Price the task.
Then test the value.
Freed hours only become a business case when something concrete changes. Start with the task, include the running cost, then name where the value lands.
Your case, on one card.
Name where the value lands before calling this a business case.
A quieter week can be worthwhile. It isn’t automatically a saving on the P&L.
Save this case.
The figures above travel with this form. If you change them, reopen the form to use the updated case.
Use the book’s benchmarks as a sense check.
Personal productivity: somewhere north of €10,000 a year. A team or department: roughly €50,000–€100,000. Organisation-wide cases need a different level of scrutiny.
These are sorting guides, not a reason to abandon a small first build that you can finish and learn from. For a revenue case, validate the incremental margin you actually capture; a wage-based time estimate is only a starting point.
Formula: people × hours per week × hourly cost × 52 × share removed. Annual net subtracts 12 months of running costs. Payback divides build cost by positive monthly net value.
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