An Introduction to Business Cases

Business Cases are used to make recommendations about commitments of resources to investments. Given increasing financial constraints, competition for funding and expectations around governance in the public sector, it is essential that business cases are presented professionally and address many key areas.

To this end, several frameworks exist in the Queensland Public Sector, such as the Building Queensland Business Case Development 2020, the Project Assessment Framework and the Project Decision Framework. These frameworks guide the relevant organisations through the investment decision process, and many contain templates of business cases. While there are differences among these, they all have several common sections. This webinar will provide an overview of the key business case sections that are common across the Queensland’s public sector and that help make a strong case when applying for funding.

Learning outcomes

Through completing the Introduction to Business Cases webinar, participants will learn some factors behind the project failures and/or cost blowouts in Queensland’s Public Sector and suggestions to avoid these. This webinar will also introduce participants to selected tools that are necessary write and review a business case.

Who should attend?

This webinar provides an introduction for those new to business cases. Whether you are to be involved in writing the business case, or responsible for reviewing them, this introduction will give you an overview of some critical areas – including alignment with your organisation’s objectives – options analysis, risk and stakeholders and cost-benefit analysis.

No knowledge of the topics is assumed; participants with prior experience may find the webinar useful to refresh and extend their knowledge.

The QTC Education Program is only available to Queensland Public Sector Employees (this includes employees of the Queensland Government, Queensland government departments, local governments, statutory corporations, and other entities to the extent they have an association or are related to the State of Queensland) and QTC employees. By registering for a workshop or webinar, you acknowledge that you are a Queensland Public Sector Employee. QTC/UQ reserves the right to unenroll any person that is not a Queensland Public Sector Employee or QTC employee from any workshop or webinar in the Education Program. If you are unenrolled from a workshop or webinar you will be entitled to receive a full refund of any workshop fees paid.

Outcomes

After completing this introductory webinar, you will be better able to review your own organisations Business Cases and become actively involved in building and improving them.

Webinar facilitator

Ihtisham Malik

Lecturer in Finance – UQ Business School

Ihtisham Malik has a decade-long experience, in and outside of Australia. During this time, he has taught different undergraduate and postgraduate finance courses (such as Asset Pricing, Managerial Finance, and Investments, to name a few) in both face-to-face and online modes. Ihtisham is also actively involved in finance research and has published scholarly work pertaining to climate change induced risks, corporate finance and energy economics in a number of highly ranked academic journals.

Currently, Ihtisham is working with Executive Education at The University of Queensland Business School where he is Academic Lead for the joint public sector finance program with the Queensland Treasury Corporation.

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