From Insight to Investment: Building the Business Case
Model TCO with variables that actually move: energy prices, vendor escalators, hiring costs, and expected demand. Include elastic levers for scaling down in lean quarters. Show stakeholders how cost curves bend under different macro scenarios to avoid overcommitting during uncertain cycles.
From Insight to Investment: Building the Business Case
Replace a single ROI number with a range informed by rate paths and demand elasticity. Run base, upside, and downside cases that explicitly tie to market conditions. Note which assumptions are fragile and design experiments to validate them quickly, reducing costly strategic drift.