Key principles:
◼ Agencies are accountable for achieving the business case and must demonstrate the capacity and capability to deliver the proposal from procurement to implementation. These factors will assist in evaluating whether the proposal can be delivered on time, within budget and realise the anticipated project benefits.
◼ Governance arrangements must demonstrate that the activities required to ensure a successful project are based on the scale, risk and significance of the proposal and cover management arrangements for meeting project deliverables.
◼ Where the business case is to deliver an election commitment, agencies need to make the case that the commitment will be cost effectively delivered to achieve the maximum benefits and that the operating costs are affordable.
◼ Agencies must put in place an effective benefits realisation mechanism that documents agency accountability and responsibility for implementing change management and delivering the anticipated project benefits.
Application:
◼ Preliminary businesses cases are to address the governance arrangements to deliver the final business case.
◼ Final business cases are to address the following requirements in full.