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Ameen Abozaid
Planned lessonSTF-017-L02

The engineering business case

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In this lesson

build a business case with costs, benefits, and risks that can be checked later.

Planned topics

  • Costs: people, infrastructure, licenses, migration, opportunity cost.
  • Benefits: time saved, incidents avoided, revenue enabled, risk reduced; convert to money with stated assumptions.
  • Show a range (low, expected, high) and what must be true.
  • Define how and when benefits will be measured.
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Demonstration

a cost model sheet: inputs, assumptions, three scenarios, payback period, and review dates (all figures are illustrative; verify before recording).

Check your understanding

Why show a range rather than one number?

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The future is uncertain; ranges are more honest and more credible.

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