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<Project name>

Business Case

Date: <mm/dd/yyyy>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 1 Executive Summary

5 2 Introduction

5 2.1 Purpose of Business Case

5 3 gENERAL Project iNFORMATION

5 3.1 Problem Statement

5 3.2 Background and Context

5 3.3 Goals

5 3.4 Scope

6 4 Ground Rules, Assumptions, and Criteria

6 4.1 Ground Rules

6 4.2 Assumptions

6 4.3 Evaluation Criteria

7 5 aLTERNATIVES and aNALYSIs

8 5.1 Alternative A

10 5.2 Alternative B

13 6 Preferred Solution

13 6.1 Financial Considerations

13 6.2 Preliminary Acquisition Strategy/Plan

1 Executive Summary

2 Introduction

3 gENERAL Project iNFORMATION

4 Ground Rules, Assumptions, and Criteria

5 aLTERNATIVES and aNALYSIs

6 Preferred Solution

Overall Comparison of Alternatives	Financial	Non-Financial	Best Option
	Net Present Value	Cost	Unfunded Costs	Savings	Requirements (Exceeds, Meets, Not Acceptable)	Operational Benefits (Significant, Moderate, Low, None)	Managed Risk (Low, Med, High)
Alternative 1 (As-Is)			N/A	N/A
Alternative 2

[Complete table and add a narrative describing which alternative is the best alternative and why.]

6.1 Financial Considerations

[Identify funding sources for all project component costs for the preferred solution. This should include consideration of items such as capital costs, operating costs, total cost of ownership, impact on other projects, funding requirements, etc.]

6.2 Preliminary Acquisition Strategy/Plan

[Identify acquisition sources for the preferred solution that includes all project supplies, services, and commercial items.]