When change needs to happen in an organization, a business case is

 
When change needs to happen in an organization, a business case is used to justify the change.  On page 464 in your textbook is a generic business case template.  The template is intended as a generic starting point that needs further customization to better match organization requirement and preferences.  The template also acts as a checklist of considerations that pertain to adoption.  The business case can be used to have healthy conversations around the legitimacy of the cloud or any technology adoption in the preliminary planning stages.   Click here to see a real world example of a business case (Google Apps for Education).  
Business Case Background:
Your organization needs to replace 22 physical servers and your CIO would like to implement a cloud strategy.  You have been assigned the project.  To initiate the project, you will have to create a business case for the cloud strategy.  The business case will be presented to the CEO of the organization.
Please note, this is a portion of the Business Case assignment that is due week 4.  For this assignment, please complete the first two sections G.1 and G.2.  This assignment is due at the end of week 1.