A section describing in detail the item or project under consideration is the beginning of your cost-benefit analysis. Create information prompts that are relevant both to your company and the ...

Costs are broken into three worksheets, one for each year, as are project benefits, since most IT projects require three years to demonstrate full maturity, cost climax, and return on investment.

Calculating the costs and benefits of an IT project is challenging, to say the least. Here's why it's worth doing, plus advice on how to conduct an analysis that can help your project get funded.