Building a business case to present to a board or your CIO/CFO can appear to be a daunting task however IT managers are increasingly called upon to present business cases for either the adoption of new systems, or the upgrade of existing systems. One of the greatest challenges has been how to present the benefits that can't be easily or readily quantified. By providing you with these tools and templates, we hope that this goes some why towards helping you build a case that you can present to your board.

ROI Calculators & Business Case Templates

The calculators listed below are designed to assist you with the financial aspect of building a business case for any of the scenarios listed below. These calculators have been re-produced with permission from Nucelus Research, and the Info-Tech Research Group. These tools should be treated as template models and guidelines only, but we are willing to assist you in building a business case for your IT projects - if you would like the help of our team please contact us.

Tool	Description	Download Link
Standard ROI Calculator	Build a financial business case to support your technology decision. Using the navigation buttons in the tool you'll enter appropriate cost and benefit information and then print both a summary and a detailed financdial report.	Standard ROI Calculator
CRM ROI Calculator	Will CRM add real value to your bottom line? This calculator is designed to help you evaluate the decision to implement CRM technology in your business.	CRM ROI Calculator
Business Intelligence ROI Tool	This calculator is designed to help you build a business case and support your business intelligence technology decision by evaluating the real value to your bottom line.	Business Intelligence ROI Tool
Business Impact Analysis Tool	Use this template to determine your organisation’s threshold or tolerance for downtime for each business unit. It considers factors such as resources, time frame's, financial costs, goodwill, as well as the positives.	Business Impact Analysis Tool
ERP Readiness Assement Tool	How prepared is your organisation for a full scale Enterprise Resource Planning solution? This template consists of a series of questions every business should consider asking themselves when comteplating the procurement and implementation of an ERP solution.	ERP Readiness Assessment Tool
Total Cost Of Ownership Calculator	This tool provides organisations with a framework for managing IT costs at both a strategic level and a daily operational level. The model breaks IT costs into two categories: direct and indirect costs	Total Cost Of Ownership Spreadsheet
SAP vs JD Edwards	This independent report analyses the total cost of ownership of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne vs SAP	JDE Vs SAP TCO Wars
Data Integration Project Analysis Tool	This calculator has been designed to enable you to identify which of the projects on your integration wish list should be given priority and which ones should be shelved	Data Integration Project Analysis
CRM On Demand, Business Impact Guidebook	An independently produced guidebook that will assist anyone trying to build a business case for implementing CRM on Demand.	CRM - Business Impact

Ndevr does not accept responsibility for any decisions or directions your organisation takes as a result of using these tools.