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5 Cs of Business Casing
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CompleteConsistentConciseNon ContrivedUses Common Sense
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Problem Statement
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Clear definition of state we are in, state we would like to be in, and benefit we will find in being there (spend 60% of your time here)
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Criteria
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Set of criteria to be used to locate the optimal solution (10% of time)
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Alternatives
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Scoping of reasonable solutions where search is broad enough to contain the optimal solution (10%)
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Non Financial Analysis
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Review of impact of the decisions on operations (5%)
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Financial Analysis
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Review of financial benefits and costs
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Make a Choice
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Balance tradeoffs between financial and non-financial accounts (virtually no time - this should come naturally)
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5 Total Impact Accounts
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Financial effectiveness & efficiencyStewardship of the natural environmentSustainability of the economic environmentSafety of public & employeesService to customer
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RISKS
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Timing/Cash flow sequenceProject completion riskAssumption ErrorObsolescence
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Financial Criteria
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Financial returns to stockholdersOperational cost savingsSalvage value of equipmentReduced acquisition cost of assets, good, and servicesAsset value savings
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Sustainability Criteria
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New employmentEconomic activity benefits
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Environmental Criteria
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Air emissionsWater emissionsContaminated soilRecycled materials
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Social Impact Criteria
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AestheticsAreas of cultural, historical, or archaeological significanceQuality of lifeRecreationPublic and worker safetyProgressive Employment
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Customer Service Criteria
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Quality of products or servicesCash-flow implicationsMarket or one-time impacts to customers' land or propertyChanges to quality of non-core service areas (tech assistance)
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NPV
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Sum of discounted benefits - sum of discounted costs
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