What are Business Cases?
Business Cases in Yarken help organizations plan, estimate, and track technology investments by organizing costs into detailed Cloud and Non-Cloud line items.
A Business Case acts as a centralized investment planning model where users can:
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Define the business objective of an initiative
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Estimate technology and operational costs
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Track planned vs actual spend
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Analyze financial performance over time
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Monitor cloud transformation initiatives
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Manage migration and modernization programs
Each Business Case contains detailed line-item estimates that are categorized into Cloud and Non-Cloud.
Why use Business Cases?
Business Cases help organizations improve financial planning and decision-making by organizing investment estimates into structured Cloud and Non-Cloud cost categories.
Teams use Business Cases to:
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Plan cloud transformation initiatives
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Estimate migration, modernization, and expansion costs using Cloud line items.
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Track operational and infrastructure spending
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Capture labor, software, vendor, and infrastructure expenses using Non-Cloud line items.
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Compare planned vs actual spend
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Monitor how estimated Cloud and Non-Cloud investments perform against actual financial data.
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Improve investment visibility
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Track monthly estimates, yearly totals, vendors, and entities across all investment categories.
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Support ROI and TCO analysis
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Evaluate the financial impact of technology initiatives using detailed spend tracking and variance analysis.
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Enable financial accountability
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Provide Finance, IT, and Business stakeholders with a shared view of investment performance.
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Key capabilities
Business Cases provide detailed investment planning and tracking capabilities for both Cloud and Non-Cloud initiatives.
Business Case setup
Create Business Cases with:
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Name
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Description
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Start and End Dates
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Objectives
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Migration Strategy
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Solution Offering
Cloud Item management
Create and manage Cloud investment line items for:
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Migration programs
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Cloud service providers
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Modernization initiatives
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Platform hosting
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Cloud operational costs
Cloud Items support:
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Cloud service estimates
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Monthly estimates
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Entity assignment
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Vendor, account and cost center tracking
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Tower and sub-tower classification
Non-Cloud Item management
Create and manage Non-Cloud investment line items for:
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Consulting services
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Software licensing
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Infrastructure costs
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Vendor-managed services
Non-Cloud Items support:
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Monthly estimates
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TBM, cost center, account allocations
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Entity assignment
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Vendor tracking
Metrics and performance tracking
Business Cases support metrics to measure:
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Cost savings
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Migration progress
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Operational efficiency
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Financial performance
Dashboard and reporting
You can analyze:
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Cloud vs Non-Cloud spending
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Vendor spend
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Cost pool, and tower allocation
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Variance between estimates and actuals
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Monthly business case
Business Case lifecycle overview
A typical Business Case workflow includes:
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Create a Business Case
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Add metadata and objectives
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Add Cloud and Non-Cloud items
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Enter monthly estimates
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Upload additional line items if needed
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Add metrics for estimates comparison
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Approve or cancel the Business Case
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Monitor performance in dashboards
Next step
Getting started with Business Cases