Business Case

A Business Case is used to provide justification for undertaking a project, increasing resources, increasing services, or any other organizational change. The intent is to evaluate the benefit, cost, risk, and alternatives and provide a rationale for the preferred solution.

Business Cases can be created at any time during the project:

  • Before intake
  • As part of project discovery activities
  • As a project deliverable

If a Business Case is being created as justification for a project, it should be created by the Project Owner/Requestor. If a customer requests support creating this document, a Project Manager can assist them.

If a Business Case is being created as part of the project activities or deliverables, ownership of that activity should be agreed upon by the project team. If a stakeholder requests support in creating this document, the Project Manager or Project Coordinator assigned to the project can assist them.

Creating a Business Case

  1. Make a copy of the Business Case Template.
    1. To make a copy of this template, please navigate to our shared drive:BA-AS: Templates > Document Templates > Business Affairs Business Case Template
  2. Save to a shared drive whenever possible.
    1. When working with the Administrative Services team, we have a shared drive: BA:AS > PMO
  3. Complete the template.
  4. If you require support in completing the template, send a request to pmo@unlv.edu for additional support.
  5. When submitting project intake, include a completed Business Case as an attachment (or link).