Create an IT Sourcing Strategy

You are being asked to cut costs and outsource the delivery of IT solutions to vendors and aren’t sure where to start.
You are also being asked to insource the delivery of IT solutions to gain control over their quality.
You are seeing a decline in business stakeholder satisfaction over solutions provided by IT.
There has been a change in business direction and you have to re-organize what activities internal IT staff need to focus on, and what needs to be offloaded to vendors.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

A sourcing strategy will allow you to re-organize how IT delivers solutions and services in a manner that emphasizes business enablement.
A sourcing strategy will provide you and your business stakeholders with a holistic perspective on how IT delivers value to the business through an optimal mix of insourcing, co-sourcing, and outsourcing models.
A common approach to sourcing that is grounded in business value will decrease the propensity of shadow IT.

Impact and Result

Higher business satisfaction with services and solutions provided by the IT organization.
Better relationships with vendors and external partners.
Decrease in the total cost attributed to the delivery of IT services.
Ability to focus scarce resources on activities deemed to be critical to business success while offloading commodity activities to vendors who specialize in their delivery.

Create an IT Sourcing Strategy Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out how creating a holistic IT sourcing strategy can help your IT organization drive more value at an optimal cost.

Create an IT Sourcing Strategy – Executive Brief

1. Determine mandate and scope

Identify the need for and use of the sourcing strategy. Determine a realistic and relevant scope.

2. Assess IT sourcing drivers and constraints

Understand internal and external business drivers, as well as the constraints for the sourcing strategy.

3. Evaluate the current state of sourcing

Identify the current state of sourcing by assessing how IT currently delivers solutions and whether they are delivered effectively.

4. Develop a target state vision

Create a vision for the target state of sourcing that the sourcing strategy will achieve and identify the principles which will guide sourcing decisions.

5. Analyze gaps and define initiatives

Identify the initiatives which will define the sourcing strategy. These initiatives will close the gap between the current and target states of sourcing.

6. Build a roadmap

Create an execution schedule based on a prioritized list of initiatives. Secure approval for the sourcing strategy.

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