builder · initiate · version 1.0.0
Business case builder
Structure options, value, cost, risk, and recommendation.
Use this tool to
Present a transparent decision case.
Prepare and use
Collect comparable options, benefit assumptions, costs, risks, constraints, and the decision that is actually being requested.
Privacy
Tool inputs stay in this browser unless you explicitly save them on this device or generate an output. Do not enter information you are not authorised to handle.
Working sequence
- Set the purpose, evidence boundary, accountable owner, and review cadence.
- Complete the fields from current evidence and make assumptions explicit.
- Use the result to support a review conversation, not as an automatic decision.
- Record the resulting action, decision, or next review date with the appropriate owner.
Inputs and method
Complete the fields below with evidence suitable for review. The tool structures the work; professional judgement remains necessary.
- Decision requested
- Options considered
- Expected benefits
- Costs and funding assumptions
- Risks and mitigations
Fictional learning scenario: Use the labelled fictional example in the online tool as a learning starter; replace it with authorised local evidence.
Review and decision prompt
Is the recommended option preferable to credible alternatives under stated assumptions and risk appetite?
Next action:Capture the approving authority, conditions, and benefits measures in the decision record.
Common failure mode
A case loses credibility when it presents one option as inevitable or treats unvalidated benefits as certain.
Outputs
Supported outputs are generated from the current validated browser state: csv, xlsx, docx, print. Generated files should be reviewed before sharing or relying on them.
Related resources
Make options and assumptions visible so decision-makers can challenge them.
Trust and limits
Validate financial legal and commercial assumptions with qualified reviewers.
- Ownership
- Strategica proprietary; user outputs remain yoursResource terms
- Review
- Approved 9/22/2026 · next review7/15/2027
- Accountable owner
- Strategica editorial
- Review state
- Strategica Institute owner review
- Change history
- Initial public release after owner review.
- Provenance
- strategica-original-resource-suite