Business Case Management Platform

Every investment
deserves a better
business case.

SANDD gives organisations a structured, consistent way to evaluate, prioritise, and approve investments, from first idea to final outcome.

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Ideas
Capture & triage
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Projects
Build business cases
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Plan
Prioritise & approve
Benefits
Track outcomes

You're making million-dollar decisions
with spreadsheets and gut feel.

Most organisations have no consistent way to evaluate investments. Business cases live in emails, decisions are political, and no one tracks whether they worked.

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Scattered business cases

Investment proposals live in emails, PowerPoints, and shared drives. No single source of truth. No consistent format.

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Inconsistent evaluation

Every team evaluates investments differently. Finance uses one model, product uses another, operations uses gut feel.

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Political prioritisation

The loudest voice in the room wins. Without a common scoring framework, prioritisation becomes a negotiation, not a decision.

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No benefit tracking

Projects get approved, executed, and forgotten. Nobody checks whether the promised benefits actually materialised.

Scope. Analyse. Decide. Deliver.

A structured lifecycle that takes investments from first idea to proven outcome, with every step documented, compared, and approved.

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Capture every idea

Teams submit ideas from anywhere in the business. Each idea is triaged, scored, and either promoted to a full business case or parked for later.

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Build structured cases

Every business case follows the same format: options, Do Nothing baseline, cost forecasts, and value quantification using a consistent framework.

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Compare and prioritise

Endorsed projects flow into the planning view where they're compared by NPV, strategic alignment, and risk within a budget constraint.

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Track what you promised

Every approved project carries a commitment to specific outcomes. SANDD follows up and shows whether investments delivered what was promised.

Everything you need to make
better investment decisions.

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Value Framework

A configurable analytical engine that quantifies financial and non-financial value on a common economic scale.

  • Level playing field for every investment decision
  • Financial and non-financial value in one view
  • Safety, reputation, and compliance given real dollar weight
  • Scored against your strategic objectives
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Options Analysis

Compare multiple approaches side by side, with a single Recommended Option driving portfolio metrics.

  • Unlimited options per business case
  • Do Nothing baseline for each project
  • Recommended Option designation
  • Delta vs baseline per value model
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Portfolio Planning

Build a Working Plan from endorsed projects, apply a budget constraint, and submit a locked governance snapshot.

  • Budget cap with real-time utilisation
  • Total NPV and cost across the plan
  • One-click plan submission and audit trail
  • Scenario optimisation engine (roadmap)
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Approval Workflows

Configurable workflows with Check, Update, and Send steps for both ideas and business cases.

  • Separate workflows for Ideas and Projects
  • Status-driven approval gates
  • Reviewer action buttons with audit trail
  • Email notification triggers (roadmap)
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Fully Modular

Turn modules on or off to match your organisation's maturity. Start lean and grow from there.

  • Ideas, Projects, Plan, Benefits modules
  • Per-client module configuration
  • Scales with your process maturity
  • No forced complexity on day one
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Industry Agnostic

Configurable value models and strategic objectives mean SANDD adapts to how your industry thinks about investments.

  • SaaS products and features
  • Manufacturing equipment and processes
  • Engineering project evaluation
  • Professional services investment decisions

Ready to bring structure to your investment decisions?

See how SANDD can work for your organisation.

One platform.
The full investment lifecycle.

SANDD mirrors how organisations actually work, from the spark of an idea to measuring whether it paid off.

Ideas

Capture opportunities before they disappear.

Ideas come from everywhere: field staff, the factory floor, product teams, customer feedback. SANDD gives everyone a place to submit them and a consistent process to evaluate which ones are worth pursuing.

  • Idea repository with rough cost and benefit estimates
  • Status workflow: Draft → Under Review → Endorsed → Ready for Promotion
  • Approval workflows with configurable reviewer steps
  • One-click promotion to a full business case
  • Organisation-wide Ideas Backlog for planners
Endorsed
Under Review
Ready
Projects

Business cases built to a consistent standard.

Every business case follows the same structure: options, forecasts, value models, and a Recommended Option. Every investment evaluated on the same economic scale.

  • Options Analysis with Do Nothing baseline
  • Forecast grid with cost lines and resource lines
  • Configurable Value Framework (risk, benefit, cost models)
  • NPV, IRR, and strategic alignment scoring
  • Forecast and Investment Value charts on project summary
Plan

Prioritise with data, not politics.

Endorsed projects flow into the Plan module where teams build a Working Plan within a budget constraint. Compare projects by NPV and strategic alignment, then submit a locked, auditable snapshot.

  • Working Plan with budget cap and real-time utilisation
  • Aggregate NPV and cost across the plan
  • One-click submission creates a locked audit snapshot
  • Submitted Plans archive with full project detail
  • Scenario analysis and optimisation engine (coming soon)
68% used
Benefits

Close the loop on every investment.

Most organisations approve projects and never check whether they delivered. SANDD closes the loop. Every business case carries a commitment to specific, measurable outcomes that gets followed up.

  • KPI commitment captured at business case creation
  • Automated follow-up workflows at configurable intervals
  • Value Variance: planned vs actual benefit comparison
  • Outcome scorecard across the portfolio
  • Integration with survey and support tools (roadmap)
Benefits Realisation
On Track
✓ 8
Delivered
⟳ 4
In Progress
✕ 2
At Risk
CRM System Upgrade
Customer Satisfaction ↑ 18% ✓
Cost Reduction $240K ✓
Data Platform Modernisation
Processing Speed ↑ 34% ⟳
Value Variance -12% vs target

See SANDD in action.

We offer a personalised demo tailored to your industry and use case.

We built the tool
we always needed.

Why SANDD exists

Across industries including utilities, manufacturing, technology, and professional services, the same problem appears. Organisations are making significant investment decisions with inconsistent processes, scattered documentation, and no way to know if those investments are working.

The tools that existed were either built for billion-dollar regulated enterprises (complex, expensive, overkill for most) or generic project management software that doesn't understand the investment evaluation problem at all.

SANDD was built to fill that gap. A business case management platform purpose-built for mid-market organisations that need structure and consistency, without the complexity of enterprise capital planning software.

The result is a single platform that takes an investment from first idea through structured analysis, approval, execution, and outcome tracking. Every step documented, every decision justified, every promise tracked.

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Decisions deserve data

Every investment decision should be backed by a consistent, transparent analysis, not a political negotiation or a well-formatted slide deck.

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Structure creates speed

A consistent process feels like overhead until you don't have one. Standardised business cases accelerate decisions, not slow them down.

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Close the loop

Approving an investment without tracking its outcomes is a wasted learning opportunity. Every decision should make the next one better.

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Built for the real world

SANDD is designed for organisations with real constraints: limited time, mixed technical ability, and no dedicated capital planning team.

Where we are

SANDD is based in Australia and currently accepting design partner applications in ANZ and South East Asia. We're working with a small number of early customers to validate and shape the product before expanding globally.

Our approach

Every engagement starts with a services-led pilot. We configure the Value Framework to your industry, map your investment decision process, and support the change management required to make adoption stick.

Software alone doesn't change how organisations make decisions. The combination does.

For investors

SANDD is targeting the mid-market business case management gap, a large, underserved segment sitting between spreadsheets and enterprise capital planning software. We're currently in early access in ANZ with global expansion planned.

Early Access Programme

Interested in shaping SANDD? Design partners get early access, direct input into the product roadmap, and preferential pricing at launch.

Let's talk.

Book a demo and see how SANDD can work for your organisation.

Get in touch

Tell us about your organisation and we'll be in touch within 24 hours to arrange a personalised demo.

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Location
Australia
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Website
sandd.com.au
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Email
contact@sandd.com.au
What to expect
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We review your request
We'll respond within 24 hours.
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A tailored demo
We'll show you SANDD in the context of your industry and use case.
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A proposal scoped to you
Pricing and implementation tailored to your organisation's size and requirements.
Request a Demo

Tell us a bit about your organisation and we'll be in touch within 24 hours.

Investor Enquiry

SANDD is an early-stage SaaS company targeting the mid-market business case management gap. If you're interested in learning more, we'd love to connect.

Market
Large, underserved gap

Mid-market organisations sitting between spreadsheets and enterprise capital planning software. No dominant player.

Model
Services-led SaaS

Pilot engagement generates early revenue and validates product-market fit. SaaS ARR compounds from year two.

Geography
ANZ, then global

Validating in ANZ and SE Asia. Europe expansion planned within 12 months of first paying customers.

Stage
Early access

MVP live. Seeking design partner customers and seed investment to accelerate product and go-to-market.

Get in touch

We'll respond within 24 hours.

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