Part 1 The framework: justifying the application systems - the challenges; business and IT planning; further issues raised by business and project planning; information technology and competitive edge; planning - methodology and methods; the uses and value of IT. Part 2 The practice in five stages: introduction to the five stages of making the business case; stage one - collect data and prepare the basic case; stage two - developing the business case - preparing to make the decision; stage three - making the decision; stage four - controlling the investment during implementation; stage five - auditing IT investments after implentation.

Puts forward the advantages of IT uses so that managers can express what they need in a better way and present a well-informed business case to justify the expense often created by IT investment. The work also covers the uses of IT in the sphere of project planning.