Better Business case™

ABOUT THE COURSE

Our HRDC-accredited Better Business course™ contains all the essential training and course materials you need to acquire the Better Business Case™ qualification in just 4 days.

DURATION

4 days

The Better Business Case™ course is a 4-day intensive course that gives you the essential fundamental knowledge on the better business case model.

• Foundation: The exam is taken on the second day of the course.
• Practitioner: The exam is taken on the last day of the course.

BENEFITS

 Individuals and organisations adopting the model will;

• Have an improved understanding of the Better Business Case™ process, relevant to those responsible for producing business cases.
• Have an understanding of an established and proven methodology, which can be applied at both strategic and tactical levels
• Reduce unnecessary spending and optimize value
• Improve quality of decision making
• Reduce outsourcing costs

• Apply the philosophy and fundamentals underlying rationale of the Five Case Model into context.
• Understand the different types of business cases, their purpose, who is responsible for them, and when they are required in the development of a cost-effective spending proposal.
• Develop crucial business cases relating to other recognized and recommended best practices for programme and project management.

Foundation

• Apply the philosophy and fundamentals underlying rationale of the Five Case Model into context.
• Understand the different types of business cases, their purpose, who is responsible for them, and when they are required in the development of a cost-effective spending proposal.
• Develop crucial business cases relating to other recognized and recommended best practices for programme and project management.

Practioner

• Apply and understand how to tailor the Five Case Model effectively to the development of a business case within an organization environment supporting the approach.
• Foundation plus:
• Understand the development lifecycle of a business case and the relationships between the five cases.
• Apply steps in the business case development framework to successfully support the production of a business case, using the Five Case Model, for a given scenario.

• Programme Managers,
• Project Managers,
• Executive Directors
• Operational Managers responsible for the development and scrutiny of business cases
• Business Analysts involved in the review of investment proposals

• Better Business Case™ Foundation & Practitioner exam.

• International Guide to developing the Project Business Case and International Guide to developing the Programme Business Case

• Certificate of attendance
• Official e-certificates from Peoplecert.

Foundation

• Multiple Choice
• 50 questions
• 25 marks or more required to pass (out of 50 available) – 50%
• 40 minutes duration
• Closed book

Practioner

• You must pass the Foundation exam before undertaking the Practitioner examination.

• 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)

There are no pre-course requirements