Prepare the source pack
Choose the proposal kind and supply the buyer brief, approved evidence, delivery assumptions and commercial terms. For RFP work, retain the issued requirements and separate known answers from missing evidence.
Draft a source-backed business case proposal
Upload the project brief, financial assumptions, research, stakeholder notes, and implementation context. Gixo Arc turns them into a structured business case proposal draft you can review, pressure-test, and refine before asking for approval.
Additional workflow illustration
A business case proposal generator is AI software that turns uploaded context documents — financial assumptions, project briefs, research, and stakeholder notes — into a structured draft covering nine standard business case sections: problem statement, options analysis, recommendation, resource request, ROI projection, risk assessment, implementation plan, stakeholder alignment, and executive summary. Gixo Arc's version drafts these sections from your source materials and exports a reviewed draft to PDF, but it is explicitly a decision package for human review, not a substitute for financial and operational approval.
Arc · real output
From a supplied scope to a proposal you can inspect.
Read a real exported proposal alongside the brief Arc received. The example keeps supplied scope, commercial assumptions and reviewer responsibility visible.
Consulting proposal: repairs satisfaction measurement, Harbourside Housing Association
A ten-week advisory engagement for an invented housing association: situation, approach and phases, a requirement-by-requirement compliance matrix, deliverables, timeline, team, terms, and a fee built phase by phase from the bidder's day rates, with the days of each role shown.
Inspect the source brief or data
Propose a ten-week advisory engagement for Harbourside Housing Association, on behalf of Larkfield Analytics Ltd, that answers the association's brief: review the current repairs survey, recommend how to measure repairs satisfaction by contractor, and leave a reporting approach for the repairs team and the board. Build the fee for each phase from the standard rates in the evidence file (the days of each role times the day rate) and show those days. Add nothing the evidence file does not state. Put a notice on the cover page that the buyer and the bidder are fictional and the proposal is a worked example. Inputs: the buyer's document (brief-harbourside-housing.md); the bidder's evidence file (larkfield-evidence.md); commercial terms: value 46,000 to 52,000 GBP, valid for 60 days, payment terms 'Invoiced monthly in arrears, payable within 30 days.'; deal context: The buyer and the bidder in this proposal are fictional, and this proposal is a worked example. The engagement lead presents to the buyer's board in the ninth week.
Read the sample review notes
A separate reviewer agent read its 177 claims against the bidder's evidence file, the buyer's brief and the deal terms: 115 are supported, 58 add design detail or an inference, 4 are in no input (it calls the fee fixed) and none contradicts one. Every price line recomputes. It is not a person's review.
Review the proposed response
Inspect scope, exclusions, requirements and price assumptions. Use reviewable edits and saved comparisons; an unresolved buyer question needs an owner or an explicit qualification.
Package the reviewed version
Inspect the actual PDF, Word or HTML output. Tracked delivery activity and a recorded deal outcome answer different questions; verify the recipient, permissions and current approval state before sharing.
Buyer requirements and response ownership
Keep buyer RFP files separate from bidder evidence and approved reusable answers. Inspect extraction coverage, requirement source locations, questionnaire previews and submission limits. Response work can carry an SME owner, due date, escalation owner and required reviewer decisions. Compare an addendum with the source before changing a response.
Commercial schedules and recurring totals
Review each line's quantity, rate, unit, optional status and one-off, monthly or annual recurrence. Inspect recurrence totals and the estimated first-year total separately. Currency, supplied tax input and commercial assumptions need review. When importing Business metrics, select and review the source values before applying them to the schedule.
Buyer edition and submission package
Choose the current saved response or an approved edition. Inspect retained attachments, filled questionnaires, the compliance matrix and the package preview. A release manifest identifies stored delivery bytes. For tracked links, review recipient access, expiry, password and permissions separately from delivery activity and the recorded opportunity outcome.
A draft or readiness check is not approval of pricing, legal terms or a delivery commitment. Arc proposal drafting does not imply CRM, CPQ or tax-calculation automation.
From source material to reviewable draft
See what Arc helps your team review
Choose the proposal type, add the RFP, brief, notes, or prior work, then review a structured first draft before it reaches a client.
- 1Add source materialRFPs, briefs, notes, decks, and prior work
- 2Draft to the proposal typeSections and structure follow the real opportunity
- 3Review before deliveryYour team checks facts, scope, pricing, and commitments
What does a business case proposal generator help you structure?
Nine common sections in a business case proposal, drafted from your uploaded context and still subject to human review.
Problem Statement
AI drafts a clear articulation of the business problem or opportunity based on your uploaded context. Frames the issue in terms stakeholders can evaluate — including scope, urgency, and impact on current operations.
Options Analysis
Generates a structured comparison of viable approaches — including do-nothing, partial, and full investment scenarios. Each option includes trade-offs, resource requirements, and alignment with strategic objectives extracted from your source documents.
Recommendation
Drafts a clear recommendation section that ties the preferred option to the problem statement and evaluation criteria. Includes rationale that references the options analysis for a cohesive argument.
Resource Request
Generates a resource requirements section covering budget, headcount, technology, and timeline needs. Structured for executive review with clear line items and justification for each resource category.
ROI Projection
Organizes the ROI section around the cost, benefit, payback, and value assumptions you provide. It can draft the narrative, but finance owners should validate the model before it is presented.
Risk Assessment
Generates a risk register section with identified risks, likelihood ratings, impact assessments, and proposed mitigations. Structured for stakeholder review with clear ownership and contingency plans.
Implementation Plan
Drafts a phased implementation timeline with milestones, dependencies, and deliverables. Maps the execution path from approval through delivery based on the scope and resources described in your source documents.
Stakeholder Alignment
Generates a stakeholder analysis section identifying key decision-makers, their interests, potential concerns, and engagement approach. Helps frame the business case for its intended audience.
Executive Summary
AI drafts a concise executive summary that synthesizes the problem, recommendation, ROI, and resource request into a single page. Designed for senior leadership review and approval decisions.
What sections and financial metrics does a business case proposal generator cover?
| Section / Metric | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Problem Statement | Frames the business problem or opportunity — scope, urgency, and impact on current operations |
| Options Analysis | Compares do-nothing, partial, and full investment scenarios with trade-offs and resource requirements |
| Recommendation | Ties the preferred option to the problem statement and evaluation criteria |
| Resource Request | Budget, headcount, technology, and timeline needs, structured for executive review |
| ROI Projection | Cost, benefit, payback, and value assumptions drafted into narrative form (finance owners validate the model) |
| Risk Assessment | Risk register with likelihood, impact, mitigations, and ownership |
| Implementation Plan | Phased timeline with milestones, dependencies, and deliverables |
| Stakeholder Alignment | Identifies decision-makers, interests, concerns, and engagement approach |
| Executive Summary | Synthesizes problem, recommendation, ROI, and resource request into one page |
| Core financial metrics | TCO, ROI, Payback Period, and NPV (for multi-year investments) |
How It Works
Four steps from source documents to a structured business case proposal draft.
1
Upload Context Documents
Upload market research, financial data, project briefs, strategic plans, and any supporting documents. Gixo extracts content from PDF, DOCX, and text files to build context for the business case.
2
Select Business Case Proposal
Choose the Internal Business Case proposal kind. Gixo maps your uploaded context to the nine business case sections and prepares the AI for structured generation.
3
Generate and Refine
AI drafts the business case from your source materials. Use the built-in editor to refine sections, adjust tone, expand analysis, tighten the executive summary, and flag assumptions that need owner review.
4
Export and Present
Export the reviewed business case to PDF with a professional theme. Treat the exported document as a decision package, not as a substitute for financial and operational approval.
What financial metrics does a strong business case or budget proposal need to answer?
Decision-makers approve numbers, not narratives. A complete case frames the money four ways — and Gixo drafts the ROI section around them from the financials you upload.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
The full cost over the life of the investment — not just the purchase, but implementation, training, maintenance, and ongoing operation. The number that keeps an approved project from blowing its budget later.
Return on Investment (ROI)
The gain relative to the cost — the headline number reviewers look for first. Strongest when it cites the specific benefits and costs it is built from, not a single optimistic percentage.
Payback Period
How long until the investment pays for itself. Often the first question a CFO asks, because it bounds the risk of being wrong about the longer-term upside.
Net Present Value (NPV)
Future cash flows discounted to today's value, so a multi-year return is comparable to money spent now. The metric that keeps a long payoff from being overstated against an upfront cost.
Use the proposal ROI calculator to expose the assumptions
The optional buyer value case calculates total benefit, total cost, net benefit, ROI, simple payback and NPV from human-entered assumptions, with base and benefit 20% lower or higher sensitivity cases over one to ten years. Benefits and operating costs stay constant; tax, inflation, financing and growth are excluded. It does not change the quoted pricing schedule or predict results.
Enter the buyer upfront cost, annual operating cost, annual benefit, horizon and discount rate, then state the assumptions and evidence uncertainties. Compare the base case with the lower and higher benefit cases before putting a number in the executive summary. ROI is net benefit divided by total cost; simple payback compares upfront cost with the annual net benefit, and NPV discounts annual net cash flow at year end.
A zero-cost case has no defined ROI percentage, and payback may not be reached within the chosen horizon. Review the input model with a finance owner; a computed figure does not verify the expected benefit.
Pressure-test it before the CFO does
The strongest business cases survive a skeptical read. Before you present, stress-test the draft against the questions a tough reviewer will ask.
Name your weakest assumption
Every model rests on a few load-bearing assumptions. Find the one that breaks the case if it is wrong, and state what evidence would shore it up. Reviewers will find it anyway — better that you found it first.
Show the cost of doing nothing
A case for change is only as strong as the baseline it beats. The options analysis includes a do-nothing scenario, so the recommendation is measured against the real alternative rather than a strawman.
Include the downside, not just the best case
Present a worst-case scenario alongside the expected one, and tie every number back to a source. Regenerate sections with a more conservative emphasis and refine the weak spots with inline AI before export.
How does an AI business case generator compare to manual drafting?
| Aspect | Gixo Business Case Generator | Manual Drafting |
|---|---|---|
| First draft time | All 9 sections drafted in one generation pass from uploaded context | Manual drafting cycle, section by section |
| Section structure | 9 common sections organized from context | Varies by author |
| Source integration | Drafts from uploaded docs and assumptions | Manual copy and synthesis |
| Consistency | Uniform structure every time | Depends on author |
| Options analysis | Structured comparison format | Free-form prose |
| Risk assessment | Standardized risk register | Ad hoc format |
| Executive summary | Drafted from the reviewed sections | Written last, often rushed |
| Export quality | Professional PDF themes | Depends on tools |
Frequently Asked Questions
What documents should I upload for a business case?
Upload any materials that provide context for the business case — market research, financial projections, project briefs, strategic plans, competitor analysis, or internal memos. Choose current, relevant and confirmed material; reviewers still verify the generated facts and figures.
Can I customize which sections are included?
The business case generator produces all nine sections by default. After generation, you can edit, reorder, or remove sections using the built-in editor. You can also use inline AI to expand or condense specific sections based on your audience.
How accurate are the ROI projections?
The AI drafts ROI projections based on the financial and operational data you upload. It structures the projection with cost-benefit framing, but the numbers reflect your source materials. Always review and validate financial projections before presenting to stakeholders.
Is this suitable for board-level business cases?
It can produce a structured business case draft for senior review, but board-level use needs stronger source material, financial validation, risk review, and final human editing before export.
Can I generate multiple versions of the same business case?
Yes. You can regenerate sections or the full business case with different emphasis. Use different source document combinations or adjust the generation parameters to produce versions tailored for different stakeholder audiences.
What export formats are available?
Business case proposals export to PDF with professional themes. The PDF output is formatted for executive review and formal distribution. You can also edit the content in the built-in rich text editor before exporting.
What financial metrics should a business case include?
At minimum, total cost of ownership (TCO), return on investment (ROI), and payback period — and, for multi-year investments, net present value (NPV). Gixo drafts the ROI section around these from the financial data you upload. Review and validate the figures before presenting to stakeholders.
How do I stress-test a business case before presenting it?
Name the weakest assumption in the model, show the cost of doing nothing as a baseline, and include a downside scenario, not just the best case. You can regenerate sections with a more conservative emphasis and tighten weak spots with inline AI before export.
What is a business case proposal generator?
It's AI software that drafts a structured business case from documents you upload — project briefs, financial assumptions, research, and stakeholder notes — organizing the content into standard sections like problem statement, options analysis, ROI, risk assessment, and implementation plan, ready for human review before it's presented.
How many sections does a business case proposal typically include?
Nine, in Gixo's structure: problem statement, options analysis, recommendation, resource request, ROI projection, risk assessment, implementation plan, stakeholder alignment, and executive summary. All nine are generated by default and can be edited, reordered, or removed afterward.
What is an automated business case generator?
An automated business case generator is software that drafts the standard business case sections — problem statement, options analysis, recommendation, resource request, ROI projection, risk assessment, implementation plan, stakeholder alignment, and executive summary — from documents you already have, instead of you writing each one from a blank page. Gixo Arc's version accepts PDF, DOCX, and text files as source context, generates all nine sections in one pass, and exports the reviewed draft to PDF; it is a drafting aid for human review, not an automated approval or financial sign-off.
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