Consulting and Business Case Analysis

Structure a problem, build the case and present it to people who will challenge it.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 What a client is really buying
2. 1.2 Types of engagement
3. 1.3 Scoping and contracting
4. 1.4 Your position as an outsider
1. 2.1 The presenting problem, and the real one
2. 2.2 Issue trees and structured decomposition
3. 2.3 Working from a hypothesis
4. 2.4 Deciding what you will not investigate
1. 3.1 Interviews with clients and their staff
2. 3.2 Data requests, and what you will actually receive
3. 3.3 Benchmarking and external research
4. 3.4 Triangulating weak evidence
1. 4.1 Sizing a market or an opportunity
2. 4.2 Cost and profitability analysis
3. 4.3 Quantifying benefits and risks
4. 4.4 Sensitivity: which assumption actually matters
1. 5.1 Options, including doing nothing
2. 5.2 Costs, benefits and payback
3. 5.3 Non-financial benefits that still count
4. 5.4 Stating your assumptions openly
1. 6.1 Answer first, then the support
2. 6.2 Storyline and slide logic
3. 6.3 Charts that carry the argument
4. 6.4 Writing the executive summary
1. 7.1 Presenting to people who will push back
2. 7.2 Handling challenge and hostile questions
3. 7.3 Managing stakeholders before the meeting
4. 7.4 Getting to an actual decision
1. 8.1 From recommendation to implementation plan
2. 8.2 Change management inside the client
3. 8.3 Measuring whether it worked
4. 8.4 Professional conduct, conflicts and confidentiality

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Depth beyond your coursework Pitched above taught content, for research, leadership and the work that follows the degree.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

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