Building a Strong Foundation: How to Create a Robust Business Case

In any outsourcing initiative, a foundational step towards success is acquiring a fact-based understanding of current operations before outsourcing is considered. Also, once the current situation is assessed, it is just as critical to identify what opportunities exist and their potential value to the business. All too often, companies de-prioritize or neglect these key steps, leading to project delays, project failures, and the use of incomplete information and ill-defined objectives in the decision-making process.

Consequently, establishing a robust baseline, base case, and business case is not only an important part of an outsourcing initiative, but it can also be the cornerstone of a broader improvement program. With a sound foundation to build upon, the successive layers of strategy and execution will be significantly better positioned to create and track the benefits which are attained.

Join us for an educational one-hour webinar, in which Everest outsourcing experts will highlight the importance of building your baseline, base case, and business case, and illustrate a best-practice method for yielding optimal results.

You will learn:

• Best practices for baseline, base case, and business case development
• Key inputs, outputs, and interdependencies between components
• Everest’s proprietary methodology for building robust financial models

Date and Time

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
10:00 am Central Daylight Time (GMT -05:00, Chicago)
11:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York)
4:00 pm GMT Standard Time (GMT 00:00, London

Presenters

Brad Sigman, Engagement Director, Everest Group
Lenny Joiner, Senior Outsourcing Specialist, Everest Group

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