Is Your Business Case Ready for an Investment Decision? | Lesson 07

Is Your Business Case Ready for an Investment Decision? Establish investment readiness before commitment. Explore front-end planning and business case development in Course 001: Strategic Project Management for Infrastructure and Megaprojects, lesson 07 of 23. For project sponsors, engineers, managers and infrastructure delivery teams. Explain the strategic, economic, commercial, financial and management cases as UK guidance with wider adaptable principles. Define decision gates and maturity evidence. Do not confuse a persuasive narrative with a funded, deliverable plan. ILLUSTRATIVE CASE The rail business case has promising demand but unresolved land acquisition; conditional approval should name missing evidence and deadlines. This example supports decision practice; it is not evidence of a real project outcome. APPLY THE LESSON Five-case evidence checklist and readiness recommendation. Explain assumptions, evidence, responsible owner, decision criteria and one limitation. Pause to develop your own response, then compare the assumptions and evidence supporting your decision. KNOWLEDGE CHECK Is economic value equivalent to funding availability? No: social value and financial affordability answer different questions. FURTHER LEARNING HM Treasury: The Green Book 2026 https://www.gov.uk/government/publica... US GAO: Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-195g US GAO: Schedule Assessment Guide https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-16-89g Follow the course in learning order:    • Course INEX 01: Strategic Project Manageme...   All 23 lessons are public and arranged in learning order. Follow INEX Global Institute for strategic project management, HSE, resilience, net-positive infrastructure, risk management, AI and robotics. Subscribe:    / @inex-global-institute   What missing evidence would stop you approving the investment? Share your reasoning in the comments without disclosing confidential project information. Save the lesson to revisit the exercise. AI-assisted educational production. Case numbers are illustrative assumptions. Guidance and legal responsibilities depend on jurisdiction. Source organisations retain rights to their publications; references do not imply endorsement. Professional education; no accredited qualification or certification is promised. #StrategicProjectManagement #BusinessCase #FrontEndPlanning #InvestmentAppraisal #Infrastructure #INEXGlobalInstitute COURSE NAVIGATION Previous available lesson (06):    • Great Projects Can Still Make a Bad Portfo...   Next available lesson (08):    • Who Can Stop the Project? Design Governanc...