not falling into a bear pit
Step 3: Build the habits of successful companies into your business case

This guide gives some direction on what makes a good programme and how to avoid a bad business case. The advice is linked to case studies from real companies that illustrate how businesses are benefiting from good information technology.

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