Business Case & Financial Planning
The business case for cloud is not primarily about cost reduction. It is about making the right cost visible — and then making better decisions with that visibility.
What this chapter does for you
Section titled “What this chapter does for you”Most cloud business cases are written backwards: a target number is chosen and the analysis is constructed to justify it. This chapter takes the opposite approach. It gives you the methodology to build an honest business case — one that a CFO can stress-test, a board can adopt, and a project team can be held accountable to.
Your next step
Section titled “Your next step”- Start with TCO Analysis — establish the full cost of the current state before modelling cloud economics.
- Build the ROI & Payback model on the TCO foundation.
- Develop Scenarios to stress-test the base case.
- Quantify the Sovereignty Premium for your industry context.
- Consolidate into the Business Case Narrative for board presentation.