Build a review-effort business case

Put a measurable question behind the investment.

Use your current workload and a testable target to shape a focused evaluation.

30 minutes · Demonstration data · No project upload required

Build your internal business case

0:00 / Put the workload into numbers.

Before discussing value, describe the work your team does today. The review effort worksheet compares your current workload with a target you choose. It helps frame an evaluation, without assuming that a saving has already been achieved.

0:15 / Establish the current effort.

Here is an illustrative example. Twenty projects, one review per month, and four hours per review require eighty hours each month. Use your own representative workload when you build the real case.

0:29 / Compare the two scenarios.

Select Try an example to see the worksheet in action. A target of two and a half hours per review gives fifty hours per month. Current effort minus target effort leaves a thirty hour difference.

0:43 / Give the difference its right name.

That difference is a capacity target to validate. Multiplying by an hourly team cost estimates capacity value. It is not automatically cash savings or net return on investment. Software charges and implementation effort also belong in your decision.

1:02 / Test effort and quality together.

Use a focused pilot to test the target. Compare similar reviews, record actual effort, and check that the required review quality is maintained. Keep the assumptions with the result so another manager can understand the comparison.

1:18 / Bring the assumptions to the meeting.

Build your own scenario, download the worksheet, and use it to agree what the evaluation should measure. A transparent case gives your team a stronger basis for deciding what comes next.