Better Business Cases™ Practitioner

Our Better Business Cases qualification is based on the ‘Five Case Model’ – the UK government’s best practice approach to developing spending proposals and enabling effective business decisions.

The model provides a step-by-step guide to developing a business case that:

• Establishes a clear need for intervention (a case for change)
• Sets clear objectives in terms of return on investment
• Considers a wide range of potential solutions ensuring an optimal balance of benefits, cost and risks
• Sets out arrangements to ensure successful delivery of the proposal.

Organizations adopting this proven approach can expect a reduction in unnecessary spending and improved decision making process, whilst project teams have a greater chance of securing necessary funding and support for change initiatives.

Accreditation pending

• Senior Responsible Owners (SROs), Programme Directors and other Directors with responsibility for the successful delivery of programmes and projects.
• Project Managers, Project Team members and specialist advisers tasked with delivering a business case for investment.
• Officers involved in the scrutiny and review of investment proposals.

Better Business Cases foundation level certification is a pre-requisite for this course.

Benefit for Individuals

• An improved understanding of the Better Business Case process, relevant to both those responsible for producing business cases and those who approve them.
• Understanding of an established and proven methodology which can be applied at both strategic (macro) and tactical (micro) levels.
• Core business competency for any manager or director

Benefits for your Organisation

• Reduce unnecessary spend and optimize public value.
• Reduce consultancy costs.
• Faster throughput and a clear, proportionate approval process.
• Improve quality of decision making.

Practitioner Exam:

• Objective testing
• 4 questions per paper, with 20 marks available per question
• 40 marks or more required to pass (out of 80 available) - 50%
• 2 ½ hours duration
• Open book exam (International Guide to developing the Project Business Case and International Guide to developing the Programme Business Case only)

• The development lifecycle of a business case and the relationships between the five cases.
• How to apply the steps in the business case development framework, in order to support the production of a business case, using the Five Case Model, for a given scenario.