Business case
A business case is a justification for undertaking an initiative that describes its expected value, benefits, costs, risks, and feasibility.
Delivering Machine Learning Projects: From design to deployment
A business case is a factual justification for undertaking an initiative that describes its expected value, costs, feasibility, and constraints.
- How it is used
- Uses value and strategic alignment to steer pre-project decisions about whether an initiative should proceed.
- How deep it goes
- Defines value, alignment, feasibility, and funding checks but stops short of constructing the customer’s detailed financial case.
- Examples
- Uses savings, revenue gains, quality-of-life improvements, strategic priorities, and evidence supporting project acceptance or rejection.
- What you can do after
- Evaluate whether a proposed initiative is valuable, feasible, fundable, and defensible before committing delivery resources.
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Architecture Modernization: Socio-technical alignment of software, strategy, and structure
A business case is a structured justification for an investment that explains its expected benefits, costs, risks, and returns.
- How it is used
- Uses a structured justification to secure leadership commitment and connect architecture modernization with business benefits.
- How deep it goes
- Develops the case through interviews, questionnaires, workshops, journey models, and stakeholder questions, while leaving outcomes progressively refined.
- Examples
- Demonstrates a clinical oncology nonprofit workshop using questionnaires, breakout groups, the design squiggle, and the double diamond.
- What you can do after
- Build it collaboratively to clarify modernization benefits, test stakeholder assumptions, and secure informed leadership investment.
Related concepts
- modernization initiativeuses · A modernization initiative is a planned effort to update existing software, technology, architecture, or organizational capabilities to meet current needs.
- revenueuses · Revenue is the income an organization earns from its ordinary business activities before expenses are deducted.
- conferenceproduced by · A conference is an organized event where participants gather to present, discuss, exchange information about, or learn about related topics.
- first sliceuses · A first slice is an initial end-to-end increment of modernization that delivers usable value while revealing architectural and platform needs.
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