Better Business Cases™ (BBC)

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the Foundation course, you will:

• Understand the 5 Cases (Strategic, Economic, Commercial, Financial and Management) in terms of both content and implication
• Understand the BBC life cycle including the 5 Stages, 10 Steps and 35 Actions.
• Understand the progressive delivery of a Business Case including Strategic Assessment, Strategic Outline Case, Outline Business Case and Full Business Case.
• Understand the concept of the Options Framework and how that is used to turn a realistic long list of options into a short list
• Understand BBC concepts such as Spending Objectives, Benefit Types and Benefit Categories
• Understand BBC guidance on Economic Analysis
• Understand how BBC can be effectively applied to address the needs and problems of a specific project scenario.
• Be well prepared for the Foundation exam.

Participants who continue with the Practitioner course will:

• Through practical exercises and discussion gain a good understanding of how a Business Case is developed using the BBC approach.
• Understand the multi skilled approach which is required for the development of a well thought through business case
• Be well prepared for the Practitioner exam.

Learning Approach

Our training is run with the purposes of learning the theory, preparing you for the exam and applying in the real world. The sessions are a mixture of theory and discussion and practical group-based learning involving Post It notes, markers, flip chart paper. No laptops are required, all learning resources are supplied.

Our trainers apply practical examples from their decades of experience as hands-on Business Case developers and adjust the course delivery to meet the needs of the attendees.