Needs Statement document

You can use a Needs Statement document to describe a business need or a deficiency in your organization, justify the exploration of an alternative solutions to resolve this need, and then provide estimated costs for these actions.
Needs Statement Purpose is to:

• Help Project Stakeholders understands why investment is required to address this business need.
• Identify an idea (for example, training to improve customer service) that may require an investment depending on the specific business need.
• Provide sufficient information to justify whether or not your organization should move forward with the development of a Business Case.
• The Needs Statement document is often developed before the Business Case and serves as a fore-runner for this document.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
1.1 Project Description
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Scope
1.4 Risks
1.5 Issues
1.6 System Overview
1.7 Point of Contact
2 Need Description
2.1 Description
2.2 Benefits
2.3 Capabilities
2.4 Organization Effect
2.5 Need assessment
2.6 Constraints
2.7 Estimated costs
2.8 Integration

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