Project governance
Business Justification
Keep the project worth doing from first idea through closure.
What this helps you do
Decide whether the project still deserves time, funding, and attention.
Use this when
- Starting a project
- Preparing a stage boundary
- Handling material change
What good looks like
- Benefits have named owners
- Costs and risks are visible
- The sponsor has a clear decision
Minimum viable version
- One-page business case lite
- Benefit owner
- Decision recommendation
Stronger version
- Options appraisal
- Sensitivity view
- Benefit confidence trend
Step-by-step
- State the reason
- Compare options
- Name benefits
- Check affordability
- Ask for a decision
Inputs needed
- Project brief
- Cost/time estimates
- Risk view
Outputs produced
- Business case lite
- Decision log entry
Common mistakes
- Treating the business case as a start-up document only
- Benefits without owners
Tailoring notes
- Use ranges early
- Increase evidence standard for high-public-value projects
Related templates
business-case-lite, benefits-profile
Related tools
Tailoring Recommender, Project Health Check
PRINCE2 mapping
Maps to the PRINCE2 principle of continued business justification and the business case practice.