Vable believes that business skills for library and information professionals are as essential as research skills. Business planning is essential to guarantee future success. But if business plans are about formulating your strategy, business cases provide the real detail behind your well-crafted plan’s bullet points.
Business cases require written preparation and a substantial investment of time by the information manager/director. They are challenging documents to write because they directly targeting your organization’s senior business and finance teams. Demonstrating your serious intent to management is essential and a professional business case can help convince decision-makers that they should back your proposed initiative.
