1. Need to Invest Investment Objectives and Case for Change Determine Potential Value for Money Strategic Case: Economic Case: Financial Case: Affordability and Funding: Summarise the ability of the organisation to meet the capital and operating costs of the preferred option. The Preferred Option: Insert a description of the choice of the preferred option, its robustness and sensitivity to key assumptions. Insert a summary of the organisational overview, operating environment and how the investment proposal aligns to relevant Government, regional, sector and organisational strategies. Commercial Case: Prepare for the Potential Deal: Insert an outline of the deal, including services to be procured, risk sharing, payment arrangements, intended contractual arrangements and accounting treatment. Objective 1:…..What you are seeking to achieve? Existing arrangements Summarise the current state. Business Needs Describe the business gap, the difference between the current state and the desired future state. Scope What degree of change is required to successfully achieve the objective? What is a core must have? What is desirable, aspirational or out of scope? Benefits If the objective is successfully achieved, who will benefit, how and how we measure the gain (or loss)? Risks What contingent events could impact on the achievement of the objective? Constraints & dependencies What are the limiting parameters within which the investment must be delivered? What other actions outside the scope does success depend on? Single Stage Business Case Financial Costing Objective 3:To ………… Existing arrangements Business Needs ………………… NZ Treasury 24 February 2014 2014 2015 2017 Strategic Assessment completed dd mmm yyyy Gateway 0 …… Management Case: 2016 Approval Sought Indicative Business Case due dd mmm yyyy Gateway 1….. Implementation phase: due dd mmm yyyy ….. Detailed Business Case due dd mmm yyyy Gateway 2 ….. 2018 Approval Sought Procurement phase: due dd mmm yyyy RFP ….. Gateway 3 … Implementation plan … Contract sign Programme Business Case completed dd mmm yyyy Gateway 0 …… Approval Sought Plan for Successful Delivery: Insert a brief description of the project management strategy and planning arrangements, including governance, reporting, benefits management, risk management, change management and post project evaluation. What is the clear need for investing in change. List: key drivers (problems or opportunities) root causes and effects of problems. Strategic Context Objective 2:To ………… Existing arrangements Business Needs ………………… Status QuoOption 2Option 3Option 4 Appraisal Period (years) Capital Costs ($m) Whole of Life Costs ($m) Cost-Benefit Analysis (of monetary benefits and costs at the Public Sector Discount Rate) Net Present Value of Benefits ($m) Net Present Costs ($m) Benefit Cost Ratio Net Present Value (NPV, $m) Multi-Criteria Analysis (ranking of non-monetary benefits and costs, if any) Benefit Criteria 1 Benefit Criteria 2 Benefit Criteria 3 Preferred Option: Year One Total Capital Expenses $..... Operating Expenses $..... Total Revenue $..... Capital Funding Required $..... Operating Funding required $.....