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Developing Professional Business Cases:
The Ultimate Guide to Better, Faster Business & IT Decisions

IIBA Endorsed Education Provider| ACCET Acccredited 

Professional well-crafted business cases stand as cornerstones for informed decision-making. Yet, many business cases are developed informally without the rigor of a best practice approach and framework to unlock their full potential, resulting in sub-optimal decisions, and overlooked opportunities.

Inteq's Developing Professional Business Cases training course is meticulously designed to equip Business Analysts with the expertise needed to craft comprehensive, objective, and precise business cases. This two-day intensive course delivers:

  • Advanced analytical techniques, frameworks, methods, and critical thinking skills essential for evaluating, constructing, and articulating business cases to stakeholders and decision- makers across all organizational levels.
  • Strategic insights into assessing the viability of opportunities, considering the investment of resources, risks, and juxtaposition against other priorities to bring ideas to fruition effectively.
  • The professional acumen and credibility that make your business cases a reliable foundation for pivotal decisions, enhancing your role as a key advisor in your organization.

Drawing from a wealth of best practices developed through years of experience, this transformative course offers the tools and roadmap you need to excel in developing professional business cases, positioning you as an indispensable resource in the decision-making process.

Course outline

Business Case Key Concepts

Business opportunities and business cases

Business case myths and misconceptions

An enterprise 360° perspective

Business case framework and roadmap

Analyzing Business Opportunities

Identifying business opportunities

Business change drivers

Operationalization tactics

Scope of change and tracking metrics

Developing Business Cases

Value drivers and stakeholders

Risks/risk mitigation

Costs and constraints

Supporting and opposing arguments

Managing Opportunities and Cases

Iterative evolution of business opportunities and cases

Developing opportunity user stories

Opportunity priority and status

Presenting business cases

Backlog grooming and decision making

Business Case - Case Study

Participants identify opportunities, develop sophisticated business cases and discuss decisions that impact workflows, reporting relationships and business systems in connection with a complex real-world business process. This case study provides an invaluable template that participants can leverage to create effective business cases in their organization.

Discovering Business Knowledge

Professional analysis vs. order taking

Superficial vs. Deep | Light vs. Heavy

Key sources of business knowledge

Discovery techniques and methods

Essential Professional Skills

Identifying and organizing the right participants

Facilitation techniques and best practices

Capturing and validating session knowledge

Managing difficult personalities and situations

Stakeholder and Team Engagement

Thinking like an owner

Utilizing agile, rapid and iterative analysis techniques

Scaling cases to opportunities

Getting started Monday morning

Learning Objectives | You Will Learn | Key Benefits
  • Discover how to articulate the value and impact of business cases with precision and confidence.
  • Gain hands-on experience with frameworks and techniques that bring structure and clarity to your business case development.
  • Elevate your professional credibility by becoming adept at presenting objective, thoroughly vetted business cases.
  • Acquire critical thinking skills to evaluate opportunities, assess risks, and prioritize resources effectively.
  • Learn from real-world examples and best practices to avoid common pitfalls in business case development.
  • Position yourself as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior management and decision-makers.
  • Master the art of aligning business cases with organizational strategy and objectives for maximum effectiveness.
  • Gain confidence: Apply your new skills, techniques, and methods via the real-world at-scale case study.
  • Drive ROI from analysis: Learn how to leverage professional business cases to boost your organization's profitability and efficiency.
  • … and much more!
Who Should Attend?
  • Business analysts
  • Business systems analysts
  • Project managers
  • IT and business professionals who develop business cases
  • Managers, staff and other stakeholders that rely on effective business cases or are impacted by the business decisions and outcomes of business cases
Prerequisites:

None. Inteq’s Developing Effective Business Cases training program provides a comprehensive and cohesive approach to developing business cases regardless of background and level of experience.

Developing Effective Business Cases is designed to seamlessly integrate with:

Learning Options:
LIVE: Inteq’s Developing Effective Business Cases 2-Day training course can be tailored to your organization’s training objectives and can be combined with other Inteq courses to create a 3, 4 and 5-day hybrid training program. 
What’s In the box?

OK, there is not a box per se - the content is digital. In addition to 2-days/16 hours of expert instruction you receive:

  • Digital Badge of Completion
  • Personalized Certificate of Completion
  • ACCET Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • IIBA Professional Development Units (PDUs)
  • Electronic (PDF) Comprehensive 160 Page Course Manual
  • Case Study Materials
  • Supplemental Course Materials
Course Length:
  • EBC training courses are 2-days in length via live virtual or onsite training.

What's Included

  • Digital Badge of Completion
  • Personalized Certificate of Completion
  • ACCET Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • IIBA Professional Development Units (PDUs)
  • Electronic Comprehensive Course Manual
  • Supplemental Course Materials
Developing Effective Business Cases Badge Final

Accreditation & Professional Affiliation

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Please contact us and let's start a conversation to discuss your training objectives in more detail.

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