Build a SAFe Lean Business Case for Product Investment

About this template

The Safe Lean Business Case Notion template is designed to streamline decision-making based on Lean-Agile principles. It's broken down into several key sections:

• Epic Brief: Provides an overview, including key stakeholders and the epic's hypothesis statement.

• Scope and MVP: Outlines what's in and out of scope, along with the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) features.

• Analysis Summary: Concludes with a "Go/No Go" decision, encapsulating the business case analysis.

• Analysis of Solution: Assesses the impact on internal and external clients, as well as affected departments.

• Cost Estimates: Offers a preliminary and updated estimate for both MVP and full implementation costs.

• Development Approach: Recommends whether the epic should be developed in-house or outsourced and identifies any dependencies.

This template serves as a comprehensive guide for organizations adopting Lean-Agile methodologies, ensuring that all aspects of the project are thoroughly evaluated.

Key features

• Epic hypothesis and stakeholder details
• Scope, requirements and MVP definition
• Cost and projected-gain analysis
• Development approach and dependencies
• Go/No-Go decision record

What's included

• Epic brief, ownership and hypothesis
• Scope, non-functional requirements and MVP features
• Analysis summary and Go/No-Go decision
• Customer, organisational and operational impact
• MVP and implementation cost and gain analysis
• Development approach, dependencies and supporting evidence

Use cases

• Lean business cases
• investment alignment
• strategic validation

Who it’s for

• Product managers
• Product leads
• Lean portfolio teams