Needs Statement Template
Use this Needs Statement template to describe a business need or a deficiency in your organization, justify the exploration of an alternative solutions to resolve this need, and then provide estimated costs for these actions.
Needs Statement Template: Purpose
Use this Needs Statement template to:
- Help Project Stakeholders understands why investment is required to address this business need.
- Identify an idea (for example, training to improve customer service) that may require an investment depending on the specific business need.
- Provide sufficient information to justify whether or not your organization should move forward with the development of a Business Case.
- The Needs Statement document is often developed before the Business Case and serves as a fore-runner for this document.

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Needs Statement Template: Sample Screenshots

Needs Statement Approval page

Chapter 1, Introduction

Risks, Issues, Constraints, and Dependencies

Chapter 2, Needs Statement

Costs Breakdown
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Free Need Assessment Checklist

Needs Statement Checklist

Needs Statement Checklist for reviewers
Needs Statement Template: Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Project Description
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Scope
1.4 Risks
1.5 Issues
1.6 System Overview
1.7 Point of Contact
2 Need Description
2.1 Description
2.2 Benefits
2.3 Capabilities
2.4 Organization Effect
2.5 Need assessment
2.6 Constraints
2.7 Estimated costs
2.8 Integration
Needs Statement Template: Content & Format
The templates are in Microsoft Word format and can be downloaded online for only $9.99. The template pack includes the following documents:
| Needs Assessment Template | 15 pages | |
| Needs Assessment Checklist | 4 pages |
