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SLODLC Business Case Worksheet

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Business Case Worksheet Scope

  • Prepare Business Case
  • Identify Stakeholders
  • Define Desired Outcome

How to work with Business Case Worksheet

  1. Please walk through each point in the table
    1. Each point consists of a question section and instructions section
    2. Provide clear, written answers
    3. Provide URLs/Links for external resources if any
    4. Explicitly refer to necessary attachments if any
  2. Return this completed form, with any necessary attachments, to: …
  3. If you have any questions about this form, please contact: …

1.Prepare Business Case

1.1.High-Level Vision

Please describe below.

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1.2.Achievable Goals

Please describe below.

  1. Goal: ...
    1. Rationale: ...
    2. Owner: ...
  2. ...

1.3.Business Investment Costs vs. Return

Please describe the budget baseline and cost vs. return assumptions below.

...

1.4.Business Investment Review Plan

Please describe below.

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1.5.Consequences of Failure, Stopping

Please describe below.

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1.6.Constraints, Exclusions, Borders

Please describe below.

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1.7.Dependencies with other Organizational Programs/Projects

Please describe below.

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1.8.Approach Path

Please describe below will it be a SLO Adoption Pilot, Project or Program - governance for the selected path is described in SLO Adoption Framework.

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1.9.Initial Scope Requirements

Please describe your baseline below. Describe requirements, for particular services in scope - prepare adequate SLODLC Discovery Worksheets and add links to the table.

  1. Requirement or Service: ...
    1. Acceptance Criteria: ...
    2. Owner: ...
  2. ...

1.10.Milestones

Please describe your schedule baseline below.

  1. Milestones: ...
    1. Date mm/dd/yyyy: ...
  2. Milestone: ... 2. Date: ...

1.11.Preliminary Risks / Opportunities

Please describe below.

  1. Risks: ...
  1. Response: ...

2.Identify Stakeholders

Please describe below.

  1. Stakeholder: ...
    1. Group/Persona: ...
  2. Stakeholder: ... 2. Group/Persona: ...

3.Define Desired Outcome

Please describe below - define at least one goal per Key Stakeholder group (Users, Business, Team).

  1. Goal: ...
    1. Outcome: ...
    2. Benefit: ...

This template is part of SLODLC https://www.slodlc.com/release-notes/license