Create an IT Sourcing Strategy
Increase IT value through insourcing, co-sourcing, and outsourcing.
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Operating without a sourcing strategy can result in:
- Dissatisfaction from business stakeholders
- Rise of shadow IT
- No procedures or principles to guide sourcing decisions
- No understanding of the sourcing situation within the IT organization
- Loss of opportunity to leverage vendors
- Loss of opportunity to better utilize staff and resources
Operating with a cohesive sourcing strategy can result in:
- A clear systematic manner of making sourcing decisions
- Reduction in costs
- Improved ability and increased capacity to focus on critical activities
- Improved quality of IT services and capabilities leading to higher stakeholder satisfaction
- Opportunities for vendors to become strategic partners
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Book NowModule 1: Determine Mandate and Scope
The Purpose
- Determine how the sourcing strategy will be utilized and what it is expected to cover.
Key Benefits Achieved
- The sourcing strategy project is planned and scoped to ensure that it addresses the appropriate business drivers.
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| 1.1 | Identify and interview target audience groups. Define project mandate. |
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| 1.2 | Define the scope of the sourcing strategy. |
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| 1.3 | Summarize the approach in a sourcing strategy project charter and secure approval. |
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| 1.4 | Launch effectiveness assessments. |
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Module 2: Assess Sourcing Drivers and Constraints
The Purpose
- Understand the internal and external business factors that will influence the sourcing strategy.
Key Benefits Achieved
- The sourcing strategy will have a business foundation – understanding the business factors will make the strategy relevant and contextualizes the decisions that IT must make to better enable the business.
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| 2.1 | Identify business imperatives. |
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| 2.2 | Conduct a PESTLE analysis. |
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| 2.3 | Conduct a business SWOT analysis. |
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| 2.4 | Identify implications for the sourcing strategy and opportunities to innovate. |
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| 2.5 | Begin building the strategy map. |
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Module 3: Evaluate Current State
The Purpose
- Understand where the organization stands in terms of digital maturity in a holistic fashion.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Produce a summary of digital maturity to benchmark against the target state in a holistic format.
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| 3.1 | Identify IT initiatives. |
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| 3.2 | Conduct an IT SWOT analysis. |
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| 3.3 | Define current sourcing models. |
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| 3.4 | Review effectiveness assessments. |
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Module 4: Develop a Target-State Vision and Identify Initiatives
The Purpose
- Define the goals of the sourcing strategy and the final target state that the strategy needs to achieve.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Having the target-state vision will allow the organization to plan out the initiatives needed to achieve the target state from the current state.
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| 4.1 | Create a list of strategic sourcing goals. |
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| 4.2 | Select sourcing criteria. |
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| 4.3 | Select target sourcing models. |
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| 4.4 | Select transition approaches. |
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| 4.5 | Create a list and evaluate initiatives. |
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Module 5: Create a Sourcing Strategy Roadmap
The Purpose
- Create an execution schedule based on a prioritized list of initiatives.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Finalize the necessary transition initiatives based on the target state and the identified gaps.
- Secure approval for the sourcing strategy.
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| 5.1 | Prioritize initiatives. |
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| 5.2 | Assess vendor management capabilities. |
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| 5.3 | Identify risks and mitigation tactics. |
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| 5.4 | Create the final roadmap. |
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