Business Case
Business Case
Business Case
Revenue Lost 28% of our revenue last year due to new digital offerings in the market.
down
28% Need to create new digital offerings to compete based on operational data.
Recommendation
Buy business intelligence software and hire outside firm to help with
implementation strategy.
Success Factors
Multidimensional Denormalization, Interface with
Real-time reporting
aggregation and tagging and unstructured data
with analytical alert
allocation standardization source
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Contents
2 Requirements 6 Timeline
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Problem/Opportunity Statement
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Requirements
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Options
PROS CONS
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Operational Benefits Impacts
Buy business intelligence software and
hire outside firm to help with Time savings to produce 400 hours per
implementation strategy. monthly P&L reports month
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
$14.0 M
Savings
$12.0 M
Reduced labor cost from $1M
integrated IT systems annually
Reduced labor cost from $3M $10.0 M
automating reports annually
$8.0 M
$6.0 M
Cost
$4.0 M
Software $1.7M
annually $2.0 M
Implementation $2.7M in
year 1
$- M
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total
In addition to the quantifiable cost savings, a number of soft benefits can also be
achieved including the enhanced visibility into our business.
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Timeline
Months
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Procurement 4 months
Implementation 7 months
Testing 3 months
1.25
Deployment
months
Measurement 3 months
Legend
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Risks and Dependencies
Dependencies Internal/External
Successful integration of vendor software with latest operating External
system.
Data cleansing project to ensure the successful Internal
detection/correction/removal of inaccurate records in our existing
databases.
Executive funding approval as part of the overall corporate initiatives Internal
budget.
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Next Steps
Get executive approval to Identify project team members Define project scope, user
continue to the next stage. and key stakeholders. stories and list critical
assumptions.
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