Advisory · Organisation · Development
Feasibility studies & business cases
1. Brief service summary
Prepare an investment or launch decision by comparing project options and their implementation conditions. The engagement structures assumptions, needs and uncertainties to produce an explainable file, without equating a favourable scenario with demonstrated feasibility in every dimension.
2. Your needs
A project idea appears relevant, but beneficiaries, resources, costs and operating conditions still need specifying. Several solutions are contemplated without a common basis for comparison. You wish to determine what needs studying, which assumptions to test and which matters could justify deferring or revising the decision before committing substantial resources.
3. Objectives of the engagement
Clarify the need addressed by the project and establish a coherent decision rationale. The approach aims to connect expected benefits, necessary resources, dependencies and risks. It helps distinguish documented assumptions, estimates and unknowns, then prepare criteria for selecting an option, requesting an additional study or not proceeding.
4. Indicative scope
The engagement may cover needs analysis, solution options, cost scenarios and operating conditions. Commercial, financial or technical studies are coordinated according to the expertise engaged. Sensitivities to volumes, timescales and expenses are made explicit; authorizations, land availability or technical capabilities are not presumed confirmed merely because a business case exists.
5. Possible delivery arrangements
Scoping workshops, source analysis and scenario comparison may precede a decision review. Assumptions are dated and attributed to sources. Specialist experts may be needed for some dimensions; their intervention, independence and the scope of conclusions must be agreed before use in the file.
6. Possible deliverables
As agreed: a preliminary feasibility note, an options file, a business case and an assumptions register. A roadmap of additional studies may specify elements to confirm before commitment. Deliverables are indicative; they constitute neither a financing commitment nor technical or administrative validation of the project.
7. Conditions and limitations
Service 01.05 covers feasibility within a strategic approach; this service prepares a decision on an identified project. No return, commercial demand or timetable is guaranteed. Detailed structuring falls under 16.03 and financing under 16.06. Conclusions remain conditional on data and studies actually available.