Business Case Pro Formas

The documents below are based on HM Treasury Better Business Cases guidance and, if appropriate, follow the Five Case Model for preparing business cases. These have been produced as general aids to the business case process. With this in mind, DoF encourages departments to adapt and tailor these to suit their own specific needs as appropriate – this can mean departments applying expenditure thresholds to their customised pro forma, if considered more appropriate to their own needs and requirements.

As a broad guide to assist departments with determining their approach to use of pro formas, the “minor” general BC pro forma may be useful for very low value, straightforward and low risk proposals, which could include business as usual and repeat expenditure, and for which detailed option analysis would be deemed superfluous to the expenditure decision. Broadly speaking also, for proposals that are relatively low value and risk, but where there could be various options to appraise and there is uncertainty in decision-making, the pro forma for “moderate” spend may be useful. The business case template for “major” expenditure, which is primarily an Outline Business Case template, may be used for appraising larger scale/more complex proposals which carry greater risk – this is likely to include proposals of several million pounds and over, including those above DoF delegated limits. The intention with introducing the template is to provide structure for these larger cases and avoid disproportionate effort by keeping appraisers focussed on the key requirements of such business cases.

Documents

• Business Case Pro Forma for Minor Expenditure Microsoft Word (92 KB)
• Business Case Pro Forma for Moderate Expenditure Microsoft Word (119 KB)
• Business Case Template for Major Expenditure Microsoft Word (89 KB)
• Business Case Pro Forma for a Strategic Outline Case (SOC) Microsoft Word (101 KB)
• Five Case Model FBC Pro Forma Microsoft Word (101 KB)
• General Addendum Pro Forma All Expenditure Microsoft Word (103 KB)
• Evaluation pro forma for general projects Microsoft Word (54 KB)
• Business case pro forma for office accommodation Microsoft Word (122 KB)
• Five Case Model Contract Extension Pro Forma Microsoft Word (57 KB)
• Business case pro forma for professional services, including external consultancy Microsoft Word (52 KB)
• Post project evaluation pro forma for professional services Microsoft Word (42 KB)

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