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== Structure ==
== Structure ==
[[Background and context]] should not be the umbrella heading for [[Understand the collection]], [[Institutional readiness]] and [[Stakeholder analysis]]. These four sections do all fall within the 'information gathering' stage of writing the business case, so could perhaps be grouped under a separate heading of 'Do your research' (or something along those lines). [[Background and context]] could be retitled 'External context' (the other pages are also concerned with contextual information, but this is mostly internal.
[[Background and context]] should not be the umbrella heading for [[Understand the collection]], [[Institutional readiness]] and [[Stakeholder analysis]]. These four sections do all fall within the 'information gathering' stage of writing the business case, so could perhaps be grouped under a separate heading of 'Description of context' (or something along those lines). [[Background and context]] could be retitled 'External context' (the other pages are also concerned with contextual information, but this is mostly internal.
 
== Understanding your collection ==
There is potentially some overlap between this section and [[Background and context]] and [[Stakeholder analysis]] pages. The amount of information practitioners will need to gather about their collections will depend on the focus of their business case. If they are concentrating on a single collection, the may well need to

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Structure

Background and context should not be the umbrella heading for Understand the collection, Institutional readiness and Stakeholder analysis. These four sections do all fall within the 'information gathering' stage of writing the business case, so could perhaps be grouped under a separate heading of 'Description of context' (or something along those lines). Background and context could be retitled 'External context' (the other pages are also concerned with contextual information, but this is mostly internal.

Understanding your collection

There is potentially some overlap between this section and Background and context and Stakeholder analysis pages. The amount of information practitioners will need to gather about their collections will depend on the focus of their business case. If they are concentrating on a single collection, the may well need to