Template: Project Business Case
Project Business Case Template in word
:
Project Name:____________________
Date:_______________
Organization: ___________________________________
Business Unit/Program Area:______________________
Who is proposing the project within the Organization:___________________
Who is giving the “green light” within the Organization to proceed further with the project planning:___________________
Who will eventually prepare the detailed project plan:_________________
Who will eventually approve project plan (within the Organization):_________________
Who else (outside the Organization) need to approve the Project Plan:_________________
do not include
here in the project business case document neither the project
deliverables (you will do after the green light for the project business case
when you will prepare the
project scope document
in the
initiation
phase) nor the project activities (you will do after receiving the green light
for
Project scope
document
when
detailing the
project
plan in the
detailed planning phase.
(See project planning phases)
Project Business Case Template in word
The Problem (the need and the opportunity for this project):
What arte the the problem/s and of the factors causing suffering or injustice (you can use the the problem tree method):
The Proposed Solution (i.e. the specific objective of the project):
The identification of the objectives (i.e. the solutions to the problem identified);
For details see Proposed solutions Template
The Beneficiaries and other direct stakeholders:
Where the funds will come from:
From within the Organization:
From Other Sponsors:
From the beneficiaries:
From other expected incomes (specify):
Consistency/Fit with the Organization’s Mission and Capacity:
(fit with the programme plan)
Programme and Organizational impact (are this project overall objectives consistent with the one or more specific objectives of the Organization's programmes and strategies? How?)
See Checklist for approval of Project Business Case
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Templates
The problem tree in excel
Decision on allocating organizational resources for developing a project plan