HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case (HBR Guide Series)
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Read between August 23 - October 20, 2020
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Your primary goal is to help people decide whether to invest resources in your idea.
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(What are their chief concerns? How does your project address them?)
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you must identify a clear business need, get to know your stakeholders, and tell them a compelling story about how to profitably meet that need.
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“What happens if we take this course of action?” (not “Why is this a good idea?”).
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The story starts, as all good ones do, with a problem. This is the business need you’re trying to solve.
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Above all else, your story needs to be clear—it should not be a mystery.
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What are your group’s chief objectives this year? How do you measure success? What are your barriers?