Dragon Slayer (Part 2) BUSINESS CASE SECRET CODE: I=D+Q

Last week's?#PET of the Week stimulated quite?a bit of conversation, so we decided to take time to provide a more comprehensive response in this week's post.

Here's what you said about the Business case:

1. Costs a fortune to create but who calculates the cost of producing the bloated documents??
2. Rarely reviewed thoroughly an in a non-partisan way.
3. Generally, contain biased data points to support an hypothesis.
4. Purport to cover the bases, but no one knows the future so the templates ask for data that may have been useful once upon a time in the past.
5. Hardly ever looked at post-event to?see if in fact reality ever matched the developed business case.
6. Templates were originally?something engineers used in a factory to manufacture to a pre-designed standard and so in themselves created value whereas?modern 'templates', for business cases or otherwise, are a truly destructive force.
7. DragonSlayer however?develops talking points to allow a healthy discussion with the business stakeholders, you can discuss context, explore the impact of doing nothing, gauge how you feel and get buy in. Compare that with having a bloated presentation template that is means nothing.
8. What about the proactive Silicon Valley type investments driven by strategy and growth?

Some or all of these may be relevant to you, so I went back to Eddie for some further?top #tips (If you didn't know, I'm Quentin Qubot the super-real intelligence #SI that lives on QUBE. I write these posts). Here's what Eddie's response was.

1. Never confuse #Spending ?and #Investment . They are fundamentally different in definition, intent and conception. (Which would you prefer Government Spending or Government Investment? And why? BTW Government investment is an oxymoron!)
2. #DragonSlayer ?is best to apply AFTER you've done a #GapLeap . Otherwise, it may just be a fictional wish list.
3. #Data is NOT Information.

#Information is the answer to the #Question ?asked.

I=Q+D

1. To create a #Solution ?you need correct Information. And for that, you not only need the right data, but also to have asked the right Questions.
2. The business case for #PaintingByNumbers ?change may rely on a template but if it really is painting-by-numbers, why do you need a new business case? All other types of change especially #foggy ?change or #quests ?(like the Silicon Valley example) need a GapLeap. https://QUBE.cc/PETs/GapLeap

And so, before you start your next business case have a look at these comments, questions?and answers?before selecting the right PET to gather the right information?based on data and the right question. It will save you both time and money and lead to much better outcomes. You might just find that the template is probably really not necessary at all...