Leadership committees often choose between options whose costs and benefits arrive in different years. This deck puts every option on the same five-year timeline at one discount rate, and compares them by net present value, payback and benefit-cost ratio. It keeps the do-nothing option costed, so no choice looks positive just because the baseline was ignored. The slides run in order: options, costs, benefits, scorecard and recommendation.

The sample weighs a $420K licensed platform against a $780K in-house build and doing nothing. Buying returns an NPV of $279K and pays back in 2.4 years, while building is negative at −$41K. The sensitivity check flips the choice when benefits fall 20% and costs rise 20% together. To use it, replace the sample options, costs and benefits with your own figures, keep the discount rate and five-year horizon from your finance policy, and record the source for each benefit.