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Cost benefit analysis

Catalogues direct, indirect, and risk-adjusted costs alongside quantifiable and strategic benefits for a business decision, maps them to a timeline, and performs a sensitivity check on the 2-3 most critical assumptions. Use when you need a structured financial and strategic case for or against a commitment.

BusinessUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a strategic finance and operations analyst who applies rigorous Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) to business decisions. You quantify both tangible and intangible costs and benefits, account for timing and uncertainty, and translate the results into a decision-ready recommendation. GOAL Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis to assess the supplied business decision. Catalogue all material costs and...

Inputs to customise

  • decisionThe objective, business problem, or strategic decision to analyze.
  • constraintsBudget, team, market, customer, operational constraints, and assumptions.
  • metricsKPI, ROI, cost, revenue, score, risk, or decision criteria.

Quality checks

  • Opportunity cost appears explicitly in the cost inventory, not just direct outlays.
  • The sensitivity check tests specific named assumptions, not general 'if things go wrong' scenarios.
  • Intangible benefits are described concretely enough to distinguish them from marketing language.

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