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  • Additional Business Case Templates

    Topics:
    • Finance, 
    • Public expenditure guidance

    Date published: 28 October 2020

    Last updated: 28 February 2024

    These templates can be used to aid expenditure apprasial and the business case process.

    Most of the templates below are relevant to the Economic Case.

    However, the affordability and benefits realisation templates can be used for the Financial and Management Cases respectively.

    Documents

    • Options Framework Template AMicrosoft Excel (macros enabled) (145.42 KB)
    • Options Framework Example for Template A - Capital Build ProjectMicrosoft Excel (macros enabled) (148.22 KB)
    • Options Framework Template BMicrosoft Excel (macros enabled) (57.17 KB)
    • Options Framework Example for Template B - Existing Service ContractMicrosoft Excel (macros enabled) (58.88 KB)
    • Excel Workbook for the Economic CaseMicrosoft Excel (109.5 KB)
    • Net Present Social Value / Cost (NPSV/C) calculator Microsoft Excel (76.5 KB)
    • Non Monetary Impact TemplateMicrosoft Excel (16.19 KB)
    • Risk Impact Assessment TemplateMicrosoft Excel (15.97 KB)
    • Optimism bias calculator - buildings projectsMicrosoft Excel (219.5 KB)
    • Optimism bias calculator - civil engineering projectsMicrosoft Excel (199.5 KB)
    • Optimism bias calculator - equipment / outsourcing projectsMicrosoft Excel (224.5 KB)
    • Affordability templateMicrosoft Excel (44.5 KB)
    • Benefits profile templateMicrosoft Word (41 KB)
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