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October People · Business case builder

Make the case.
With confidence.

Turn your people priorities into a clear investment decision. Shape your package, work through the numbers and leave with a brief to share.

Free to useNo email requiredTwo-page brief
octoberPEOPLE / DECISION BRIEF
From priorities to a plan

Your People
investment case.

A shared starting point for your next decision.

  1. 01
    The opportunity

    What needs to change, and why now.

  2. 02
    The investment

    Your scope, costs and potential benefits.

  3. 03
    The way forward

    Owners, milestones and the next decision.

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What you’ll take away · Print or save as PDF
Build your business case

A little structure. A clearer decision.

Work through four stages, then review your brief. Start with what you know; fill in the details as your plans take shape.

Your draft stays in this browser tab for this session. Print it to keep a copy; it is not sent to October.

01 · Your prioritiesStart with the operating problem

What would better look like?

Start with the problem you want to solve and how you’ll know things have improved.

Consider the alternatives

Continue as-isRetain current spend and workflows. Consider the cost of unresolved work.

Improve existing toolsAssess configuration, integrations and process changes, including the effort to maintain them.

Adopt selected People modulesCompare replacement value with subscription, migration and adoption effort.

You can come back and edit any section.Next: your package
OCTOBER PEOPLEDecision brief · 1 / 2 · USD

Your People investment case

Draft · assumptions and open items require validation

Why now

To be agreed.

Success measure

To be agreed.

Accountable owner / review date

To be agreed.

Alternatives considered

To be agreed.

Recommended first phase

500 employees · Core HR foundation only.

Optional services to scope: None selected.

Conservative economics · first 12 months

Potential cash benefit · 50% realisation
USD 0
Full investment, including internal time
Incomplete — see open items
Net benefit
Pending full costs
Capacity released · excluded from cash benefit
0 hours

Cost status: budget assumptions / pending scoped quote. Downside with no benefits: Full exposure is pending complete costs.

Decision requested

To be agreed.

OCTOBER PEOPLEAssumptions & delivery · 2 / 2

Baseline and sources to validate

Customer-entered contracts: not yet identified. Annual current spend USD 0; retireable spend USD 0; savings delayed 0 months. Confirm against contracts and notice terms.

Administration: 0 hours/year × 0% reduction, reported as capacity only.

Investment inputs · USD

Annual October subscriptionUnconfirmed

Implementation and configurationUnconfirmed

Data migrationUnconfirmed

Integration setupUnconfirmed

Training and adoption supportUnconfirmed

Additional transition or exit chargesUnconfirmed

Annual incremental administration / integration costsUnconfirmed

Internal project time: 0 hours × USD 0 = USD 0. Staff time is included in full investment but excluded from cash payback.

Milestones and delivery

Project start: to agree; latest contract end: to confirm. Benefits begin in month 3, ramping over 3 months. Conservative / base / optimistic realisation: 50% / 75% / 100% of entered improvements. These are assumptions, not measured results.

Agree data preparation, integrations, testing, training, owners and support scope.

Open items

Define the objective. Agree a measurable target and baseline. Assign an accountable owner. Set a review date. Record why now. Review the alternatives. Confirm delivery responsibilities and dependencies. Confirm annual october subscription. Confirm implementation and configuration. Confirm data migration. Confirm integration setup. Confirm training and adoption support. Confirm additional transition or exit charges. Confirm annual incremental administration / integration costs. Validate the scoped quote and internal costs. Specify the approval requested.

Model: 10 September 2026 · No vacancy, retention or strategic value included in cash benefits. Software and hiring inputs are counted once. See on-page workings for monthly timing and cost treatment.