Strategy - Blueprints

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...

Prepare to Negotiate Your Generative AI Vendor Contract

Understand how the major areas of risk in Gen AI products may manifest in the contracts for these products. Come to a consensus on your risk tolerance before entering...

Price Benchmarking & Negotiation

Many organizations are ill equipped with tools, processes, and price negotiation tactics to optimize their agreements, resulting in increased fees. Turn your next vendor...
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Maximize Value From Your Value-Added Reseller (VAR)

Organizations typically have numerous VARs with overlapping or redundant services that aren’t fully used and are treated as commodity-type suppliers. Vendor Management...
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Implement Your Negotiation Strategy More Effectively

Preparing to negotiate is only half the battle, and successfully implementing your negotiation strategy requires attention to the subtle nuances of the process. However,...
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Identify and Reduce Agile Contract Risk

Agile methods have achieved a high level of popularity throughout the world. However, the challenge isn’t about adoption rates – it is about successful projects and...
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Evaluate and Learn From Your Negotiation Sessions More Effectively

Preparing and implementing a negotiation strategy are key components to a negotiation process, but there is another piece to the puzzle; debriefing after negotiations...
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Master the Public Cloud IaaS Acquisition Models

This project will provide IT leadership and procurement teams information to help them understand the basic terminologies of cloud infrastructure, what to look for in an...
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Improve Your Statements of Work to Hold Your Vendors Accountable

Reviewing and negotiating SOWs can be difficult without the right framework, understanding, and tools. A bad SOW can derail a project through cost and time overruns, poor...
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Design and Build an Effective Contract Lifecycle Management Process

Understand the immediate benefits associated with a CLM process – even a basic CLM implementation can provide significant cost savings to the organization; reduce time...
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