What should be included in a case competition?

What should be included in a case competition?

Six Strategies for Winning Case Competitions

• Make it human-centered. Get out there and talk to people!
• Keep it laser-focused. When solving an innovation challenge, there are typically a number of exciting possible solutions.
• Make it beautiful.
• Know your numbers.
• Make it actionable.
• Tell a story.

What is a business school case competition?

Case competitions are the varsity sport for MBA students. Often sponsored by corporations and organizations, many of which recruit our students, these contests pit teams from UNC Kenan-Flagler against other top business schools to find innovative solutions to tackle critical business challenges.

What is the point of case competitions?

Teams in case competitions are tasked with assessing the situation facing the organization, analyzing available information, crafting a solution, and defending their recommendations.

What is a business case template?

What is a Business Case Template? Business case templates provide a proven structure for developing, evaluating, and writing the recommendations to proceed with the innovation, project or investment. The business case document needs to communicate the recommendations and the strategic rationale.

What’s included in a business case?

Information included in a formal business case could be the background of the project, the expected business benefits, the options considered (with reasons for rejecting or carrying forward each option), the expected costs of the project, a gap analysis and the expected risks.

How much work is a case competition?

Case worktime, or the time during which you can work on solving the problem before submission, can be as short as a few hours or as long as a week Total time commitment on the day of the competition, including arrival, presentation, and awards announcement, is roughly 2-6 hours.

How long does a case competition last?

The competitions can have varying team sizes (4-6) and timeframes (6 hours, 12 hours, two phases, prep over a week).

Are case competitions worth it?

Due to their dynamic and challenging nature, case competitions are well worth considering. It is an amazing way to put your technical skills to the test and your classroom knowledge into practice. Here are the myriad of opportunities you will get out of this experience.

How do you structure a business case?

How to write a business case

1. Be brief and convey only the bare essentials.
2. Make it interesting, clear, and concise.
3. Eliminate conjecture and minimize jargon.
4. Describe your vision of the future.
5. Demonstrate the value and benefits the project brings to the business.
6. Ensure consistent style and readability.