Business Cases

Cases well made

Business case development to inform and accelerate programme delivery, using the Five Case model to ensure the right outcomes.

We craft compelling stories, grounded in data, to support evidence-based decisions and unlock funding

The most persuasive business cases understand the people reading them. That’s why we make it easy for boards and decision-makers to get to the heart of the detail they need.

Using the Five Case model to ensure Green Book compliance, blended with behavioural science, we distil complex information into clear, powerful stories. Then we back it up with hard evidence, presented in a simple and meaningful way.

We’ll help you to kick the tyres, fill knowledge gaps, and validate your plans… all while standing up to scrutiny.

Full business case production

Rapid production of Five Case Model Strategic Outline Cases, Outline Business Cases, Full Business Cases and Programme Business Cases

Developing internal capability

Collaboration with your teams to grow their business case skills

Navigation of approval levels

Support to negotiate complex and lengthy business case approval

Responsive and flexible support

Adapting existing business cases to changes in circumstance

Swift analysis

Speedy, robust reviews of existing business cases

Some of our work

Pensions administration reprocurement FBC

The NHS Business Services Authority’s reprocurement of the pensions administration service programme underpins the running of the NHS Pension Scheme and is a high profile piece of work. As part of a long term assignment with the NHS BSA and the Department of Health and Social Care, we were engaged to produce a Full Business Case for this reprocurement which needed to strictly follow a 5 case model and be compliant with HM Treasury Green Book guidance.

Procurement and Transition of Pension Admin OBC and FBC

The Cabinet Office is the ‘Scheme Manager’ for both the Civil Service and Royal Mail Pension Schemes, 2 of the largest UK schemes. The Future Services Programme was established to run the procurement and transition of services to the new transformed contracts. Acuity are providing the Programme Director for this high-profile programme. A key component of this role was to author, socialise and secure approval of the OBC (pre-procurement)and FBC post procurement for these contracts from senior governance bodies across government.

National payroll and HR service OBC

The NHS Electronic Staff Record solution (ESR) is a single workforce management tool for the NHS: offering an ‘end to end’ workforce management solution during NHS employment. It provides salary payments and other pay-related remuneration to 1.8 million employees, circa 5% of the working population in England and Wales. We were commissioned to provide specialist business case expertise in supporting the production of an Outline Business Case (OBC) for the reprocurement of the service.

The knowledge, skills and diligence demonstrated have put us in a good position to get our business case approved and avoid delays to the programme.

Deputy Director, Government Business Services, Cabinet Office

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