{"id":10445,"date":"2016-10-08T12:56:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T16:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.analystik.ca\/blogue\/?p=10445"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:33:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T20:33:46","slug":"you-need-to-develop-a-new-application-do-you-have-a-business-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analystik.ca\/blogue\/language\/en\/you-need-to-develop-a-new-application-do-you-have-a-business-case\/","title":{"rendered":"You need to develop a new application?\u00a0 Fine, do you have a Business Case?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>100 times go back to your work, again, again and again\u2026 and so it goes also for your Application Development Project and your Application Development Business Case.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is among all enterprises, budgets are getting scarce and their distribution is getting rare as well. When it comes to application development project, we clearly see where it starts but not necessarily where it will end and not always in a good manner for that matter; which leaves bad memories and a bitter taste in the mouth of too many C-levels.<\/p>\n<p>Although the initial motivation to start an application development project seems legitimate in the eyes of CMOs, CIOs or CTOs; their Application Development Business Case not always adequately supports it. The general idea is always to increase revenues but maybe we can add some rigor to it since you\u2019ll have to sell your project on the inside and validate your Application Development Business Case.<\/p>\n<p>Your challenge consists mostly in answering a few questions and validate your initial assumptions. So, here\u2019s a basic pathway and a few useful arguments.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>PRELIMINARY PLAN<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><strong> The application benefits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Offer an overview of the use of such an application amongst enterprises. Many statistics and reports can outline the increase in use of this type of application in your field of activities and highlight the advantages it provides to competitors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increased productivity<\/strong>.\u00a0Mobile apps can increase productivity within the workplace\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2014\/11\/the-productivity-payoff-of-mobile-apps-at-work\">as much as 40%<\/a> and automating non performing processes can generate formidable gains.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instant access anytime, anywhere.<\/strong>\u00a0The Intranet is no match with such a functionality in terms of cost reduction and efficiency!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved communications.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Connecting with both employees and Clients better and faster is a must in any application development project nowadays!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Better decision-making<\/strong>.\u00a0By providing instant access to all documentation, an application can greatly help reducing human errors and enhance decision-making quality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h3><strong> Highlight the positive impact on your business<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify which business processes will be enhanced and by which proportion.<\/li>\n<li>Define precisely your project cost in time and resources.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate the validity of your security solutions in terms of development, implementation and efficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate the soundness of your application development project in terms of updates, upgrades and maintenance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h3><strong> Demonstrate your ROI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>No one will embrace your business case unless you can demonstrate how exactly it will provide a return on investment; by reducing costs, increasing revenues, reducing time loss, improving productivity, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Here are examples of relevant data for a Sales Application Development Business Case:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Statistics clearly show that Tablets can increase Sales:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tech.co\/time-invest-mobile-sales-app-2015-10\">70% of Sales Executives in organisations are favourable to providing Sales Teams with Tablets<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The same statistics showing the intentions of competitors could be as convincing: <a href=\"http:\/\/tech.co\/time-invest-mobile-sales-app-2015-10\">90% of organisations plan to increase their investment in Tablet Sales solutions.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>They say \u201cThe Devil is in the details\u201d, well I say, \u201cThe Heaven is in the details\u201d because details will prove that you have done your homework. For instance, if you could demonstrate the productivity gains and contract errors reduction, and the collateral financial benefits, by going paperless and \u201cbusiness on-the-go\u201d compared to paper-based or Intranet-based methods; that should provide pretty solid information for nice financial projections on Power Point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>FORMAL PLAN<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Step 1. General Description<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Nature of the Application Development Project<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Objectives\n<ul>\n<li>Business Objectives addressed by the project<\/li>\n<li>Project Scenarios (cost, time, resources, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Answering basic questions:\n<ul>\n<li>Who will use the application and for what purpose?<\/li>\n<li>And, what information will they be manipulating?<\/li>\n<li>What are the financial benefits?<\/li>\n<li>Which financial metrics will measure the benefits?<\/li>\n<li>Which non financial benefits will be generated?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Context <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Why are the project\u2019s objectives important?<\/li>\n<li>How will the project\u2019s objectives align with our business strategy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Threats and Constraints<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain which threats and constraints make this application development project a necessity for the enterprise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 2. \u2013 Business Case Definition<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Scope and boundaries <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Define the scope and boundaries of the application development project in terms of cost, time and resources<\/li>\n<li>Explain costs and benefits for all parties involved<\/li>\n<li>Define the analysis time period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Assumptions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify major assumptions for projected costs and benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain the reasoning behind the projected benefits of the project<\/li>\n<li>Explain how you calculate the value of non financial benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Cost model <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Detail your cost scenario\n<ul>\n<li>Identify all parties that will benefit from using the application<\/li>\n<li>Identify all parties involved in the application development project<\/li>\n<li>Detail your application development cost scenario for a 5-year period (development, evolution, upgrades, updates, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Detail your application maintenance cost scenario for a 5-year period (development, evolution, upgrades, updates, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Detail your application development cost distribution scenario amongst all parties involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Having gone through this process, presented a development project which makes sense, identified your application\u2019s users and get it all approved by Management, you can now start thinking about \u00a0\u00bb screens\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Application Development Project,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denis Paul &amp; Michel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>100 times go back to your work, again, again and again\u2026 and so it goes also for your Application Development Project and your Application Development Business Case. 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