How do I make the case for what I want to do?

How do I Describe What I'm Going to Do (Change Page Title)

• How do I make the case for hiring staff?

You can do a skills audit and a skills gap analysis. You should identify the reasons why the vacancy has arisen; the operational benefits; the reasons for filling the vacancy now; the business need; impact on other staff; the proposed budget or means of supporting the post

• How do I make the case for procuring preservation services?

• How do I make the case for starting a preservation project?

• How do I make the case for implementing preservation in my organisation?

• What are you proposing?

    You need to propose a set activities that are scoped properly and which clearly address the problem that you 
    have identified.  It could be a short, one off task or a longer series of activities which span multiple collections.
    Ask whether this is a 'capital' project - ie one off with a fixed completion point - or a 'revenue' activity which will
    be ongoing and indefinite.  You might illustrate it with a workflow diagram.  It helps to provide three components - a 
    risk assessment for the tasks (ie what might go wrong); a quality plan (how will you check that it works); and criteria
    for success (to prove it has worked).

• What tools and skills do you need?

    This is very specific to your task but there are a few ways you can identify the sorts of tools and skills you need.  For 
    example, have you done a pilot of the project?  If so you will already know the sorts of tools and skills you need and will be
    able to answer this more confidently.  You can also talk to some of the interested stakeholders, like IT managers or users. 
    Some things you might need to consider:
    Tools for impact assessment- how will we know if the project has been a success/what it's impact has been?
    engagement: is there a need to engage certain stakeholders? What tools could we use to do this?
    measurement: how  do we know if the project is progressing as planned?
    Do we need to develop new tools or are suitable off-the shelf options available?
    What tools will be used to monitor risK? 
    

• How do you gather feedback?

    A decent stakeholder analysis should be the starting point for this. Once you havev identified your stakeholders you can work
   out the best ways to gather feedbakc from them. Depending on the type of project you are making the case for you may be
   able to insert ways to gain feedback from the system you will implement.

• What are the rights issues?

    Here's a useful place to start: http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr12-02  - Andrew Charlesworth's technology watch report for 
    the DPC on Intellectual Property Rights and Preservation

• How will it be reused (policy question)?

  It's important to think about how the implementation of you project might impact the policies in place within you institution.
  If your instituion has a policy in place supporting the reuse of data then identify how your project supports this and how
  existing policies may need to reflect new workflows.