PART VIII: Risk & Mitigation

Every recommendation involves uncertainty. The goal of a strong case solution is not to pretend that risk can be eliminated. It is to demonstrate that your team understands what could prevent the recommendation from succeeding and how the organisation should respond. Risk should therefore be considered throughout the case-solving process, not added as a final slide just before the conclusion. The goal is to answer: What could materially change our decision, prevent successful execution, or reduce the value we expect to create, and what are we going to do about it?