This series is focused on building business cases for transformational cloud ERP initiatives by aligning projected future capabilities to core business drivers. We're in the middle of unpacking the four components of the business case, which are:

Hypothesis
Evidence
Analysis
Recommendation
We covered the hypothesis and the first stage of gathering evidence in prior posts. And we explored common, primary benefit areas and rich working capital benefits in the two most recent posts.

Congratulations again! You now have a hypothesis that suggests a business pain exists, and you have some evidence that your hypothesis is valid. You have collected evidence by interviewing staff, managers, and executives; by observing certain inefficient behaviors; and, where applicable, looking outside of the company to confirm that such problems have occurred in other organizations and that other organizations have realized value from solving them.