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Real Options Naming Worksheet

A worksheet that names the options a capital investment holds, so a review sees the flexibility a DCF leaves out.

First page of Real Options Naming Worksheet

What's inside

  • An "Investment Under Review" box: project name, decision owner, review date and the base-case NPV or IRR.
  • An option inventory with six rows: defer, stage, expand, contract, abandon and switch.
  • For each option, a prompt question, a space to name the specific option, a High/Medium/Low value flag and a Yes/No on preserving it.
  • A synthesis section with four questions on which options matter and what killing them would cost.
  • Instructions for before, during and after the review meeting.
  • The Excel version adds a filled-in sample for an ERP investment.

Format: PDF (2 pages) and Excel workbook.

How to use it

The sponsor fills in the options before a capital-approval review, and the review tests whether each one is real and whether it changes the decision.

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