Executive summary

Real options analysis values managerial flexibility, to defer, expand, contract, or abandon, under uncertainty, capturing worth that static DCF misses. This is the Real Options Analysis from the Stratenity Library, a governed consulting deliverable that is already built for you. It gives your team the full working method for real options analysis, and it walks through everything from the main real options: defer, expand, contract, abandon, stage, switch to volatility as a source of value. Every asset ships with a worked client example, a clear RACI, defined KPIs, and governance you can defend, so your team adapts it to a live client engagement instead of starting from a blank page.

What is inside

What this asset covers

This is a preview of the full deliverable. Inside the Stratenity Library, this asset walks a consultant through the complete method, section by section, with a worked client example threaded throughout.

  • Why NPV Undervalues Flexibility
  • Options Thinking in Capital Decisions
  • The Main Real Options: Defer, Expand, Contract, Abandon, Stage, Switch
  • Real Options versus Static DCF
  • Identifying the Options in a Project
  • Valuing an Option: Decision-Tree and Black-Scholes Analogues
  • Volatility as a Source of Value
  • Staged Investment and the Option to Abandon
  • When Real Options Apply and When They Do Not
  • Communicating Option Value to Decision-Makers
  • Real Options versus Decision Trees versus Monte Carlo
  • Applying Real Options to a Real Investment
  • Common Pitfalls and the Deliverable Pack
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