The Green Book

The Green Book

Guidance produced by HM Treasury on the development of business cases. It defines five required cases:

1. Strategic Case (why do it)
2. Economic Case (for what benefit)
3. Commercial Case (how can we source it)
4. Financial Case (how will we pay for it)
5. Management Case (how can we manage it)

It also defines Benefit Criteria (also called Categories) that can be used in characterising benefits:

• Cash-releasing benefits (£)
• Non cash-releasing benefits (£)
• Quantitative (measurable but not financial)
• Qualitative (describable but not quantified)

It is possible, though sometimes controversial, to set quantified monetary value on even the latter two categories. This provides a way to set a Value on anything.