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Essential Skills for Writing Successful Business Cases Training Course

This masterclass will give you the skills and understanding to write clear, compelling and factual documents to give your business initiatives the best chance of success.

19 June 2024
+ 26 September 2024, 3 December 2024 »
from £249

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Format: Live online
CPD: 3 hours for your records
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Course overview

A business case is a document that presents a comprehensive analysis and justification for a proposed business initiative, project or investment.

Business cases are a means of giving decision-makers a clear understanding of a proposed initiative, including details of the opportunity, potential benefits, costs, possible risks and feasibility assessments. A clear, well written document is a means of presenting a proposed initiative and demonstrating how it will add value to the organisation and help to prioritise investment.

During this half-day course for in-house lawyers and the legal sector, the expert trainer will cover best practise in writing business cases, cover what to include in your rationale and explain how to put them to best use to give you a greater chance of proposing a successful business initiative.

This training course is part of our collection of Leadership & Management Training Courses which focus on leadership, innovation, strategy, communication, finance, problem solving and conflict management, to name a few key areas.

Benefits of attending

By attending this course you will:

Understand the purpose and use of business cases
Learn what should be included in a clearly written rationale
Get to grips with the skills for writing compelling business cases
Improve your communication and stakeholder management skills
Achieve the outcomes you require for your project

Who should attend?

This course has been specially designed for:

Senior business executives and managers
Business development managers
Project managers
In-house and private practice lawyers
Heads of legal teams

This course works well alongside the change management, project management and process management workshops.

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The Essential Skills for Writing Successful Business Cases course will cover:

Understanding the purpose and benefits of businesses cases

Purpose and usage
Common context and content
Making the content compelling
- Strategic alignment
- Scenario analysis

Business cases in practice: implementation and evaluation

Implementation plans
Measurement issues, including common KPIs and costs to the business
Stakeholder management, communicating and persuasion

Final questions

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Helene Russell
TheKnowledgeBusiness

Hélène Russell, founder of The Knowledge Business, is a UK solicitor (non-practising) and specialist in Knowledge, Learning and Innovation. After 8 years in practice, primarily in clinical negligence litigation defence, she has worked as a self-employed knowledge management consultant for 13 years. Hélène specialises in practical tools to improve the efficiency and profitability of real-life law firms.

Hélène has extensive experience in business strategy, project management and teaching leadership skills. She runs a popular 'KM Strategy + coaching' course in UK and has written short form and lengthy strategies for a variety of law firms, as well, of course, as writing her own business’s strategy. Hélène has spoken at various events, including Ark’s KM Legal, Lexpo-18, for UWE, St Andrew’s University, BLS and Allice, and chaired international conferences.

She runs a global online KM training and networking group and is a core committee member organising the annual UK Knowledge Mobilisation Conference and Chair of CILIP’s Knowledge and Information Management Special Interest Group. Hélène has an executive MBA with distinction (which included a strategy module), and she is the sole author of two textbooks, contributor to five of Ark’s multi-author books and is currently contracted to Facet Publishing to write a handbook on KM Strategy.

More details

NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

30% off the 2nd delegate*
40% off the 3rd delegate*
50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

19 June 2024

Live online

13:30-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+01)
14:30-18:00 Paris (UTC+02)
08:30-12:00 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 14281

GBP 249 299
EUR 359 429
USD 411 489

Until 15 May

3 hours of live online training
Browser-based, no download usually required
See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
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for 7 days, no obligation

26 September 2024

Live online

13:30-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+01)
14:30-18:00 Paris (UTC+02)
08:30-12:00 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 14282

GBP 249 299
EUR 359 429
USD 411 489

Until 22 Aug

3 hours of live online training
Browser-based, no download usually required
See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
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for 7 days, no obligation

3 December 2024

Live online

13:30-17:00 UK (London) (UTC+00)
14:30-18:00 Paris (UTC+01)
08:30-12:00 New York (UTC-05)
Course code 14283

GBP 249 299
EUR 359 429
USD 411 489

Until 29 Oct

3 hours of live online training
Browser-based, no download usually required
See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
Fair transfer and cancellation policy

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for 7 days, no obligation

* Early booking discounts may not be combined with other discounts or offers. As such, the discounts for 2nd/3rd/4th delegates are based on the full price; and apply only when booking multiple delegates on the same date.