tips for writing effective business case studies

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For more than 10 years, we have been telling our stories in lunch room, restaurants and bars. Now it’s the time to write them in… Case Studies

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This is from an internal training I conducted in 99X Technology. Hope it will help the general audience too.

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  • 1. For more than 10 years,we have been telling ourstories in lunch room,restaurants and bars.Now its the time to write them inCase Studies
  • 2. What the hell is a case study?What kind of new crap it can bring to me?Isnt there more to life than writing nonsense? THE NEXT CORPORATE BULLSHIT
  • 3. Writing stories is funWriting ones own story is even more funWriting ones own story as an adventureis fascinating THE INITIAL CARROTS
  • 4. TARGET A CXO IN APROSPECT COMPANY
  • 5. Case study should convincethat we can solve businessproblems in a methodic,predictable and transparentway
  • 6. 6 RULES
  • 7. 6 RULES
  • 8. 1 COMPANY LEGACYSHOULD dwell IN THE CASE STUDY
  • 9. Useto avoid logical idiocy
  • 10. 2 GIVE it the face of a
  • 11. Narration Add liveliness Define Characters Multiple sub-stories
  • 12. 3 NOT READYMADE
  • 13. Be specific about cases do not bring in generic stuff Solution does not necessarily be generalizable
  • 14. 4
  • 15. How did you respond in a crisis situation? WORLD WAR I GERMANY AUSTRIAHere the situation is not Here the situation iscatastrophic but serious catastrophic but not serious
  • 16. CONNECT THE5
  • 17. RETROSPECTIVETHINKINGBuilding history based onknowledge available in eachhistoric point RETROACTIVE THINKING Building history as a narration of projected events into the light of current state of knowledge
  • 18. DEFINE THE PROBLEM6