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Developing Viable ROI Solutions to Justify New IT Infrastructure Projects
Cutter Consortium, Dec 2009
It's not impossible to get large IT infrastructure projects approved, but it sure can feel that way.
Astronomical Y2K spending followed by the dot.com bust has made organizations understandably shy about making major capital investments. In addition, the power shift away from technologists to the CFO means that we no longer sell projects to people who speak the language of technology. The bottom line is, to get needed approval of large infrastructure projects, we need to learn to develop financially sound business cases for the financial side of the house.
The report Developing Viable ROI Solutions to Justify New IT Infrastructure Projects by Cutter Senior Consultant Dave Higgins provides you with the tools you need to cost-justify large IT infrastructure projects. You'll find ways to discover the business value in a potential project, and learn the methods you can use to convey those value statements to financial decision makers.
The methods described in this report are designed for use by technologists to convey business value to business and financial stakeholders. You won't become a finance guru - but you will learn to increase your odds of getting the business to approve needed infrastructure improvements.
This report will help you:
- Identify 17 hard-dollar benefits of new projects, and the only right way to present them.
- Develop project justifications that convince stakeholders on multiple dimensions.
- Examine why soft-dollar savings such as productivity gains don't always strengthen your case (and could result in everyone just working harder!)
- Identify the 'as is' and 'to be' costs to be included in the case.
- Figure out when and why net present value (NPV) matters -- and when it doesn't.
- Understand the three keys to developing 'credible' numbers for your case.
Plus, you'll learn why even though it's the least credible benefit, most people lead with increased revenue. And you'll gain practical advice on organizing and presenting the business case, including what you should plan to leave behind when it's done. Finally, you'll determine when it's appropriate to present a benefit study rather than a full-blown ROI study or business case.
Address all the factors that will get your IT infrastructure project approved.
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