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Program Business Case

How can program business case support strategic choice or positioning?

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Purpose. Use this business case to establish the need, feasibility and comparative justification for a proposed programme before resources are committed. It gives the Portfolio Review Board or equivalent authority the evidence needed to approve, reject, defer or request further analysis. Application. The sponsor normally owns the document, with input from key stakeholders and the proposed programme manager when identified. A client or funding body may also provide it. Once approved, it directs programme definition

Program Business Case23 fields
Document control
Program nameProgram sponsorProposed start date
A. Purpose
Purpose
B. Strategic objectives
Program strategic objectives
C. Benefits
Program benefits
D. Resources
Required resources
E. Financial analysis
Financial analysis

Use context

Purpose, application, discipline.

Purpose

Use this business case to establish the need, feasibility and comparative justification for a proposed programme before resources are committed. It gives the Portfolio Review Board or equivalent authority the evidence needed to approve, reject, defer or request further analysis.

Application

The sponsor normally owns the document, with input from key stakeholders and the proposed programme manager when identified. A client or funding body may also provide it. Once approved, it directs programme definition and states the value expected in return for the investment. Revisit it throughout the lifecycle to confirm that the programme remains justified and capable of delivering its intended benefits.

Completion discipline

Complete the document from current evidence, name its owner and approving authority, and link the plans, registers or decisions that support it. Retain approved versions and review the document whenever a material assumption, dependency, requirement or governance decision changes.

Field summary

Structured sections without protected files.

7 fields

Document control

Program name, Program sponsor, Proposed start date, Proposed end date

1 fields

A. Purpose

Purpose

1 fields

B. Strategic objectives

Program strategic objectives

1 fields

C. Benefits

Program benefits

1 fields

D. Resources

Required resources

1 fields

E. Financial analysis

Financial analysis

1 fields

F. Assumptions and constraints

Assumptions and constraints

1 fields

G. Influences

Internal and external influences

1 fields

H. Alternatives

Alternative analysis

1 fields

I. Complexity

Program complexity

7 fields

J. Approvals

Portfolio Review Board chairperson, Portfolio Review Board member 1, Portfolio Review Board member 2, Portfolio Review Board member 3

Protected resources

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Working sheetImplementation contextField schema
Working sheet - CSV

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