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Unleash the True Value of IT by Transforming Into a Service Provider

Earn your seat at the table and influence business strategy by becoming an IT service provider.

  • IT members don’t understand how their services provide value for the business.
  • There is poor communication between IT and the business, which creates a lack of alignment.
  • IT’s capabilities are not considered in the business decision-making process.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • IT must emerge as a service provider to ensure the business understands IT value and to earn its place in developing business strategy.
  • IT must move beyond having the fundamentals of good service in place and implement the enabling structures needed to become a true service provider.
  • IT is now a driver of value-based investment and must have a view through the financial lens of the organization.

Impact and Result

  • Determine what needs to happen and when in order to bridge the communication gap between IT and the business.
  • Address the impact of organizational culture on the delivery of IT services to enable the transformation into a service provider.
  • Begin to clarify services provided and where expectations should lie so that more value is achieved for the business.

Unleash the True Value of IT by Transforming Into a Service Provider Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should construct a solid foundation for your IT organization before you complete the service provider roadmap, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.

2. Complete the assessment

Understand how to best use Info-Tech’s Service Provider Assessment Tool.

3. Set the foundation

Identify your current culture/structure and potential adjustments for foundational improvement.

4. Complete the roadmap

Identify the best way to improve upon current service management maturity levels.

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About Info-Tech

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We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.

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Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.

Authors

Valence Howden

Paul Brown

Ryan McCrea

Contributors

  • Stan Binning, Manager IT Systems Support, MARTA
  • Glen Notman, Associate Partner, Citihub
  • Joseph Sgandurra, Sr. Manager – Project Delivery, Loblaw
  • Greg Yanni, BRM/Procedure Architect, InterBank1
  • Diane Gorham, Executive Director of Solutions, Pekin Insurance
  • Christian Gingras, SR VP IT, Hitachi
  • Sterling Bjorndahl, Director, Operations, eHealth Saskatchewan
  • 2 anonymous contributors
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