Business Case Analyser
Financial measures have many names. The most widely accepted measurement of valuing
projects and implementations today is Return on Investment, or commonly referred to as
ROI. However, when business leaders ask the simple question of what is the ROI of an
investment, they are assailed with numbers that represent many other measures of value
such as Payback Period, NPV, or IRR.
Now you might be thinking to yourself, maybe there is more than one way to measure ROI?
Strictly speaking, ROI is a single measure with a specific formula for calculation. The other
measures mentioned are also strong financial measures that provide additional insights into
the relative benefits of an investment and should not to be confused with ROI.
The point is that there are significant differences between these measures and by
understanding the uses of these measures, and why they should be considered collectively, a
more powerful business case can be written to support your investment decision.
The Business Case Analyser enables you to define a business case, comparing two
alternatives. By specifying benefits and costs over a span of years (1-5) for both alternatives,
all different various benchmarks are calculated automatically and graphically displayed. This
allows you deciding instantly which alternative is most attractive. Your decisions will be fact-
based and informed, no longer based on intuition solely.
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Features Summary
The Business Case Analyser enables you to define a business case, comparing two
alternatives. By specifying benefits and costs over a span of years (1-5) for both alternatives,
all four benchmarks are calculated automatically and graphically displayed.
Definition:
- Two investment cases (alternative and reference case) can be specified, for which the
comparisons will be made.
- Primary and secondary benefit areas can be specified (1-9);
- Direct and indirect cost areas can be specified (1-9).
Benefits and Costs:
- For each benefit and cost area, cash inflows (benefits) and outflows (costs) can be
specified for a period ranging from 1-5 years.
Analysis:
For each of the specified cases as well as their difference, the following financial benchmarks
are calculated:
- Net Cash Flow. This is the (yearly) balance remaining after deducting cash outflows
from cash inflows.
- Cumulative Cash Flow. This is the cumulative balance remaining after deducting cash
outflows from cash inflows over a certain period of time.
- Net Present Value with year-end discounting and mid-year discounting. For both
cases, a low and high interest level can be specified.
- Return on Investment from full cash flow and incremental cash flow. This will be
done for 3, 4 and 5 years.
- Payback Period from net cash flow and discounted cash flow. Interest rate can be
set.
- Internal Rate of Return and Modified Internal Rate of Return from net incremental
cash flow.
Graphical Summary:
For both cases as well as the comparison case, the calculated financial benchmarks are
summarized (table) and the following information is graphically displayed:
- Net cash flow projections;
- Cumulative cash flow projections;
- Net and discounted cash flow (low interest).
- Net and discounted cash flow (high interest).
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Example output screen:
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Further Information
In case of any questions, please feel free contacting us (sales@se-cure.ch). We also offer
customized solutions, which address your specific needs. In that case, we need to learn more
about your wishes. We can very easily configure a business case analyser that will support
you in making the right investment decision(s).
Other Products
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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for your software project. Historical, target and
actual values are displayed in overviews and charts, from which information can be
consumed at a glance.
- “Project Support Toolkit”. This product provides powerful instruments to project
managers and measurement specialists to plan, monitor and control their projects,
using the same Key Performance Indicators.
- “CMMI® Appraisal Recorder”. This product supports both SCAMPIsm and
internal appraisal teams in recording their CMMI® (version 1.2) appraisal findings and
(configurable) scores for all process areas considered. Results are summarized in
tables and bar/radar charts.
For more information, visit our website at www.se-cure.ch/Products.html.
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