Business Case

In the corporate world, the inception of an initiative typically comes down to a monetary incentive; thus, almost all decisions are made based on a solid business case, which provides the justification for undertaking either a project, program, or portfolio. The purpose of a business case is to evaluate the benefits, costs, and risks of alternative options and provide a rationale for the preferred solution.

This course explores typical modularization benefits for different company types and how these can be used to first scope and then create a solid business case in your project.

Learning objectives

• Understand revenue and cost breakdown of product sales, development, and production
• Define and compare real-life cases of modular architecture benefits
• Identify phenomena behind benefits and their qualitative and quantitative impacts
• Categorize benefits by different revenue factors and cost items
• Map benefits in relation to different types of modular architecture features and business changes
• Define various formats of business justification, e.g., cash flow, NPV, and WACC

Format & Time Commitment

• Course: 4 sessions of 3 hours | Self-study: 1-2 hours per session
  • 2 hours of lectures
  • 1 hour of exercises and group work

Litterature & Material 

• CPC 7-step Business Case Defintion
• CPC Modularity Benefit Map
• CPC Modularity Benefit One-Pagers

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Contact: Christoffer Andersson | csa@pfmp.com