IT Category Plan

Use this tool to create your IT category plan. This tool will assist you in identifying and prioritizing your sourcing initiatives and negotiations with your IT vendors.

Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software – Phase 1: Organize

This phase of the blueprint, Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software, will help you understand your current Cisco hardware and software position.

Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software – Phase 2: Evaluate

This phase of the blueprint, Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software, will help you gain a complete understanding of the Cisco EA's structure, enrollment...

Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software – Phase 3: Establish

This phase of the blueprint, Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software , will help you establish your basic ELA needs by aligning your current assets to the new...

Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software – Phase 4: Purchase and Manage

This phase of the blueprint, Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software, will help you understand the Cisco Channel, choose a partner, negotiate the deal, and...

Cisco Portal RACI Diagram

Use this tool to define guidance for who will have access to the Cisco Portal and what level of access they should be entitled to.

Cut Cost Through Effective IT Category Planning

An IT category plan identifies the most significant opportunities for IT to cut costs by using a well thought out approach to vendor negotiations that is not reactive or ad...

Cut Cost Through Effective IT Category Planning – Executive Brief

Read this Executive Brief to understand why you should use a category plan to forecast and manage your IT cost reductions.

Cut Cost Through Effective IT Category Planning Storyboard

Use this storyboard to organize, design, and execute your IT category plan.

During Negotiations Tool

This tool will help you manage three key aspects of active negotiations.
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