The Scenario
A South African logistics company's core operations system is 12 years old. It crashes weekly, cannot integrate with modern tracking APIs, and the vendor has announced end-of-life. A replacement will cost approximately R5M over 2 years. The board meets in 3 weeks.
The Brief
Build a comprehensive investment business case suitable for board presentation. Include strategic alignment, financial analysis, risk assessment, and a clear recommendation.
Deliverables
- Strategic alignment: how the investment supports the company's 3-year strategy
- Financial analysis: 5-year NPV, ROI, and payback period with stated assumptions
- A risk register with at least 8 risks, each rated by likelihood × impact, with mitigations and contingencies
- A sensitivity analysis: how the NPV changes if costs increase by 20% or benefits decrease by 30%
- An executive summary (max 200 words) that a non-technical board member would understand
Submission Guidance
A board-level business case is not a technical document. The board cares about: "How much? How long? What if it goes wrong? What happens if we do nothing?" Answer these.
Submit Your Work
Your submission is graded against the rubric on the right. If you pass, you get a public Badge URL you can share on LinkedIn. There is no draft save, so work offline first and paste your finished response here.