Better Business Cases for Capital Proposals
Page updated 2 Nov 2011
The Government wants to improve the quality of analysis and decision-making around State Sector capital proposals. The Better Business Cases framework assists this through clear rules and expectations, clear processes, scalable standards, and clear guidance, training and ongoing support.
Changes from the 2010 release of guidance are based on feedback from agencies and other key stakeholders. Key differences in the 2011 guidance from 2010 include:
- Clearer link with good practice project & programme methodologies
- Link with Ministry of Economic Development procurement guidance
- Clearer linking with co-dependent processes e.g. Policy development process, PPP alignment, Budget process.
The following documents explain the process in general terms:
- Better Business Cases for Capital Proposals: Quick Reference Guide
- Better Business Cases Online Module - NEW - Module bridging the Quick Reference Guide and the more detailed guidance booklets.
- Presentation: Capital Asset Management Better Business Cases 2011
- Overview - includes Scoping Document
The following business case guidance booklets explain each of the components of the process:
- Strategic Assessment
- Programme Business Case
- Indicative Business Case (to inform stage 1 decision)
- Detailed Business Case (to inform stage 2 decision)
- Implementation Plan
- Single Stage Business Case (to inform one Cabinet decision) (based on 2010 guidance)- bbc-single-stage.pdf (430 KB)
- Single Stage Business Case (Tertiary Education Sector) (based on 2010 guidance) - bbc-single-tec.pdf (425 KB)
Links to other related guidance:
- Better Capital Planning and Decision Making: Quick Reference Guide (National Infrastructure Unit)
- Cabinet Office Circular CO (10) 2
- Best Practice and Methodology - Projects, Programmes and Portfolios (Cabinet Office, United Kingdom)
- Public Private Partnerships (PPP) (National Infrastructure Unit, the Treasury)
- Strategic procurement (Ministry of Economic Development)
- Cost Benefit Analysis Primer for options analysis (the NZ Treasury)
- Generic Policy Development Process (Ministry of Economic Development)
- Investment Logic Mapping (ILM) and Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA)(State Services Commission)
- Independent Quality Assurance (IQA) (under development by State Services Commission)
- Gateway reviews (State Services Commission)
- Regulatory impact analysis (the NZ Treasury)
- Regulatory impact statement independent quality assurance (IQA) (the NZ Treasury)
- Major Project Monitoring (State Services Commission)
