Lean Business Case For
Lean Business Case For
(Use for tracking, aging and (Who is the epic owner?) (List the names of key stakeholders)
analysis in the Kanban)
Epic Description:
(Consider using the epic Hypothesis Statement in the epic article as a starting point for a description of the
epic.)
(Describe how the success of the epic will be (Establish innovation accounting metrics to provide
measured: for example, 50% increase in shoppers leading indicators of the outcomes hypothesis: for
under 25; Availability increases from 95% to 99.7%, example, a measurable change in purchaser
etc. ) demographics within 30 days of feature release)
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(Brief summary of the analysis that has been formed to create (Go, or No-Go recommendation)
the business case.
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Lean Business Case for <short name of epic>
Solution Analysis
Which Internal and/or external customers are affected, and how?
(Identify solutions, programs, services, teams, departments, etc. that will may be impacted by this epic)
(For external solutions or products, describe any potential impact on how the product is sold, distributed, or
deployed)
Forecasted Costs
MVP Cost: Estimated Implementation Cost:
(What is the investment requested to fund the (What is the estimated investment (cost) of full
MVP (the MVP cost))? implementation of the epic if the MVP hypothesis is
proven true? This estimate is refined of over time)
Forecasted Returns
Type of Return:
(Market share, increased revenue, improved productivity, new markets served, etc.)
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Lean Business Case for <short name of epic>
Development Strategy
In-house or Outsourced Development:
(Epics are defined as a single whole, but each epic undergoes incremental implementation. Click here for
details on potential strategies.)
(Describe any constraints for sequencing the epic and identify any potential dependencies with other epics
or solutions)
(Other supporting documentation, links to other data, feasibility or trade studies, models, market analysis,
etc., that were used in the creation of the business case)