Decision structure
Separate the problem, solution fit, delivery choice, and timing so each part can be decided on its own evidence.
Follow-on service / Rebuild the case
Decision Case Reconstruction
Rebuilds a potentially viable technology proposal whose evidence, scope, economics, delivery plan, or ownership cannot yet support approval.
- Scope
- Defined proposal / incomplete case
- Timing
- Scoped to the gaps in the case
- Fee range
- $20,000–$35,000
The decision
What must change, and what evidence is still needed, before this initiative can return for a decision?
Commission Decision Case Reconstruction when the opportunity may be real but the requested scope, timing, product mechanism, resource plan, or return lacks enough support.
You receive a reconstructed decision case, a record of the alternatives and revised scope, a validation plan, and a brief for the next approval point. Management remains responsible for the proposal and final decision.
Decisions covered
Decisions this service can address.
- 01
Can a broad AI programme become a defensible first commitment?
- 02
What evidence does the business case need before funding can be considered?
- 03
Should the organisation build, buy, partner, wait, or use a non-AI option?
- 04
Can the scope and economics of a platform rebuild fit the available delivery capacity?
- 05
What test would show whether a product opportunity exists beyond the demonstration?
- 06
Which conditions would make a revised proposal ready for reconsideration?
Scope of review
What the service examines.
The work stays tied to the defined commitment. Its depth depends on the available evidence and the exposure involved.
Investment logic
Rebuild the link from the problem and proposed mechanism through adoption, capability, operation, economics, and measurable result.
Credible alternatives
Compare full approval with a smaller version, staged funding, a narrower test, buying, partnering, waiting, the current process, or closure.
Evidence plan
Specify the evidence needed for the decisive assumptions and keep the validation work proportionate to the commitment.
Scope and economics
Align the proposed result, technical boundary, resource model, operating cost, timing, and expected return.
Conditions and ownership
Give each evidence task, funding gate, stop condition, and next decision a named owner and date.
Deliverables
What the decision owner receives.
Reconstructed decision case
An internally consistent account of the problem, proposed mechanism, evidence, economics, delivery conditions, and exposure.
Alternative and scope record
The credible options considered, reasons for exclusion, and boundaries of the revised proposal.
Validation and conditions plan
The remaining evidence required, who will obtain it, when it is due, and the decision it will inform.
Re-entry decision brief
A concise brief for the next approval point, showing what changed and what remains unresolved.
Access and limits
What the service needs, and what it excludes.
What is required
- A defined proposal addressing a real opportunity or obligation
- A sponsor prepared to reconsider scope, timing, and alternatives
- Access to the existing case, financial assumptions, delivery plan, and evidence
- Named owners for the revised decision and evidence work
- Permission to conclude that rebuilding the proposal is unwarranted
Not included
- Open-ended corporate strategy or innovation workshops
- A promotional business case written to secure a predetermined approval
- Product delivery, recruitment, vendor procurement, or operation of the evidence plan
- Legal, security, financial, or specialist technical work
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