Maintaining a viable business case for the project

2.10  The main risks to the Department's business case shown in Figure 7 were; that the costs of developing the system could increase, that the benefits in terms of administrative savings and reduced fraud could be delayed, or that the wider environment (including technical advances), and ministerial policy might change to make bank transfers a viable alternative to the Payment Card. As with all Government projects, there is a basic risk around changes in Ministerial policy.