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Research theme · Decision & change

Business Case & Value Realisation

How do we fund the change and prove the value was real?

A permanent research theme — one of fifteen questions this pillar exists to answer
IndependentEvidence-backedReviewed Jul 2026Sources 54Methodology

Overview

Building and defending finance transformation business cases, and the measurement discipline that establishes whether the projected value actually materialised.

Themes cut across the nine finance domains. An article lives in one domain, but may speak to this theme from several — which is why this page is an index, not a home.

If — and only if — technology is part of the answer here, this is the independently assessed market.

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How it works →

The Executive Finance Assessment reads your organisation against the same maturity spine, decision archetypes and benchmark models used across this pillar — so what you read here and what it tells you about Business Case & Value Realisation are expressed in one vocabulary, not two.

Executive Finance Assessment

What does business case & value realisation mean for your organisation?

Research frames the question in general. The Executive Finance Assessment answers it for your finance function specifically — with your position, your highest-impact move and the evidence behind it.

Begins with a free Executive Brief — about five minutes, anonymous, no account. Full assessment €59, one-time. It complements the research; it does not replace it.