Cost Benefit Analysis

Example worksheet

Here is a completed example for the Cost Benefit activity template.

You can see this example concerns problematic relationship behaviour and the decision to try a new approach to conflict resolution. The new approach is summarised in the Action Plan column and provides a full description of the alternative set of behaviours.

Worksheet

The activity worksheet has six columns:

• Target thought or Behaviour: Record a specific thought or behaviour you wish to evaluate.
• Cost & Benefits of Not Changing: Write as many costs and benefits you can brainstorm.
• Costs & Benefits of Changing: Write as many costs and benefits you can brainstorm.
• Decision: Based on all content recorded in the two costs and benefits columns, record the action you select (change or not change).
• Action Plan: Write a clear, specific action plan if you decide to change a thought and/or behaviour. Implement this change over a predetermined period.
• Outcome, Reflection/Learning: Record what actually happened as a result of action plan implementation. Summarise key learning points from this experience, and how you intend using these lessons in the future.