Executive course / 102 min
RDI Economics for the Business Case
A short executive course for finance partners, commercial directors, and senior owner-side leaders on building, defending, and tracking a Reality-Driven Intelligence business case with the discipline finance expects. The reader is the person assembling or scrutinising the spreadsheet, not the user of the workflow.
Introduction
Your guide to rdi economics for the business case
A short executive course for finance partners, commercial directors, and senior owner-side leaders on building, defending, and tracking a Reality-Driven Intelligence business case with the discipline finance expects. The reader is the person assembling or scrutinising the spreadsheet, not the user of the workflow.
What you will learn
- Separate operational savings, risk mitigation, and capacity cleanly on three lines.
- Publish ranges, sources, and a one-page sensitivity table that survives finance scrutiny.
- Distinguish replacement and supporting models and know when each is appropriate.
- Use directional public numbers without confusing education with quoting.
- Stand up an outcomes tracker so the next case is built on actual rather than promised data.
Who this is for
Finance partner · Commercial director · Project director · Owner representative
Chapters
6 chapters · 102 minutes
- Chapter 01The three shapes of RDI valueHow operational savings, risk mitigation, and capacity behave differently in a business case, and why blending them into one number tends to weaken rather than strengthen the case.17 min
- Chapter 02Confidence bands and credibilityWhy a defensible business case publishes ranges, sources, and assumptions, and why a single confident number tends to lose finance trust before the meeting starts.17 min
- Chapter 03Replacement versus supporting modelsWhy the two main shapes of RDI value model differently, and why naming each one separately tends to strengthen the case rather than weaken it.17 min
- Chapter 04Directional public numbersWhy public ROI calculators have a distinct role in the conversation, and how to use them without confusing education with quoting.16 min
- Chapter 05Building a defensible business caseA practical walkthrough of assembling a business case that survives finance scrutiny: structure, sources, NPV framing, sensitivity, and the rehearsal that surrounds the document.18 min
- Chapter 06Tracking outcomes after go-liveWhy the business case should be revisited against actual outcomes, what to measure, and how the discipline of tracking changes future cases for the better.17 min