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Build vs Buy — Total Cost of Ownership Over Five Years

Compare building a tool in-house with buying or subscribing, on five-year total cost of ownership, time to value, risk and control, with the numbers side by side.

Nigel Yoshida

Cost Reduction Review — Find Savings Without Breaking Things

Review a cost base to find realistic savings: sort spend into categories, spot waste and overlap, size each idea, and rank them by saving, risk and effort.

Nigel Yoshida

Capital Request Review — NPV, Payback and the Questions to Ask

Evaluate a capital or project request with net present value, internal rate of return and payback from the cash flows provided, and list the assumptions that most need challenging.

Nigel Yoshida

RICE Prioritization — Score the Backlog and Show the Math

Score backlog items with RICE (reach, impact, confidence, effort) from your own estimates, rank them, and flag the scores that rest on weak evidence.

Nigel Yoshida

Opportunity Brief — Is This Problem Worth Solving

Write a short opportunity brief before committing to build: the problem, who has it, evidence, size, why now, risks and the smallest way to learn more.

Nigel Yoshida

Business Case and ROI — The Numbers Your Buyer Needs for Approval

Build a business case your champion can take to their finance team: the cost of the problem, expected gains, the investment, payback, and every assumption labeled.

Nigel Yoshida