Use this tool to

Make financial conventions visible before deciding.

Prepare and use

Use a consistent currency, analysis period, discount rate, and explicit timing for costs and benefits; distinguish estimates from approved funding.

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.

Initial investment
Annual net benefit
Analysis years
Discount rate (%)

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

Does the investment remain attractive under transparent assumptions and plausible downside scenarios?

Next action:Retain the assumptions with the decision and obtain qualified financial review for material commitments.

Common failure mode

Financial outputs mislead when timing, taxes, risk, alternatives, or non-financial effects are silently excluded.

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.

Check cash-flow timing, currency, and discount assumptions with finance.

Trust and limits

Validate financial models with qualified finance 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

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