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Outsourcing Health Check

A thorough analysis of your existing outsourcing relationship that assesses current objectives, service delivery, contract structure, governance, open issues, and financials. Provides short-term and long-term recommendations to align and improve relationship to meet the current needs and develops a roadmap for restructure, future change, or continuous improvement.

Baseline – General
  • Client kickoff meetings/interviews with stakeholders
  • Document collection

Baseline and Analysis – Business Objectives

  • Review/validate original objectives and business case
  • Review, assess and validate revised objectives

Baseline and Analysis – Supplier Performance

  • Review/supplier performance/governance history
  • Document supplier performance
  • Vendor Management relationship assessment
  • Identify immediate improvement opportunities

Baseline and Analysis – Contract Issues/Opportunities

  • Review Contract in context of governance history and revised objectives
  • Review and assess contract adequacy/general stakeholder knowledge of terms
  • Document proposed contract changes and education plans
  • Identify “quick hit” opportunities

Baseline and Analysis – Governance

  • Review governance structure, compliance, history, trends
  • Assess governance adequacy and compliance
  • Document findings and recommend governance tools (metrics tracking, obligations matrix, calendar)
  • Identify “quick hit” opportunities

Baseline and Analysis – Financials

  • Review original business case
  • Identify variances with benefits realization model
  • Document actions to heal variances
  • Identify Quick Hit opportunities

Recommendation/Report

  • Synthesize and document findings in all five dimensions
  • Document future state options for all dimensions
    • Short- and long-term options


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Outsourcing Health Check
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