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\nThere's an old saying: ‘Time is money’. It's all about Opportunity Cost.It means, if you try to save money by doing something yourself, you may be omitting to think about the value of your time. When you are working on that thing, you...\nThere's an old saying: ‘Time is money’. It's all about Opportunity Cost.

It means, if you try to save money by doing something yourself, you may be omitting to think about the value of your time. When you are working on that thing, you lose the opportunity to use your time more productively.

That time is the Opportunity Cost.

Opportunity costs represent the benefits an individual or organization misses out on when it chooses one alternative over another.
Application: Business Case and Project Proposal

Opportunity costs are not restricted to money or financial costs
The real cost of any gain you forgo is an opportunity cost.

Examples include:
- lost time
- pleasure
- competitive advantage, or
- any other benefit

Explicit and Implicit Opportunity Costs
- Explicit Opportunity Costs refer to money applied to one objective, which could have an alternative use.
- Implicit Opportunity Costs refer to other resources or assets applied to one objective, which could have an alternative use.

Anything (resource, asset, or time) that you could put to alternative use gives rise to an opportunity cost.

Evaluating Project Options
Project Sponsors, clients, and Project Boards can use opportunity cost to help make informed decisions when they have multiple options before them. Understanding the potential missed opportunities they would forgo by choosing one investment over another allows for better decision-making.

So, this is fundamentally a matter of strategic decision-making, business acumen, and good governance.

Opportunity Cost Formula and Calculation

Opportunity Cost = FO − CO

where:
FO = Return on best foregone option
CO = Return on chosen option

The formula for calculating an opportunity cost is simply the difference between the expected returns of each option. This allows us to compare different options in a business case, or compare a project proposal with alternative proposals - or with doing nothing.\n
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