Which option describes a reason to document the benefits and risks expected from a business case?

Question

Options

• Ato have a basis for the project manager's performance rating
• Bto have a consistent basis for judging the effectiveness of a solution
• Cso that everyone has common understanding of problems that are likely to occur with the first
• Dto give the project sponsor a basis to support additional funding for deployment on a larger

• A
  14% (5)
• B
  73% (27)
• C
  5% (2)
• D
  8% (3)

Explanation

Documenting expected benefits and risks in a business case creates a consistent baseline against which the actual outcomes of a solution can be measured - making B correct. Without this documented benchmark, there is no objective standard to determine whether the solution delivered what was promised.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is wrong because the business case is not a performance management tool for the project manager; it exists to justify and guide the initiative itself.
• C is wrong because it conflates risk documentation with problem communication - while risks are documented, the purpose is evaluation, not ensuring everyone understands likely problems.
• D is wrong because the business case supports the initial funding decision; lobbying for additional deployment funding is a secondary, situational use - not the core reason to document benefits and risks.

Memory tip: Think of the business case as a contract with the future - you write down what you expect (benefits and risks) so you can later hold the outcome accountable to those expectations. "Consistent basis for judging" = measuring actual vs. predicted value.

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