Step by step guide to building a business case

1 Preparation

• get a business case template
• get a copy of your organisation's strategy
• read.....

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2 audit your digital content

• identify what you've got
• get generic list of risks
• make a list of risks for your digitial content/collection

3 audit your organisation's readiness (policy/strategy, skills/infrastructure)

• see list of 'aspects of readiness'
• get generic list of risks
• make list of issues/risks for your organisation

4 work out what you want to do

• describe what you want to do (where you want to get to)
• describe resource needed - staff/infrastructure
• identify costs (see list of types of costs)

5 benefits

• get a generic list of digitial preservation benefits
• make a list of benefits for your digital content/collection
• map those benefits to your organisation's strategy (prioritise benefits/work out what will appeal to your sponsor)

6 what else

• benefits, risks and costs are core - what else do you need to do for your organisation's business case?