Business Analysis Step-by-Step: How to build a Business Case

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Daniel Berg

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1 - Welcome

1 - Welcome.mp4

02:01

2 - Business Case Fundamentals

2 - What is a Business Case.mp4

00:45

3 - Business Case Fundamentals and Common Mistakes.mp4

01:57

3 - Common-Mistakes-and-Mitigation.pdf

4 - Financial Metrics and Executive Considerations.mp4

06:18

4 - Key-Financial-Metrics-Cheat-Sheet.pdf

5 - Example-Business-Case-Framework.pdf

5 - Structuring business impacts in prep for Modeling.mp4

05:34

3 - Developing the financial model to understand the business case financials

6 - Best-Practices-for-Business-Case-Modeling.pdf

6 - Introduction to the Financial Model.mp4

04:04

7 - Modeling Business Case Inputs.mp4

10:02

8 - Financial-Model-before-Cash-Flows.xlsx

8 - Modeling Cash Flows.mp4

10:05

9 - Financial-Model-before-Key-Financial-Metrics.xlsx

9 - Modeling Key Financial Metrics.mp4

05:45

10 - Financial-Model-before-Summary-Math.xlsx

10 - Summary Math.mp4

07:54

10 - Summary-Math-Framework.pdf

11 - Financial-Model-before-Sensitivity-Analysis.xlsx

11 - Running Sensitivity Analysis.mp4

07:30

12 - Building a Dashboard to bring the financials to life.mp4

05:01

12 - Financial-Model-before-Dashboard.xlsx

13 - Financial-Model-before-Refining-Inputs.xlsx

13 - Setting and refining assumptions.mp4

04:09

13 - Techniques-for-Setting-and-Refining-Assumptions.pdf

14 - About advanced modeling techniques Regressions Monte Carlo Machine Learning.mp4

01:14

4 - The Business Case Brief

15 - Best-Practices-for-Business-Case-Brief.pdf

15 - Business-Case-Brief-Outline.pdf

15 - Communicating the business opportunity in a powerful Executive Brief.mp4

06:10

15 - Example-Brief-New-Product-Introduction.pdf

15 - Financial-Model-Final.xlsx

5 - Wrapup

16 - Wrapup and Closing.mp4

01:05

Description

A Step-by-Step approach to Financial Analysis, Business Case Development, and Executive-level Decision-Making

What You'll Learn?

Understand what is meant by the term Business Case and the components that should be included in a powerful Executive-level deliverable.
Understand metrics such as Net Present Value, Return on Investment, and Payback Period that executives consider before approving a new business opportunity.
Learn about the most common business case mistakes and how to avoid them.
See how to use a framework to structure and summarize business case impacts in preparation for review and financial modeling.
Create a financial analysis with cash flows, financial KPIs, sensitivity analysis, and intuitive dashboard to illuminate the path to a successful outcome.
Learn Best Practices for Financial Modeling and Executive Communications.
Learn techniques for refining assumptions to ensure the most accurate projections.
Consolidate all components into an executive-ready Business Case Brief that is ready for presentation, review and approval.

Who is this for?

Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced business owners, product managers, and financial analysts who want to learn how to develop a robust business case and financial model.

Special interest to those who are focused on preparing a business case for management/executive review.

What You Need to Know?

Basic spreadsheet and presentation skills (preferably Excel and Powerpoint).

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Description
What do Executives mean when they ask for a Business Case, and what content to they expect in a robust Business Case? How can you think like an Executive to understand and weigh considerations like Net Present Value (NPV), Return on Investment (ROI), Payback period, Revenues, and Profits? How can you build a robust financial analysis, starting from scratch and covering everything from cash flows to key financial metrics to sensitivity analysis and key performance indicators? How do you build a dashboard that people can use to understand the business opportunity, and how do you ultimately package it all up for executive-level approval? In this step-by-step hands-on guide to financial modeling and executive-level business case development, you will learn all this and more. We will start by talking about Business Case fundamentals, including necessary content, key financial metrics and when an executive is likely to prioritize one over another, and how to use a framework to structure your opportunity in preparation for modeling. Then we will open Excel and build a robust financial model from the ground up, complete with Cash Flows, Summary Math, Key Financial Metrics, and Sensitivity Analysis â€“ ultimately resulting in an intuitive and interactive Financial Dashboard. Weâ€™ll then organize and communicate the content in a powerful Executive Brief that will position your business opportunity for presentation, review and approval.
Who this course is for:
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced business owners, product managers, and financial analysts who want to learn how to develop a robust business case and financial model.
Special interest to those who are focused on preparing a business case for management/executive review.

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Daniel Berg, MBA, is a Pricing and Financial Analytics expert who helps leading technology companies achieve their financial goals by applying rigorous analytics to inform business strategy and optimize investments. Mr. Berg has over 10 years experience leading pricing & analytics functions at T-Mobile to help advance the Un-carrier revolution as T-Mobile grew from 10M to over 100M customers. Mr. Berg has an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School, an MSEE from University of Southern California, and a BSEE from Georgia Institute of Technology.

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