Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1We recommend approval ............... the basis of the quantified benefits, not the sponsor’s enthusiasm.
Wrong!
Use "on" in the business-case phrase 'on the basis of' to state the evidence supporting a recommendation.
2For the business case to remain valid, the gross margin ............... remain above 38% throughout the rollout.
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Use "must" because the sentence states a condition required for the business case to remain valid, not a prediction.
3The payback period still clears the hurdle rate ............... the model’s sensitivity to fuel prices.
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Use "despite" before a noun phrase to introduce a concession: the payback still clears the hurdle even though sensitivity to fuel prices is high.
4The estimate includes a 10% ............... allowance to cover procurement volatility.
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Use "contingency" as the attributive noun in the fixed business-case term 'contingency allowance'.
5The programme is expected ............... its full cost by the end of year three, not merely to break even in that quarter.
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Use "to have recovered" because 'by the end of year three' sets a deadline before which full cost recovery is expected to be complete.
6Automation should deliver ............... manual rework hours without reducing control coverage.
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Use "fewer" with countable plural nouns such as 'manual rework hours'.
7The sensitivity analysis stress-tests the central ............... about churn, because that input drives almost half the NPV.
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Use "assumption" for an input the business case depends on and must be tested in sensitivity analysis.
8The phased deployment ............... risk by allowing the benefits team to validate adoption before national rollout.
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Use "mitigates" because the singular subject 'the phased deployment' takes a present-tense singular verb and the business-case term is 'mitigate risk'.
9The subscription option converts fixed infrastructure costs into variable licence fees, ............... the model to scale with demand.
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Use "enabling" to attach the result of the whole preceding clause: converting fixed costs makes the model scalable.
10All recurring benefits are measured ............... the baseline approved in last year’s operating plan.
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Use "against" when evaluating benefits by comparison with a baseline.
11The board should not approve the case ............... the supplier accepts the volume risk in the final contract.
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Use "unless" to mean 'except if': the board should approve only if the procurement risk is transferred rather than left with the buyer.
12Severance and migration expenses are treated as ............... implementation costs and capitalised in year zero.
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Use "one-off" because severance and migration items are non-recurring implementation costs, not continuing run-rate costs.
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- We recommend approval on the basis of the quantified benefits, not the sponsor’s enthusiasm.
- For the business case to remain valid, the gross margin must remain above 38% throughout the rollout.
- The payback period still clears the hurdle rate despite the model’s sensitivity to fuel prices.
- The estimate includes a 10% contingency allowance to cover procurement volatility.
- The programme is expected to have recovered its full cost by the end of year three, not merely to break even in that quarter.
- Automation should deliver fewer manual rework hours without reducing control coverage.
- The sensitivity analysis stress-tests the central assumption about churn, because that input drives almost half the NPV.
- The phased deployment mitigates risk by allowing the benefits team to validate adoption before national rollout.
- The subscription option converts fixed infrastructure costs into variable licence fees, enabling the model to scale with demand.
- All recurring benefits are measured against the baseline approved in last year’s operating plan.
- The board should not approve the case unless the supplier accepts the volume risk in the final contract.
- Severance and migration expenses are treated as one-off implementation costs and capitalised in year zero.