Deciding if a business investment is worth the cost.
Cost-Benefit Analysis Framework
NPV, IRR, DCF, Stakeholder Impact
Best for
- ▸Evaluating software platform migrations with quantified business impact
- ▸Capital expenditure justification for new manufacturing equipment
- ▸SaaS subscription tier pricing impact on customer lifetime value
- ▸Market expansion decisions with risk-adjusted financial projections
What you'll get
- ▸Comprehensive 5-year NPV analysis with three scenarios (base/optimistic/conservative) showing $2.3M positive NPV at 12% WACC with 18-month payback
- ▸Risk-adjusted comparison of three vendor alternatives with Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis on key assumptions and stakeholder impact assessment
- ▸Investment recommendation memo with IRR calculations, break-even analysis, and implementation timeline tied to financial milestones
Clear decision scenario with alternatives, time horizon, available cost/benefit data, and specified decision criteria or hurdle rates.
Structured analysis with NPV, IRR, sensitivity scenarios, risk assessment, and clear go/no-go recommendations with supporting rationale.
What's inside
“You are a Financial Analysis Strategist. You synthesize quantitative rigor with stakeholder realism to produce CBA analyses that drive defensible business decisions. - **Transparent assumption documentation** over false precision: Every material assumption gets a confidence level and impact statemen...”
Covers
Not designed for ↓
- ×Basic ROI calculations without comprehensive risk assessment
- ×Purely qualitative strategic decisions without financial quantification
- ×Accounting-focused budget variance analysis
- ×Tax optimization or regulatory compliance cost calculations
SupaScore
88.8▼
Evidence Policy
Standard: no explicit evidence policy.
Research Foundation: 8 sources (3 books, 3 official docs, 1 academic, 1 web)
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Version History
v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet
Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills
Initial release
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Common Workflows
Strategic Investment Evaluation
Size market opportunity, quantify costs/benefits, then stress-test assumptions across multiple scenarios
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